Nakamura Utaemon IV

was a Japanese kabuki performer. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.

Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.

Life and career

Utaemon IV was believed to be the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon III. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.

Lineage of Utaemon stage names Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791) Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798) Nakamura Utaemon III (1778–1838)

In a long career, he acted in many roles including Ishikawa Goemon in the 1838 Edo Nakamura-za production of Sanmon Hitome Senbon.