ICHIKAWA DANZABURÔ

NINE GENERATIONS

Ichikawa Danzaburô I
Ichikawa Danzaburô I

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Matsumoto Shirosaburô and younger brother of Ichikawa Danzô I, he made his training in miyaji shibai, performing under the name of Ichikawa Hyakumatsu. He became tachiyaku and took the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô I in the 11th lunar month of 1711 at the Moritaza, playing in the kaomise drama "Kôbai no Momoyoguruma", which welcomed in Edo the actors Sakakiyama Sukegorô, Osagawa Tatsuya and Sawamura Jûrôzaemon. He appeared on stage for the last time in the 2nd lunar month of 1713 at the Moritaza, where he played in the drama "Isshin Oyako Zakura".

The name of Ichikawa Danzaburô I in the 1712 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red shape)

Ichikawa Danzaburô 1.2

The actor Ichikawa Danzô II most likely held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô but he was never considered as an official holder of the name.

Ichikawa Danzaburô II

The actor Ichikawa Danzô III held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô II from the 11th lunar month of 1739 to the 10th lunar month of 1740.

The name of Ichikawa Danzaburô II in the 1740 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red shape; he performs at the Nakamuraza and his rank with one stroke below jô-jô [visual])

Ichikawa Danzaburô III

The actor Ichikawa Danzô IV held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô III from the 11th lunar month of 1772 to the 10th lunar month of 1773.

Ichikawa Danzaburô III playing the role of Usui Sadamitsu in the kaomise drama "Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunazaka", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1772 at the Ichimuraza

Ichikawa Danzaburô IV

The actor Ichikawa Danzô V held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô IV from the 10th lunar month of 1795 to the 12th lunar month of 1814.

Ichikawa Danzaburô IV playing the role of Hisamatsu in the drama "Some Moyô Imose no Kadomatsu", which was staged in the 6th lunar month of 1808 at the Nakamuraza
(print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Ichikawa Danzaburô V

The actor Ichikawa Danzaburô V held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1831 to the 10th lunar month of 1843.

Ichikawa Danzaburô V playing the role of Saginuma Tarô in the drama "Yo-ni-Utô Sôma no Furugosho", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1836 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Ichikawa Danzaburô VI

The actor Ichikawa Tôshô held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô VI from the 1st lunar month of 1844 to the 12th lunar month of 1845.

Ichikawa Danzaburô VII
Ichikawa Danzaburô VII

| Ichikawa Kiyosaburô

Year of birth unknown. His first stage name was Ichikawa Kiyosaburô and it was recorded for the first time in Ôsaka in 1849. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Danzô VI and received the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô VII in 1854. He was active in Kamigata up to 1865. He most likely died in 1865.

Ichikawa Danzaburô VII in 1856

Ichikawa Danzaburô VIII
Ichikawa Danzaburô VIII

A minor actor who made an obscure career in Kamigata held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô VIII between 1867 and 1889.

Ichikawa Danzaburô IX
Ichikawa Danzaburô IX

| Ichikawa Ichijirô

Born in Edo in 1851. Son of a famous painter, he became the disciple of Ichikawa Ichizô III and received the name of Ichikawa Ichijirô in 1858. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Kuzô III and took the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô IX in January 1880^[1] at the Hisamatsuza. He was active up to his death the 18th of February 1926.

Yagô	Honmyô
Mikawaya, Miyoshiya	Suma Mitsunosuke/Shima Michinosuke

Ichikawa Danzaburô IX portraying Yoshida Matsuwaka in a print made by Toyohara Kunichika

Notes

[1] Between 1880 and 1889, two actors held simultaneously the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô in Japan.