Nakayama Icchō IV (四代目中山一蝶: from 11/1816 to 12/1825) (actor )
Nakayama Shinkurō IV (四代目中山新九郎: from 1/1826 at least until 1843)Links
Kabuki theater termsBiography:
This actor held this name from 11/1816 to 12/1825.
"Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Nakayama Raisuke III, he started his career as a wakashugata in 1799, performing under the name of Nakayama Raitarō. He became tachiyaku in 1807 and took the name of Nakayama Icchō IV in the 11th lunar month of 1816. Icchō was the haimyō of Nakayama Shinkurô I, Nakayama Shinkurō II and his father Nakayama Shinkurō III. Icchō was the first actor to really use it as a stage name but he was considered as the fourth in this new line. He finally took the name of Nakayama Shinkurō IV in the 1st lunar month of 1826, playing at the Kado no Shibai the role of Kumai Gengobē [sic?] in the new year drama "Keisei Date no Kikigaki". He also had the chance to play the same month the role of Tamiya Iemon in the drama "Iroha Gana Yotsuya Kaidan", sharing the stage with the star Onoe Kikugorō III (who played the role of Oiwa). He was active up to 1843, either in Ōsaka or Kyōto theaters or as a member of some travelling troupes (going up to Nagoya on tour). We don't know what happens to him after 1843 for he disappeared from the records. He was a good actor, able to perform a wide range of roles as a tachiyaku or a jitsuaku."
This is quoted directly from Kabuki21.
