Actors' Names in the Iwai family

Individual Actors' Names

When the actor's name is now usually written with different (simplified) kanji, they are given in brackets, with those used in the name as shown above them. Again, the names on this page are listed in alphabetical order (for no particularly good reason).

If you cannot find the actor's name here (there are many more Kabuki actors than we have scanned name images for yet), you can try to find it by clicking on the 'Other names' link at the top of the family section. This link takes you to a page on another site which lists, and shows the kanji for, more actors in this family. Many of the images there are very small, but it is currently much more comprehensive.

If you hover your mouse pointer over a signature image, it will show the name of the artist who produced the print which this version of the name is from. We have conciously tried to provide name images from many artists, to give a better idea of the range of variations to be found in the way particular characters are written. If we have more images of an actor's name than will easily fit on this page, a small link All next to the images will take you to them.

Kanji image	Kaisho	Rōmaji
All	半四郎	Iwai Hanshirō
	粂三郎	Iwai Kumesaburō
	紫若	Iwai Shijaku
	杜若	Iwai Tojaku