SIX GENERATIONS
Nakajima Kanzaemon I
  The actor Nakajima Kanzaemon I held this name from his childhood to April 1716.

Nakajima Kanzaemon I playing the role of Hata Rokurô Saemon in the drama "Shusse Taiheiki", which was staged in November 1711 at the Ichimuraza

Nakajima Kanzaemon II
  The actor Nakajima Kanzaemon II held this name from Fall 1716 to August 1762.
Nakajima Kanzaemon III
  The actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III held this name from November 1762 to January 1794.

Nakajima Kanzaemon III in a print made by Katsukawa Shunshô in 1770

Nakajima Kanzaemon IV
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He started his career as a disciple of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Tomiemon. He was not the disciple of Nakajima Kanzaemon III, who died the 13th of January 1794, but he got the right to take the name of Nakajima Kanzaemon IV in November 1794, performing at the Miyakoza in the kaomise drama "Uruô Tosshi Meika no Homare". He did not hold this name for a long time because he took the name of Nakajima Jinzaemon in the same theater in January 1795, playing the role of Yokawa Banzaemon in Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime". He finally took the name of Shimano Kanzaemon in November 1795, performing at the Kiriza in the kaomise drama "Gempei Hashira Goyomi". This minor katakiyaku actor most likely died in 1796.

Nakajima Kanzaemon V
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He started his career as a disciple of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Kosanza. He became disciple of Nakamura Matsue I in 1783 and received the name of Nakamura Otoza. He joined Nakajima Kanzaemon IV in 1794 and took the name of Nakajima Kanzaemon V in November 1798, playing at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Hanayagura Tachibana Keizu". He took the name of Nakamura Kanzaemon II in November 1799. His last recorded stage performance was in the role of Washizuka Heima in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in September 1800 at the Ichimuraza.

Nakajima Kanzaemon VI
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He started his career as a disciple of the actor Matsumoto Kôshirô V, who gave him the name of Matsumoto Tomizô. He became katakiyaku in November 1810 and took the name of Matsumoto Hidejûrô II at the Moritaza, playing in the drama "Monomi-guruma Yuki no Takadono". He became disciple of Nakamura Kanzaemon II and took the name of Nakajima Kanzaemon VI in November 1821 at the Ichimuraza. His name disappeared from theater playbills at the end of the 1830s.

Haimyô Yagô
Nakajimaya Tôshi

Nakajima Kanzaemon VI performing a kugeaku role in a print made by Utagawa Kunisada I in 1838

 
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