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Bandō Tamasaburō V
Japanese Kabuki actor
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Kabuki dancer
Kawatake Mokuami.
Kawatake Mokuami
Japanese dramatist
Tsuruya Namboku IV
Japanese dramatist
Namiki Gohei I
Japanese playwright
Okamoto Kidō
Japanese drama critic
Sakurada Jisuke I
Japanese dramatist
Nakamura Nakazō I
Japanese actor
Onoe Shōroku II
Japanese actor
Nakamura Nakazo III
Japanese actor
Ichikawa Danjūrō XI
Japanese Kabuki actor
Nakamura Utaemon V
Japanese actor
Ichikawa Danjūrō I
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Nakamura Utaemon III
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