Kataoka Nizaemon


Kataoka Nizaemon is a stage name used by Kabuki actors, beginning with Fujikawa Isaburo, who adopted the name.

Lineage

  • Kataoka Nizaemon I : 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 : 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 : relation to his predecessors unknown.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon VII : younger brother of Asao Kunigorō I. A student firstly of Nakamura Jūzō II, then of Asao Tamejūrō I.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon VIII : 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 : adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII; initially student of Mimasu Daigorō IV, then student of Kataoka Gadō II.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon X : third son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XI : fourth son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XII : 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.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XIII : 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.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XIV : eldest son of Kataoka Nizaemon XII.
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XV : third son of Kataoka Nizaemon XIII.