Sakata Tōjūrō IV

(31 December 1931 – 12 November 2020) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Many of his works were in the Kamigata style.Kabuki Preservation Society. (2008). Kabuki techō, p. 130. He was honored as a Living National Treasure.

He performed both male and female roles, and was renowned as both a skilled wagotoshi (actor of male roles in the wagoto tradition) and onnagata (actor of female roles). He was the fourth in the line of Sakata Tōjūrō.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sakata Tōjūrō" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File . 

Tōjūrō died on 12 November 2020 at the age of 88.人間国宝の坂田藤十郎さん88歳死去、妻は扇千景 

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