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A kabuki actor who carries Nakamura Tōzō, the principal name of the Kagaya house, having taken the sixth generation of it in 1967. He was recognised as a Living National Treasure in 2016.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 21 January 1938, the younger brother of Fujima Murasaki I. The Directory records that he began as a child actor in Shinkokugeki and worked in period films before becoming the artistic adopted son of Nakamura Utaemon VI. In September 1961, at the age of twenty-three, he made his kabuki debut at the Kabukiza as Tanizawa Mondo in Kagamiyama Kokyō no Nishikie, under the name Nakamura Tamatarō III.
In April–May 1967 he took the name Nakamura Tōzō VI at the Kabukiza, as Gorō in Kongen Kusazuri-biki. The Directory records his recognition as a Living National Treasure in 2016 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, in 2018.
What They Inherit
He came into kabuki from outside it, made his debut at twenty-three, and was in time recognised as a Living National Treasure. The Directory's career entry records that order plainly.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 中村東蔵 / 六代目中村東蔵 / 中村玉太郎 / Nakamura Tozo / Nakamura Tōzō
Current and Upcoming Performances
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