Stage names:
Ichikawa Danzô V
Ichikawa Shikô I
Ichikawa Danzaburô IV
Ichikawa Danjirô I
Ichikawa Morinosuke I
Nickname: Shibudan (from "Shibui Danzô", the sober and refined Danzô)
Guild: Mikawaya
Line number: GODAIME (V)
Poetry names: Shikô, Kôsan, Senshô
Existence: September 1788 ~ 6 June 1845
Connection:
Master: Ichikawa Ebijûrô I
Adoptive father: Ichikawa Danzô IV
Adopted sons: Ichikawa Danzô VI, Ichikawa Danzaburô V, Ichikawa Shikô II
Career:
1788~1795: born in Ôsaka. He starts his career as a disciple of the actor Ichikawa Ebijûrô I, who gives him the name of Ichikawa Morinosuke I. He spends his first years in the minor theaters of Ôsaka (hama shibai). He is adopted by Ichikawa Danzô IV at an unknown date and takes the name of Ichikawa Danjirô I, performing in Kyôto and Ôsaka major theaters.
October 1795: Ichikawa Danjirô I takes the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô IV in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, playing in the drama "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura", produced by Bandô Iwagorô.
July 1808: premiere at the Nakamuraza of Segawa Jokô II's drama "Zôho Izari no Adauchi"; Danzaburô plays the role of Iinuma Sanzaburô [casting].
October 1808: his adoptive father Ichikawa Danzô IV dies.
January 1815: Ichikawa Danzaburô IV takes the name of Ichikawa Shikô I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, playing 4 roles in the drama "Keisei Wakana no Isaoshi", which is produced by Ichikawa Zentarô.
April 1819: Ichikawa Shikô I takes the name of Ichikawa Danzô V in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, playing the roles of Manno Hyôgô and Shinano Tôzô in the drama "Keisei Shinobazu-ga-Ike".
1821: tour in Ise.
November 1830: Danzô plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai (Kyôto) the roles of Terukuni and Sakuramaru in the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"; he suddenly falls ill and has to be replaced by Arashi Sangorô IV.
1831: he adopts Ichikawa Danzaburô V in order to train him as the next Ichikawa Danzô.
January 1833: Danzô goes to Edo, after 26 years spent in Kamigata. He plays at the Ichimuraza in the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô".
September 1837: last performance of Danzô in Edo, at the Ichimuraza; He plays 7 roles, including Yuranosuke, in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
1837 ~ 1839: Danzô goes on tour in the Western provinces.
November 1839: Danzô is back in Ôsaka, after an absence of 8 years; He plays the roles of Kiichi Hôgen, Akoya and Chôemon in the jidaimono "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki", which is staged at the Kado no Shibai.
June 1840: Danzô plays for the fifth time the role of the exiled priest Shunkan in the drama "Heike Nyogo-ga-Shima", which is staged at the Sakai Shinchi no Shibai (Ôsaka); his stage partners are Fujikawa Kayû III (Chidori), Nakamura Shikan III (Tanzaemon Motoyasu), Arashi Rikaku II (Fujiwara Naritsune) and Nakamura Rankurô (Senoo Tarô).
January 1844: Danzô simultaneously plays at the Kado no Shibai and the Naka no Shibai, in the dramas "Keisei Ishikawa-zome" and "Kokusen'ya Gassen". He suddenly falls ill and decided to retire definitively.
March 1845: his adopted son Ichikawa Danzaburô V dies in Edo.
June 1845: Danzô dies in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Ichikawa Danzô V was an outstanding tachiyaku, the worthy heir of his adoptive father Ichikawa Danzô IV. He gave importance to realism in his way of acting. He adopted several of his adoptive father's roles as his own, like Shunkan in the drama "Heike Nyogo-ga-Shima", but was also able to play onnagata or katakiyaku roles. He excelled in wajitsu, budôgoto and jitsugotoshi roles.
Ichikawa Danzô V playing the role of Manno Hyôgô in the drama "Keisei Shinobazugaike", during his shûmei in April 1819 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (print made by Ashiyuki)
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1801
Print made by Asayama Ashiyuki in 1827
Print made by Shunshosai Hokuchô in 1828
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1833
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1833
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1835
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada
The Ichikawa Danzaburô line of actors
The Ichikawa Danzô line of actors
