Stage names:
Nakamura Tôzô II
Nakamura Utagorô
Mizuki Tôzô II
Mizuki Otozô
Guilds: Ebisuya, Yamashiroya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry names: Jûgyô, Shiraku
Existence: 1777 ~ 8 July 1816
Connection:
Father: Nakamura Tôzô I
Master: Nakamura Utaemon III
Son: Nakamura Shikan III
Grandsons: Nakamura Tamashichi I, Nakamura Tsurusuke V
Career:
Before 1798: his first stage name is Mizuki Otozô. He does his training in kodomo shibai and miyaji shibai.
22 March 1798: his father Nakamura Tôzô I dies. Later on, he takes the name of Mizuki Tôzô II.
1803: he becomes disciple of Nakamura Utaemon III and receives the name of Nakamura Utagorô.
June 1804: tour in Nagoya with Bandô Hikosaburô III, Nakamura Daikichi I, Bando Jûtarô I, Segawa Hamajirô and Mimasu Daigorô III; Utagorô plays at the Wakamiya no Shibai the roles of Sagisaka Bannai and Yakushiji Jirozaemon in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
1805: Utagorô makes his début in ôshibai, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.
Beginning of 1808: Utagorô and his master Nakamura Utaemon III go together to Edo.
March 1808: Nakamura Utagorô takes the name of Nakamura Tôzô II at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Matsui no Gengo in the drama in the drama "Koromo Yayoi Hanago no Keizu".
May 1809: Tôzô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Sagisaka Bannai in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
September 1810: Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Komochi Yamamba" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Nakamuraza; Tôzô plays the role of the koshimoto Ozasa [casting]. He also plays the roles of Ôe Onitsura and Yashio in the drama "Date Asobi Kuruwa Fûzoku".
July 1811: Tôzô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Sagisaka Bannai and Ichimonjiya Tokubei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
January 1813: Tôzô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, handôgataki section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
April 1814: Tôzô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Sagisaka Bannai, Zempachi and Rin in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
June 1814: Tôzô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Ariemon and Gonkurô in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki".
November 1815: Tôzô's yearly salary is 450 ryô.
May 1816: Tôzô appears on stage for the last time, playing at the Nakamuraza in the drama "Hototogisu Misao Banashi".
8 July 1816: Tôzô dies in Edo.
Comments:
Nakamura Tôzô II was a good and quite popular dôkegata and handôgataki actor, who was trained in Kamigata but achieved fame for himself in Edo in the 1810s. His most famous role was Sagisaka Bannai in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
The actor Nakamura Tôzô II playing the role of Bannai in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in July 1811 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)
The Nakamura Tôzô line of actors