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| ELEVEN GENERATIONS |
| Ichikawa Ebizô I |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô I held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô I from 1673 to April 1675. |
| Ichikawa Ebizô II |
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Ichikawa Ebizô II held this name from November 1735 to September 1758. |
| Ichikawa Ebizô III |
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Ichikawa Ebizô III held this name from November 1772 to March 1778. |
| Ichikawa Ebizô IV |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô VI held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô IV from November 1782 to October 1791. |
| Ichikawa Ebizô V |
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Ichikawa Ebizô V held this name a first time from 1797 to October 1800, then a second time from March 1832 to March 1859. |
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| Ichikawa Ebizô V playing the role of Benkei in the dance-drama "Kanjinchô" performed at the Kawarazakiza in March 1840 |
| Ichikawa Ebizô VI |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô VI from March 1825 to February 1832. |
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| Ichikawa Ebizô VI playing the role of the little bonze Sakurambô in the drama "Yui Narai Kanoko Dôjôji" staged at the Ichimuraza in February 1832 (print made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi) |
| Ichikawa Ebizô VII |
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The actor Ichikawa Ebizô VII held this name for a few months in 1874. |
| Ichikawa Ebizô VIII |
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He was born in Edo in 1845 as the seventh son of the great star Ichikawa Ebizô V. He started his career at an unknown date, receiving the name of
Ichikawa Akanbei. He took the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV at the Nakamuraza in July 1863, playing the role of
Genji in the drama "Ono no Tôfû Aoyagi Suzuri". He took later on the names of Ichikawa Juzô and Ichikawa
Saruzô II. He settled in Kyôto in 1870 and performed there several years. He was asked by his brother Ichikawa Danjûrô IX to come back to Tôkyô
in order to take the name of Ichikawa Ebizô VIII in 1881. He died the 12th November 1886 at the age of 41.
Ichikawa Ebizô VIII was a good supporting actor.
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| Ichikawa Ebizô VIII playing the role of Endô Musha in a print made by Toyohara Kunichika in 1882 |
| Print made by Toyohara Kunichika in 1863 |
| Ichikawa Ebizô IX |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XI held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô IX from May 1940 to March 1962. |
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| Ichikawa Ebizô IX playing the role of Hayano Kampei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" (print made by Natori Shunsen in 1954) |
| Ichikawa Ebizô X |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XII held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X from November 1969 to March 1985.
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| Ichikawa Ebizô XI |
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The actor Ichikawa Ebizô XI is the current holder of the name since May 2004.
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