Stage names:

Nakamura Tsuruzô II
Nakamura Gampachi
Anegawa Kikuzô

Guilds: Maizuruya, Nabeya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Sankô

Existence: 1831 ~ 11 April 1890

Connection:

Masters: Nakamura Nakazô III, Anegawa Nakazô

Disciple: Nakamura Tsuruzô III

Career:

1831: born in Edo in the district of Moto-Yoshiwara. He starts his career in Ôsaka as a disciple of Anegawa Nakazô, who gives him the name of Anegawa Kikuzô.

1856: he goes back to Edo and becomes a disciple of the actor Nakamura Tsuruzô I, who gives him the name of Nakamura Gampachi.

September 1865: his master takes the name of Nakamura Nakazô III at the Nakamuraza.

February 1867: Nakamura Gampachi takes the name of Nakamura Tsuruzô II at the Moritaza, playing in the drama "Atarikuji Manzei Soga".

February 1885: Tsuruzô takes part in the opening ceremony of the Chitoseza [info].

24 December 1886: his master Nakamura Nakazô III dies.

March 1890: Tsuruzô appears on stage for the last time, playing at the Kabukiza in the drama "Sôma Heishi Nidai Monogatari".

Comments:

Nakamura Tsuruzô II was a Meiji era supporting tachiyaku actor.

The actors Nakamura Tsuruzô II (left/bottom) and Iwai Hanshirô VIII (right) playing the roles of Chôji and Oryû in the drama "Ura Omote Yanagi no Uchiwae", which was staged in August 1875 at the Shinboriza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)