NAKAMURA MATSUE

SIX GENERATIONS

Nakamura Matsue I

The actor Nakamura Rikô I held the name of Nakamura Matsue I from the 11th lunar month of 1761 to the 10th lunar month of 1773.

Nakamura Matsue I playing the role of Okaru in the 7th act of the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1771 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô)

Nakamura Matsue II
Nakamura Matsue II

| Ichikawa Mitsuzô

Son of the low-ranking actor Ichikawa Kyûzô, he started his career as a disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô V, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Mitsuzô. He made his first stage appearance as a koyaku actor in the 11th lunar month of 1775, at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Hana Zumô Genji Biiki". He became wakaonnagata in 1784. He definitively settled in Kyôto in 1799 and took the name of Nakamura Matsue II in the 11th lunar month of 1802 at the Inaba Yakushiji Shibai (a miyaji shibai venue). His name disappeared from theater playbills at the beginning of the Bunka era.

Nakamura Matsue III

The actor Nakamura Tomijûrô II held the name of Nakamura Matsue III from the 11th lunar month of 1813 to the 10th lunar month of 1821, then from the 11th lunar month of 1823 to the 12th lunar month of 1823, and finally from Spring 1825 the 12th lunar month of 1832.

Nakamura Matsue III playing in the drama "Hana no Kumo Yayoi no Irokoromo", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1814 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Nakamura Matsue IV
Nakamura Matsue IV

| Nakamura Baika I

| Nakamura Umesuke

| Nakamura Tamanosuke I

Born in 1814. He started his career as the adopted son of Nakamura Utaemon III, who gave him the name of Nakamura Tamanosuke I. He made his first stage appearance in the 11th lunar month of 1816, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, performing as a koyaku actor. Then, he joined a kodomo shibai troupe in Ôsaka and received the name of Nakamura Umesuke in the 1st lunar month of 1828. He took the name of Nakamura Baika I in the 1st lunar month of 1831, becoming both a zamoto and a wakaonnagata actor, producing the new year drama "Keisei Shigeshige Yawa" at the Naka no Shibai. He finally took the name of Nakamura Matsue IV in the 1st lunar month of 1835, playing at the Kado no Shibai the roles of Princess Sakura and Osuwa in the new year drama "Keisei Iriai Zakura". He did not hold this name for a long time for he died the following month, the 15th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1835.

Haimyô	Yagô
Baika, Baishi	Kyôsenya

Nakamura Matsue IV and Nakamura Shikan II playing the roles of Princess Sakura and the priest Seigen in the drama "Keisei Iriai Zakura", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1835 at the Kado no Shibai (print made by Shumbaisai Hokuei)

Nakamura Matsue 4.5

The actor Nakamura Daikichi III held the name of Nakamura Matsue from 1846 to the 12th lunar month of 1847 but he was not considered as a regular member of this line.

Nakamura Matsue V

The actor Nakamura Kaishun II held the name of Nakamura Matsue V from April 1967 to March 2002.

Nakamura Matsue VI

The actor Nakamura Matsue VI is the current holder of the name since April 2006.