Names and Lineage
Given the name Ichimura Manjirō I upon his adoption by Ichimura Uzaemon X, he became the eleventh in the line of Ichimura Uzaemon upon the death of his adopted father. Uzaemon used "Kakitsu" as his haimyō (poetry pen-name).
His brother Bandō Kamezō I and son Ichimura Takenojō V were active actors on the stage, as were many of his grandsons, great-grandsons, and further descendants to whom he also passed on the position of zamoto. The current actors Nakamura Kantarō II, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, and Bandō Kamesaburō V are his great-great-great-great-grandsons.
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