Lineage
- Yoshizawa Ayame I (1690s-1729) - Quoted in the treatise "Actors' Analects" (Yakusha Rongo), Ayame I's advice and insights into onnagata acting remains fundamental today.
- Yoshizawa Ayame II (September 1729 - July 1754) - Son of Ayame I.
- Yoshizawa Ayame III (November 1764 - November 1774) - Son of Ayame I.
- Yoshizawa Ayame IV (November 1778 - September 1792) - Adopted son of Ayame II.
- Yoshizawa Ayame V (November 1807 - August 1810) - Son of Ayame III.
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Famous quotes containing the word lineage:
“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)