Iwai Hanshiro V
Deceased Person
1776 – 1847
Who was Iwai Hanshiro V?
Iwai Hanshiro V was a Japanese kabuki performer, known both for his own work and for his place in the lineage of a family of kabuki actors in Edo during the Edo period. He was the son of Iwai Hanshiro IV.
Iwai Hanshiro was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.
In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment. This actor assumed the mantle of his father's stage name in 1804.
⁕Iwai Hanshiro I
⁕Iwai Hanshiro II
⁕Iwai Hanshiro III
⁕Iwai Hanshiro IV
⁕Iwai Hanshiro V
⁕Iwai Hanshiro VI
⁕Iwai Hanshiro VII
⁕Iwai Hanshiro VIII
⁕Iwai Hanshiro IX
⁕Iwai Hanshiro X
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