Iwai Hanshiro (8th generation)

Japanese: 岩井半四郎(8世) - いわいはんしろう[はっせい]
Iwai Hanshiro (8th generation)
Born: 1829
[Died] February 19, 1882.
Kabuki actor. Stage name Yamatoya. Son of Iwai Hanshiro 7th. Leading female actor in the Tokyo theater scene in the early Meiji period. Succeeded to the stage name of Iwai Hanshiro 8th in 1872. He often played opposite Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​9th and Onoe Kikugoro 5th, and his best roles include Irokuya in "Kosode Soga Azamiironui" and Mizentai in "Ten'imushi Ueno Hatsuhana".

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Japanese:
[生]文政12(1829)
[没]1882.2.19.
歌舞伎俳優。屋号大和屋。7世岩井半四郎の子。明治初期の東京劇壇の立女方。明治5 (1872) 年8世を襲名。9世市川団十郎,5世尾上菊五郎の相手役を多くつとめ,当り役は『小袖曾我薊色縫』の十六夜,『天衣紛上野初花』の三千歳など。

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