Stage names:

Ichikawa Ebijûrô III
Ichikawa Takijûrô I
Nakayama Jinkichi I

Guild: Harimaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Poetry names: Senshô, Shinshô

Existence: 1787 ~ 12th day of the 9th lunar month of 1836 ^[1]

Connection:

Masters: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Ichikawa Ebijûrô I, Nakayama Monjûrô

Son: Ichikawa Takijûrô II

Career:

Before 1817: he started his career in miyaji shibai as a disciple of the actor Nakayama Monjûrô, who gave him the name of Nakayama Jinkichi I.

1817: he became disciple of Ichikawa Ebijûrô I and received the name of Ichikawa Takijûrô I.

16th day of the 7th lunar month of 1827 ^[2]: his master Ichikawa Ebijûrô I died.

24th day of the 11th lunar month of 1829 ^[3]: his master's son Ichikawa Ebijûrô II died.

3rd lunar month of 1830: thanks to the patronage of the star Nakamura Utaemon III, Ichikawa Takijûrô I took the name of Ichikawa Ebijûrô III at the Kado no Shibai, playing the role of Shioyaki Tôta in the drama "Mitsugumi Homare no Kagekiyo". He also played the role of Manno in the drama "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba".

Summer 1831: Ebijûrô went to Edo with Ichikawa Danjûrô VII.

1833: Ebijûrô went back to Kamigata.

1st lunar month of 1836: Ebijûrô replaced Seki Sanjûrô II to perform in the drama "Hana no Ani Tsubomi no Yatsufusa", which was staged at the Naka no Shibai.

12th day of the 9th lunar month of 1836 ^[1]: Ebijûrô died in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Ichikawa Ebijûrô III was a 19th century Ôsaka actor, who was able to perform a wide range of supporting roles, either as a tachiyaku or a katakiyaku. He did not reach the same level of fame as his master Ichikawa Ebijûrô I but his final ranking in the Kamigata hyôbanki was good, for it was only two little strokes below jô-jô-kichi.

[1] The 12th day of the 9th lunar month of the 7th year of the Tenpô era was the 21st of October 1836 in the western calendar.

[2] The 24th day of the 11th lunar month of the 12th year of the Bunsei era was the 19th of December 1829 in the western calendar.

[3] The 16th day of the 7th lunar month of the 10th year of the Bunsei era was the 6th of September 1827 in the western calendar.

Ichikawa Ebijûrô III playing the role of Kôguya Yahê in the drama "Hana Momiji Naniwa Nagame", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1830 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Shigeharu)

Print made by Utagawa Shigeharu in 1830

Print made by Utagawa Shigeharu in 1830

Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1832

The Ichikawa Takijûrô line of actors

The Ichikawa Ebijûrô line of actors