The Seventeenth
Ichimura Kakitsu
Ichimura Kakitsu XVII
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A kabuki actor who carries Ichimura Kakitsu, a hereditary name of the Tachibanaya house, having taken the seventeenth generation of it in 1967. The Directory calls it a considerable name, bound up with the Ichimura-za of the Edo sanza.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 21 January 1949, the eldest son of Ichimura Kichigorō II. He made his stage debut in July 1956 at the Kabukiza as the son Yoshimatsu in Omatsuri, under the name Ichimura Hisashi; took the name Ichimura Kakitsu XVII in October 1967 as Onaka in Shimachidori; and was promoted to nadai in July 1973.
The Directory records that he trained under Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII and, after his teacher's death, joined the Naritaya school of Ichikawa Danjūrō XII. It also notes that the eighth Kakitsu was a former name of Onoe Kikugorō V, and the tenth of Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
What They Inherit
He trained in the Nakamuraya, joined the Naritaya school, and carries a Tachibanaya name. Three houses stand side by side in one actor's history.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 市村家橘 / 十七代目市村家橘 / Ichimura Kakitsu
Current and Upcoming Performances
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