Onoe Kikugorou (5th generation)

Japanese: 尾上菊五郎(5世) - おのえきくごろう[ごせい]

Born: 1844
[Died] 1903. Tokyo Kabuki actor. Stage name Otowaya. Second son of Ichimura Uzaemon 12th. Real name Terashima Kiyoshi. Succeeded the name in 1868 (Meiji 1) for the fifth time. Leading actor. Created masterpieces in Kawatake Mokuami's live domestic dramas. Excellent in dance, he established ten kinds of new and old drama as the family art. A great actor of the Meiji period, known as "Dankikuza" along with Ichikawa Danjuro 9th and Ichikawa Sadanji 1st.

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Japanese:

[生]弘化1(1844)
[没]1903. 東京
歌舞伎俳優。屋号音羽屋。 12世市村羽左衛門の次男。本名寺嶋清。明治1 (1868) 年5世襲名。立役。河竹黙阿弥の生世話物に傑作を生んだ。舞踊にもすぐれ，家の芸として新古演劇十種を制定。9世市川団十郎，1世市川左団次とともに「団菊左」と並び称される明治期の名優。

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