| ICHIKAWA YAOZÔ |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô I | |
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The actor Ichikawa Yaozô I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1749 to the 10th lunar month of 1759. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô I playing the role of Hannya Gorô in the kaomise drama "Kamuri Kurabe Yatsushi Kuronushi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1753 at the Ichimuraza |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô II | |
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The actor Ichikawa Yaozô II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1763 to the 7th lunar month of 1777. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô II in a print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô III | |
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The actor Suketakaya Takasuke II held the name of Ichikawa Yaozô III from the 11th lunar month of 1779 to the 10th lunar month of 1804. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1788~1790) |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô IV | |
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The actor Ichikawa Yaozô IV held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1804 to the 9th lunar month of 1834. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô IV playing the role of Ono no Sadakurô in the 5th act of "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in 1810 in Ôsaka |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô 4.5 | |
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The actor Nakamura Shibajûrô performed under the name of Ichikawa Yaozô in 1817 but he was was never acknowledged as an official member of the line. |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô V | |
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The actor Seki Sanjûrô III held the name of Ichikawa Yaozô V from the 11th lunar month of 1827 to the 3rd lunar month of 1840. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô V playing the role of Yoshida no Matsuwaka in the drama "Chigusa no Hana Iro no Yozakari", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1834 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I) |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô VI | |
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The actor Seki Sanjûrô IV held the name of Ichikawa Yaozô VI from the 1st lunar month of 1863 to February 1873. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô VI portraying the yakko Tsumahei in a print made in 1863 by Utagawa Kunisada II |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô VII | |
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The actor Ichikawa Chûsha VII held the name of Ichikawa Yaozô VII from July 1879 to September 1918. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô VII portraying Asari Yoichi in a print made at the end of the 1890s by Toyohara Kunichika |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô VIII | |
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The actor Ichikawa Chûsha VIII held the name of Ichikawa Yaozô VIII from October 1918 to May 1953. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô VIII at the beginning of the 1940s |
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| Ichikawa Yaozô IX | |
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The actor Ichikawa Yaozô IX held this name from June 1953 to January 1987. |
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Ichikawa Yaozô IX playing the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in the drama "Amagasaki Kankyo" |
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