ICHIKAWA EBIZÔ

ELEVEN GENERATIONS

Ichikawa Ebizô I

Ichikawa Danjûrô I held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô I from 1673 to the 4th lunar month of 1675.

Ichikawa Ebizô II

Ichikawa Ebizô II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1735 to the 9th lunar month of 1758.

Ichikawa Ebizô II playing the role Soga Gorô Tokimune in the kaomise drama "Miya Bashira Taiheiki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1740 at the Nakamuraza

Ichikawa Ebizô III

Ichikawa Ebizô III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1772 to the 3rd lunar month of 1778.

Ichikawa Ebizô III performing in the kaomise drama "Ôyoroi Ebidô Shinozuka", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1772 at the Nakamuraza

Ichikawa Ebizô IV

Ichikawa Danjûrô VI held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô IV from the 11th lunar month of 1782 to the 10th lunar month of 1791.

Ichikawa Ebizô V

Ichikawa Ebizô V held this name a first time from 1797 to the 10th lunar month of 1800, then a second time from the 3rd lunar month of 1832 to the 3rd lunar month of 1859.

Ichikawa Ebizô V playing the role of Sekibei in the drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1850 at the Kawarazakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Ebizô VI

Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô VI from the 3rd lunar month of 1825 to the 2nd lunar month of 1832.

Ichikawa Ebizô VI playing the role of the little bonze Sakurambô in the drama "Yui Narai Kanoko Dôjôji" staged at the Ichimuraza in the 2nd lunar month of 1832 (print made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Ichikawa Ebizô VII

The actor Ichikawa Ebizô VII held this name for a few months in 1874.

Ichikawa Ebizô VIII

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 the 7th lunar month of 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 Enzô 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.

Haimyô	Yagô
Jushô	Naritaya

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

Ichikawa Danjûrô XI held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô IX from May 1940 to March 1962.

Ichikawa Ebizô IX playing the role of Hayano Kampei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" (print made by Natori Shunsen in 1954)

Ichikawa Ebizô X

Ichikawa Danjûrô XII held the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X from November 1969 to March 1985.

Ichikawa Ebizô XI

The actor Ichikawa Ebizô XI is the current holder of the name since May 2004.