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Iwai Hanshirō V

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Iwai Hanshirō V in onnagata costume. 714 × 838 in. (18.4 × 21.3 cm), woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1823 -- from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎 (5代目), 1776–1847) 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 Hanshirō IV.[1]

Iwai Hanshirō 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.[2] This actor assumed the mantle of his father's stage name in 1804.[3]

Lineage of Iwai stage names

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408., p. 408, at Google Books
  2. ^ Scott, Adolphe C. (1999). The Kabuki Theatre of Japan, p. 159., p. 159, at Google Books
  3. ^ a b c Leiter, Samuel L. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre, p. 134., p. 134, at Google Books
  4. ^ a b Leiter, Historical p. 133., p. 133, at Google Books
  5. ^ Scott, pp. 171–172., p. 171, at Google Books
  6. ^ Scott, p. 196., p. 196, at Google Books

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