岩井半四郎 (8代目)
1. Iwai Hanshiro VIIIwas a Japanese kabuki performer, known both for his own work and for his place in the lineage of a family of kabuki actors . He was the son of Iwai Hanshiro VII. Iwai Hanshiro was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment. This actor assumed the mantle of his father's stage name in 1872.
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Read “岩井半四郎 (8代目)” on Japanese Wikipedia
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