Stage names:

Ichikawa Ichizô III
Onoe Ichizô

Other name: Ichikawa Chôshô

Guild: Harimaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Poetry name: Chôshô

Existence: 1833 ~ 2 March 1865

Connection:

Grandfather: Ichikawa Ebijûrô I

Father: Onoe Tamizô II

Elder brother: Onoe Shôkaku I

Career:

1837: first stage appearance with his brother in miyaji shibai in Ôsaka.

Winter 1857: Ichizô and his brother Onoe Waichi II go together to Edo.

February 1857: Ichizô plays at the Moritaza the role of Tenjiku Tokubei in the drama "Irifune Soga Nihon no Torikaji".

January 1861: Ichizô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).

August 1861: premiere at the Moritaza of of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Sakura Sôshi Gonichi no Bundan", a revised version of Segawa Jokô III's drama "Higashiyama Sakura Sôshi"; Ichizô plays the roles of Yamanaka Shikanosuke and Hozumi Shinjûrô [casting].

October 1861: premiere at the Moritaza of Segawa Jokô III's drama "Zôho Futatsu Domoe"; Kodanji plays the roles of Mashiba Hisayoshi and Iwaki Tômanojô [casting].

January 1863: Ichizô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is hakushi-jô-jô-kichi (almost unique - superior - superior - excellent).

Summer 1864: Ichizô goes back to Ôsaka.

August 1864: Ichizô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Gompachi in the drama "Keisei Sato no Inazuma".

January 1865: Ichizô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).

2 March 1865: Ichizô dies in Ôsaka; his tombstone is located in the precinct of the Chikurinji Temple in the district of Sennichi.

Comments:

Ichikawa Ichizô III was a promising 19th century tachiyaku actor. This tall actor was able to perform a wide range of roles, not only as a tachiyaku, but also as a katakiyaku or an onnagata. His field of excellence was jitsugoto. He unfortunately died too young, at the beginning of his 30s; if he had lived longer, he most likely would have taken the name of Ichikawa Ebijûrô, to honor the memory of his grandfather.

Ichikawa Ichizô III playing the role of the yakko Takobei in the drama "Mata Meguri Kuruwa no Irodako", which was staged in January 1862 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1859

Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1862

Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1863

The Ichikawa Ichizô line of actors