Stage names:

Ichimura Uzaemon XVI
Ichimura Kakitsu VII
Ichimura Takematsu IV

Other name: Ichimura Kakitsu XV

Real name: Ichimura Isamu

Guild: Tachibanaya

Line number: JÛROKUDAIME (XVI)

Poetry name: Kakô

Existence: 15 January 1904 ~ 2 October 1952

Connections:

Father: Ichimura Uzaemon XV

Career:

15 January 1904: born in Tôkyô in the district of Tsukiji.

April 1910: he makes his first stage appearance, at the Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Ichimura Takematsu IV and plays the role of Ushiwakamaru in the drama "Kuramayama".

January 1922: Takematsu becomes nadai.

January 1925: Ichimura Takematsu IV takes the name of Ichimura Kakitsu VII.

May 1936: revival of "Nanatsu Men" at the Kabukiza; Kakitsu plays the role of Yoshida no Shôshô, in reality the priest Seigen [casting].

6 May 1945: his father Ichimura Uzaemon XV dies.

February 1946: Ichimura Kakitsu VII and Ichimura Matasaburô II take the respective names of Ichimura Uzaemon XVI and Ichimura Kakitsu VIII at the Tôkyô Gekijô.

Comments:

Ichimura Uzaemon XVI was a onnagata and nimaime actor, who enjoyed performing in an old-fashioned style some famous Kabuki roles like Shizuka Gozen in the dance "Yoshinoyama". He unfortunately died too young, at the age of 48.

Ichimura Uzaemon XVI playing the role of Ono no Komachi in the dance "Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori", which was staged at the Kabukiza in February 1952

The Ichimura Takematsu line of actors

The Ichimura Kakitsu line of actors

The Ichimura Uzaemon line of actors and theater managers