ICHIKAWA ICHIJÛRÔ
   
FIVE GENERATIONS
Ichikawa Ichijûrô I
 

The actor Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV held the name of Ichikawa Ichijûrô I from 1830 to the end of the 1830s or the beginning of the 1840s.

Ichikawa Ichijûrô II
Ichikawa Ichijûrô II  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV, he held the name of Ichikawa Ichijûrô II from the Kôka era to 1870, the year of his death. He was the master of Ichikawa Ichijûrô III and his yagô was Kobeniya.

Ichikawa Ichijûrô III
 

The actor Ichikawa Gangyoku II held the name of Ichikawa Ichijûrô III from October 1874 to April 1910.

Ichikawa Ichijûrô III playing the role of Kazusa Gorô Tadamitsu in the drama "Genpei Nunobiki no Taki", which was staged in September 1879 at the Shintomiza
(print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

Ichikawa Ichijûrô IV
Ichikawa Ichijûrô IV  In Japanese | Ichikawa Dankichi II  In Japanese | Ichikawa Ichitarô  In Japanese
 

Born in Ôsaka the 14th of January 1878. He was the son of Ichikawa Ichijûrô III. He made his first stage appearance in Ôsaka at the Asahiza in November 1883, where he received the name of Ichikawa Ichitarô. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX in 1888, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Dankichi II. He took the name of Ichikawa Ichijûrô IV in May 1910 at the Meijiza and died in Tôkyô the 2nd of February 1940. He had an actor face but not the strength or the skills to make a great career. He spent most of his career in koshibai, performing in venues like the Kotobukiza or the Kôen Gekijô. His most notable role was Oshô Kichisa in "Sannin Kichisa". He was the master of Ichikawa Ichimatsu III.

Haimyô Yagô Real name
Tôkô Kobeniya Ichimura Hiroshi

Ichikawa Ichijûrô IV

Ichikawa Ichijûrô V
Ichikawa Ichijûrô V  In Japanese | Bandô Minosaburô  In Japanese | Bandô Daisaku  In Japanese | Jitsukawa Dônosuke  In Japanese
 

Born in Kyôto the 22nd of June 1905. He started his career as a disciple of the koshibai actor Jitsukawa Endô II, who gave him the name of Jitsukawa Dônosuke and let him make his first stage appearance in May 1912 at the Minamigawa no Shibai. He became a disciple of Bandô Minosuke VI in 1949 and received the name of Bandô Daisaku. He took the names of Bandô Minosaburô in February 1951 and Ichikawa Ichijûrô V in January 1952, at the Nakaza, where he played the role of Yazaemon in the drama "Sushiya". He died the 20th of March 1983.

Haimyô Yagô Real name
Shikô Kobeniya Noji Chôsaburô
 
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