ICHIKAWA KOMAZÔ

ELEVEN GENERATIONS

Ichikawa Komazô I
Ichikawa Komazô I

No data available on this actor. Was he a disciple of Matsumoto Kôshirô II? Another hypothesis was that Matsumoto Kôshirô IV was in reality Ichikawa Komazô I. It was written in the 1803 Kabuki encyclopedia "Shibai Kinmô Zui" that Matsumoto Kôshirô V was Ichikawa Komazô II, not Ichikawa Komazô III.

Ichikawa Komazô II

The actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV held the name of Ichikawa Komazô II from the 11th lunar month of 1763 to the 10th lunar month of 1772.

Ichikawa Komazô II in a print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô in 1768

Ichikawa Komazô III

The actor Matsumoto Kôshirô V held the name of Ichikawa Komazô III from the 11th lunar month of 1772 to the 10th lunar month of 1801.

Ichikawa Komazô III playing the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1799 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunimasa I)

Ichikawa Komazô IV

The actor Ichikawa Sumizô III held the name of Ichikawa Komazô IV from the 11th lunar month of 1801 to 1810.

Ichikawa Komazô IV playing the role of Abe no Dôji in the drama "Sao no Uta Koi no Shiranami", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1802 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Ichikawa Komazô V

The actor Matsumoto Kinshô I held the name of Ichikawa Komazô V from the 8th lunar month of 1817 to the 2nd lunar month of 1844.

Ichikawa Komazô V playing the role of the Umeômaru in the "Ga no Iwai" scene of the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1834 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Ichikawa Komazô VI
Ichikawa Komazô VI

Dates of birth and death unknown. Second son of the star Ichikawa Danjûrô VII. He made his first stage appearance in the 11th lunar month of 1826, receiving the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke (he was not considered as a regular member of this line). He spent almost no time on stage as an actor and was mainly a backstage assistant for his elder brother Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII. He took the name of Ichikawa Jûbê at an unknown date and he never held the name of Ichikawa Komazô. The Kabuki world decided during the Meiji era that he was the sixth Ichikawa Komazô.

Ichikawa Komazô VII

The actor Ichikawa Ebizô VII held the name of Ichikawa Komazô VII from the 3rd lunar month of 1844 to the 2nd lunar month of 1856.

Ichikawa Komazô VII portraying Yamashita Sakuzaemon Sadakane in a print made by Utagawa Kunisada II

Ichikawa Komazô 7.8
Ichikawa Komazô

A minor actor held the name of Ichikawa Komazô between 1864 and 1896. He was a disciple of Ichikawa Ennosuke I. No record afterwards. He was never acknowledged as an official holder of the name.

Ichikawa Komazô VIII

The actor Matsumoto Kôshirô VII held the name of Ichikawa Komazô VIII from May 1903 to October 1911.

Ichikawa Komazô VIII portraying the yakko Chienai in the drama "Kikubatake"

Ichikawa Komazô 8.9
Ichikawa Komazô

| Mimasu Inemaru IV^[1]

Born in 1876. The first stage name of this Kamigata actor was Mimasu Inemaru IV^[1]. Was he a disciple of Mimasu Inemaru III? He became disciple of an actor named Ichikawa Uzaemon and received the name of Ichikawa Komazô in 1913 and was active up to 1930. No record afterwards. He was never acknowledged as an official holder of the name.

Honmyô	Haimyô	Yagô
Tanaka Kanematsu	Kikue	Toyodakaya

Ichikawa Komazô IX

The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô XI held the name of Ichikawa Komazô IX from April 1929 to April 1940.

Ichikawa Komazô IX playing the role of Satô Tadanobu, in reality the fox Genkurô, in the dance-drama "Yoshinoyama", which was staged in April 1936 at the Yûrakuza

Ichikawa Komazô X

The actor Ichikawa Komazô X held this name from September 1954 to March 1981.

Ichikawa Komazô XI

The actor Ichikawa Komazô XI is the current holder of the name since April 1994.

Notes

[1] He was never recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" but he was recorded in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".