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| Nakamura Kumetarô I | |||||
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The actor Nakamura Kumetarô I held this name from the beginning of the 1730s to July 1777. |
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Ogawa Kichitarô I (left) and Nakamura Kumetarô I (right) at the Minamigawa no Shibai |
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| Nakamura Kumetarô II | |||||
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The actor Nakamura Kumetarô II held this name from November 1784 to July 1808. |
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Yoshizawa Iroha I (left) and Nakamura Kumetarô II (right) playing the roles of Sekijo and Takanoya in the drama "Yoshitsune Koshigoejô", which was staged in November 1807 at the Kitagawa no Shibai |
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| Nakamura Kumetarô III | |||||
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Dates of birth and death unknown. This actor started his career in Kamigata in miyaji shibai, as a disciple of Matsushima Matsuemon, performing under the name of Matsushima Tsurumatsu. His master and he respectively took the names of Arashi Matsuemon and Arashi Jûjirô when they started to perform in 1806 in Ôsaka in hama shibai. He took the name of Nakamura Kumetarô III in November 1811 in Kyôto, playing at the Minamigawa no Shibai the roles of Wada no Hyôe's spouse and Hayase in the drama "Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata". We don't know what happens to him from Summer 1812 for he disappeared from the records.
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