Kataoka Nizaemon

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Kataoka Nizaemon (片岡 仁左衛門) is a stage name used by Kabuki actors, beginning with Fujikawa Isaburo (younger brother of the actor Toyoshima Harunojo), who adopted the name.[1]

Lineage

  • Kataoka Nizaemon I (1656-1715): student of Yamashita Hanzaemon.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon II: son of Kataoka Nizaemon I. Initially performed as Kataoka Chōtayū I.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon III: husband of Kataoka Nizaemon I's sister. Student of Fujikawa Buzaemon I.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon IV (-1758): adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon III. Previously performed as a representative of the Fujikawa lineage.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon V: adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon IV. Also performed as Fujikawa Hanzaburō III.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon VI (1731-1789): relation to his predecessors unknown.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon VII (1755-1837): younger brother of Asao Kunigorō I. A student firstly of Nakamura Jūzō II, then of Asao Tamejūrō I.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863): adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon VII. Firstly the adopted son and student of Ichikawa Danjūrō VII; this adoption was dissolved. He then became the student of Arashi Rikan II. Performed as Kataoka Gadō I before becoming Kataoka Nizaemon VIII.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon IX (1839-1872): adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII; initially student of Mimasu Daigorō IV, then student of Kataoka Gadō II.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon X (1851-1895): third son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (Real Name: Tsuchinosuke Kataoka).
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XI (1858-1934): fourth son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (Real Name: Hidetarō Kataoka).
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XII (1882-1946): grandson of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII through a daughter, and adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon X; performed also as Kataoka Tsuchinosuke II and Kataoka Gadou IV (Real Name: Tōkichi Kataoka).
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (1903-1994): officially recorded as the eldest son, but actually the adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon XI. His true father was Yasuda Zenzaburō, of the Yasuda zaibatsu (Real Name: Chiyonosuke Kataoka).[2]
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XIV (1910-1993): eldest son of Kataoka Nizaemon XII (Real Name: Hajime Kataoka).
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XV (1944-): third son of Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (Real Name: Takao Kataoka).[3][circular reference][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Kataoka Nizaemon".
  2. ^ "Paying respect to a father, and a scholar". 16 March 2006.
  3. ^ ja:片岡仁左衛門
  4. ^ "Kataoka Nizaemon".
  5. ^ The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and theatre censorship in occupied Japan, Shiro Okamoto, University of Hawaii Press, 2001, pp. 134, 145, int. al.
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