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Nakamura Tomijūrō II was a kabuki actor. Nakamura Tomijūrō II died on March 30, 1855.
My Take
Nakamura Tomijūrō II fascinates me precisely because so little survives him. Born in 1786, he performed in the mid-Edo era, long before photography or recordings could preserve a single gesture. His art lives only in playbills, names, and whatever was written down, which makes him almost mythic. Carrying the Tomijūrō name, a major hereditary kabuki lineage, would have been a real weight to bear as its second holder. I find something deeply moving in the fact that a name spoken on stage over two centuries ago still reaches us today. That endurance is, to me, the truest measure of an actor's craft.
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- Name (English)
- Nakamura Tomijūrō II
- Name (Japanese)
- 二代目 中村富十郎
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- にだいめ なかむら とみじゅうろう
- Born
- 1786 – March 30, 1855
- Occupation
- kabuki actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Horse
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