Stage names:

Ichimura Uzaemon V
Ichimura Wakadayû I
Ichimura Takematsu I

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Crest: Tachibana

Existence: ??? ~ 8 August 1691

Connections:

Uncle: Ichimura Uzaemon III

Brother: Ichimura Takenojô I (Uzaemon IV)

Son: Ichimura Takenojô II (Uzaemon VI)

Adopted son: Ichimura Takenojô III (Uzaemon VII)

Nephews: Ichimura Takenojô III (Uzaemon VII), Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Ichimura Zensaburô, Ichimura Wakadayû II

Career:

???: born in Edo. He starts his career as a koyaku at the Ichimuraza, performing under the name of Ichimura Takematsu I.

1664: his uncle Ichimura Uzaemon III retires to become a priest.

1675: Ichimura Takematsu I takes the name of Ichimura Wakadayû I.

April 1679: Ichimura Wakadayû I takes the name of Ichimura Uzaemon V and becomes the new zamoto of the Ichimuraza.

29 May 1679: a fire breaks out in the puppets theater Ôsaka Shichidayûza in the district of Sakai-chô, which burns to ashes the Ichimuraza.

28 December 1682: a fire started by Yaoya Oshichi breaks out in the Daienji Temple in the district of Komagome, which burns to ashes the Ichimuraza. This fire is nicknamed "Oshichi Kaji" (the "Oshichi fire").

16 December 1683: a fire breaks out in the Nakamuraza in the district of Sakai-chô, which burns to ashes the Ichimuraza.

December 1684: Uzaemon retires, entrusting Ichimura Takenojô II with the management of the Ichimuraza.

24 July 1686: Ichimura Uzaemon III dies in Edo.

24 November 1686: Ichimura Takenojô II dies; Uzaemon adopts Ichimura Chôtarô and makes him the puppet manager of the Ichimuraza.

8 August 1691: Uzaemon dies in Edo.

Comments:

Ichimura Uzaemon V was the fifth zamoto of the Ichimuraza but only the second one to effectively hold this name. He managed his theater from xxx to 1684.

The mon of Ichimura Uzaemon V (the mandarin orange tree)

The Ichimura Takematsu line of actors

The Ichimura Uzaemon line of actors and theater managers