ICHIKAWA MASUSABURÔ
   
THREE GENERATIONS
Ichikawa Masusaburô I
Ichikawa Fukunojô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Masuju  In Japanese | Ichikawa Masuzô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Masusaburô I  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, he received the name of Ichikawa Masusaburô I in the 11th lunar month 1812 and started his career in Edo in kodomo shibai. He took the name of Ichikawa Masuzô in the 11th lunar month of 1828 at the Kawarasakiza. He took the name of Ichikawa Masuju in the 11th lunar month of 1835. He took the name of Ichikawa Fukunojô in the 11th lunar month of 1838 at the Ichimuraza. He was active in Edo up to 1863. No record afterwards.

The name of Ichikawa Masusaburô I in the 1820 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Ichikawa Masusaburô II
Ichikawa Yoshijirô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Masusaburô II  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. Disciple of the travelling actor Ichikawa Shinnosuke, he started his career at the end of the 1870s (around 1878?) and performed under the name of Ichikawa Masusaburô II. Later, he took the name of Ichikawa Yoshijirô. He joined the Soganoya Shinkigeki troupe, performing under the name of Soganoya Tokijirô. He took the name of Soganoya Kametsuru [1] in February 1915. He was active in Shinkigeki up to 1937. He died the 9th of August 1937. His real name was Takeuchi Umekichi.

Ichikawa Masusaburô III
 

The actor Ichikawa Dannosuke VI held the name of Ichikawa Masusaburô III from November 1897 to October 1915.

 

Notes

[1] Another possible reading for this first name could be Kikaku instead of Kametsuru.

 
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