Morita Kan'ya XI (十一代目守田勘弥) (actor 1802 – 1863)
Bandō Minosuke II (二代目坂東蓑助)Bandō Mitsugorō IV (四代目坂東三津五郎)
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Kan'ya XI held this name from 11/1850 until he died on the 18th day of the 11th lunar month of 1863. He had been adopted by Bandō Mitsugorō III (1775-1831).
Morita Kan'ya XI was both a tachiyaku actor and the zamoto of the Moritaza (from 1856 to 1863). He was tall, handsome and, as an actor, excelled in sewamono dramas. He was also a talented jitsuaku and an outstanding dancer.
In his Mitsugorō years, he was both a stage partner and a rival (for the title of Edo best tachiyaku) for Nakamura Shikan II, imitating the glorious rivalry of Bandō Mitsugorō III and Nakamura Utaemon III.
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