Nakamura Utaemon V

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門 (5代目), 1865 — September 11, 1940) was a Japanese kabuki performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.
Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.
Utaemon V was the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon IV. He was born in the fifth generation of a line of famous Kabuki actors. 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.
Lineage of Utaemon stage names
Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791)
Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798)
Nakamura Utaemon III (1778-1838)
Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798-1852)
Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940)
Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917-2001)
In a long career, he played many roles; but he was best known for his oyama or onnagata roles.

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 7 publications in 2 languages and 20+ library holdings.

• 1950 — Styles of Acting in Kabuki (歌舞伎の型, kabuki no kata) OCLC 033711674
• 1935 — Autobiography of Nakamura Utaemon Gosei (歌右衛門自傅, utaemon jiten). OCLC 44435876

• WorldCat Identities: 中村歌右衛門 1865-1940