Nakamura Daikichi I (初代中村大吉: from 1800 to 3/1823) (actor 1773 – 03/22/1823)

Hajō (poetry name - 巴丈)
Fujikawa Daikichi (藤川大吉: his first acting name)
Naruo Yatarō (pen name - 藤川大吉)

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Biography:

This actor held this name from 1800 until his death in 3/1823. Born in Kyōto, he started his career as a disciple of Fujikawa Tomokichi I, who gave him the name of Fujikawa Daikichi.

Daikichi I was born in 1773 and died on the 22nd day of the 3rd lunar month of 1823.

"Nakamura Daikichi I was a talented and popular actor, who was trained in Kamigata and achieved fame for himself in Edo from the middle of the 1810s to the beginning of the 1820s. He was a wakaonnagata actor, who did not hesitate at the end of his career to perform sometimes as a tachiyaku. He was excellent in sewa nyōbō or onna budō roles. He was also a gifted dancer, mastering the hayagawari technique."

Quoted directly from Kabuki21.

Scene from <i>Botan ni cho itsuka fumibako</i> (牡丹蝶初筐) - Nakamura Daikichi I (中村大吉) on the right, Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Iwafuji in the center, and Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) on the left.
Related Object: Scene from Botan ni cho itsuka fumibako (牡丹蝶初筐) - Nakamura Daikichi I (中村大吉) on the right, Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Iwafuji in the center, and Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) on the left.