Nakamura Utaemon II
Deceased Person
1752 – 1798
Who was Nakamura Utaemon II?
Nakamura Utaemon II was a Japanese kabuki performer in the lineage of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.
Nakamura Utaemon is a stage name.
In 1782, Utaemon I presented this name to a favored apprentice, who was formerly known as Mizuki Tōzō or Nakamura Tōzō. Tōzō had already appeared in many kabuki plays, including the role of Kamura in the 1781 production of Hinin no Kataakiuchi. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are conveyed in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.
Utaemon II abandoned his name in 1790; and he performed as Nakamura Tōzō for the rest of his life. The natural son of Nakamura Utaemon I would become Utaemon III in the lineage of the actor formerly known as Utaemon II.
⁕Nakamura Utaemon I
⁕Nakamura Utaemon II
⁕Nakamura Utaemon III
⁕Nakamura Utaemon IV
⁕Nakamura Utaemon V
⁕Nakamura Utaemon VI
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