ICHIKAWA DANZÔ

NINE GENERATIONS

Ichikawa Danzô I

The actor Ichikawa Danzô I held this name from the 3rd lunar month of 1698 to the 4th lunar month of 1740.

Ichikawa Danzô I playing the role of Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa in the bombastic drama "Shibaraku" in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Ichikawa Danzô II
Ichikawa Danzô II

| Ichikawa Danzaburô^[1]

| Ichikawa Ichisaburô

Born in Edo in 1710. He was the son of Ichikawa Danzô I, starting to perform under the name of Ichikawa Ichisaburô. He left Edo after a quarrel with his father and became a travelling actor (tabi shibai). He was performing in the city of Utsunomiya when he heard of the passing away of his father in the 4th lunar month of 1740. He went back to Edo and took the name of Ichikawa Danzô II in the 7th lunar month of 1740. He died a few months later, the 20th of the 10th lunar month of 1740^[2].

Yagô	Haimyô
Mikawaya	Shikô

Ichikawa Danzô II playing the role of Hakoômaru dans une print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Ichikawa Danzô III

The actor Ichikawa Danzô III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1740 to the 6th lunar month of 1772.

Ichikawa Danzô III playing the role of Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Ichikawa Danzô IV

The actor Ichikawa Danzô IV held this name from 11th lunar month of 1773 to the 10th lunar month of 1808.

Ichikawa Danzô IV playing the role of Rokusuke in the drama "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi" (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Ichikawa Danzô V

The actor Ichikawa Danzô V held this name from the 4th lunar month of 1819 to the 6th lunar month of 1845.

Ichikawa Danzô V playing the role of Satô Masakiyo in the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1833 in Edo at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Ichikawa Danzô VI

The actor Ichikawa Danzô VI held this name from the 10th lunar month of 1852 to the 10th lunar month of 1871.

Ichikawa Danzô VI playing the role of Iwanaga Saemon in the drama "Akoya", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1857 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Danzô VII

The actor Ichikawa Danzô VII held this name from June 1897 to September 1911.

Ichikawa Danzô VII playing the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in the drama "Ehon Taikôki", which was staged in June 1909 at the Kabukiza

Ichikawa Danzô VIII

The actor Ichikawa Danzô VIII held this name from October 1943 to June 1966.

Ichikawa Danzô VIII playing the role of Ikyû in the drama "Sukeroku

Ichikawa Danzô IX

The actor Ichikawa Danzô IX is the current holder of the name since May 1987.

Notes

[1] He most likely held the name of Ichikawa Danzaburô but he was never considered as an official holder of the name.

[2] The 20th of the 10th lunar month of the 5th year of the Genbun era was the 8th of December 1740 in the western calendar.