ICHIKAWA RAIZÔ V

Stage names:

Ichikawa Raizô V
Ichikawa Sumizô IV
Ichikawa Hinasuke
Ichikawa Enzaburô 0.1
Ichikawa Dangorô 3.4
Ichikawa Kaien
Ichikawa Kawazô
Kawatakiya Kawazô
Ichikawa Umizô
Ichikawa Dangorô 3.4
Ichikawa Danko III

Other name:

Sakuraya Kien

Guild: Sakuraya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Poetry name: Kien

Existence: 1820 ~ 7th day of the 5th lunar month of 1866^[1]

Connection:

Master: Ichikawa Ebizô V

Career:

1820 ~ 1836: he started his career in 1824 as a disciple of the star Ichikawa Danjûrô VII. His first stage name was Ichikawa Danko III^[2]. Later, he most likely took the name of Ichikawa Dangorô^[3] at an unknown date.

1836: he took the name of Ichikawa Umizô.

5th lunar month of 1838: he took the name of Kawatakiya Kawazô at the Kawarasakiza.

11th lunar month of 1838: he took the name of Ichikawa Kawazô at the Kawarasakiza.

10th lunar month of 1839: he took the name of Ichikawa Kaien at the Kawarasakiza.

1847: he took back the name of Ichikawa Dangorô.

1st lunar month of 1848: he took the name of Ichikawa Enzaburô^[3] at the Kawarasakiza.

7th lunar month of 1855: he took the name of Ichikawa Hinasuke at the Kawarasakiza.

He successively performed under the names of Ichikawa Danko III, Ichikawa Dangorô, Ichikawa Umizô, Ichikawa Kaien, Ichikawa Enzaburô I and Ichikawa Hinasuke.

2nd lunar month of 1858: Ichikawa Hinasuke took the name of Ichikawa Sumizô IV at the Nakamuraza, performing in the drama "Date Moyô Somete Kisaragi".

1st lunar month of 1859: Ichikawa Sumizô IV took the name of Ichikawa Raizô V at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Uesugi Unai in the drama "Hatsudôchû Sugoroku Soga", which also celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Tanosuke III.

23rd day of the 3rd lunar month of 1859^[4]: his master Ichikawa Ebizô V died.

2nd lunar month of 1861: Raizô appeared on stage for the last time, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, performing in the drama "Okuni no Matsu Soga Nakamura".

7th day of the 5th lunar month of 1866^[1]: Raizô died in Edo.

Comments:

Ichikawa Raizô V was a supporting tachiyaku and katakiyaku actor. He was often ill in his latter years and had to retire at the beginning of his 40s.

[1] The 7th day of the 5th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Keiô era was the 19th of June 1861 in the western calendar.

[2] He was the last Ichikawa Danko for the old line.

[3] He was never acknowledged as an official holder of the name.

[4] The 23rd day of the 3rd lunar month of the 6th year of the Ansei era was the 25th of April 1859 in the western calendar.

Ichikawa Raizô V in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in 1864

Prints & Illustrations

The Ichikawa Danko line of actors

The Ichikawa Dangorô line of actors

The Ichikawa Sumizô line of actors

The Ichikawa Raizô line of actors