Stage names:

Ichimura Uzaemon X
Ichimura Kamezô II
Ichimura Shichijûrô

Guild: Kikuya

Line number: JÛDAIME (X)

Poetry name: Kizen

Existence: 1748 ~ 15 February 1799

Connections:

Grandfather: Ichimura Uzaemon VIII

Father: Ichimura Uzaemon IX

Adopted son: Ichimura Uzaemon XI

Career:

1748: born in Edo.

November 1758: first stage appearance at the Ichimuraza, where he receives the name of Ichimura Shichijûrô.

November 1762: Ichimura Shichijûrô takes the name of Ichimura Kamezô II.

Fall 1784: the Ichimuraza goes bankrupt and gives its license to its hikae yagura, the Kiriza.

25 August 1785: his father Ichimura Uzaemon IX dies.

September 1785: Ichimura Kamezô II takes the name of Ichimura Uzaemon X and becomes the new official zamoto of the Ichimuraza.

November 1788: Uzaemon reopens the Ichimuraza, producing the kaomise program "Genji Saikô Kogane no Tachibana", which stars the actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V, Iwai Hanshirô IV, Segawa Kikunojô III, Bandô Hikosaburô III, Onoe Matsusuke I and Ôtani Hiroemon III and celebrates the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Asao Tamejûrô I.

Fall 1793: the Ichimuraza goes bankrupt and gives its license to its hikae yagura, the Kiriza; Uzaemon temporarily becomes a fish merchant to support his family and pay his debts.

November 1798: Uzaemon reopens the Ichimuraza, producing the kaomise program "Hanayagura Tachibana Keizu", which stars the actors Ichikawa Yaozô III, Segawa Kikunojô III, Onoe Matsusuke I, Ichikawa Omezô I, Bandô Mitsugorô II, Matsumoto Yonesaburô I and Nakamura Denkurô IV.

15 February 1799: Uzaemon dies in Edo.

Comments:

Ichimura Uzaemon X was the zamoto of the Ichimuraza from November 1788 to Fall 1793 and from November 1798 to February 1799. He had many difficulties in managing the family theater because of the huge debts he inherited from Ichimura Uzaemon IX or Ichimura Uzaemon VIII. His grandfather and father borrowed a lot of money and enjoyed great times at the Ichimuraza; he was the one to pay dearly for that. Unlike them, he did not often appear on stage.

Ichimura Uzaemon X in a print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô in 1770