SEVEN GENERATIONS
Ichikawa Sumizô I
  Unknown actor.
Ichikawa Sumizô II
  Unknown actor.
Ichikawa Sumizô III
  The actor Ichikawa Sumizô III held this name from August 1830 to February 1837.

Ichikawa Sumizô III (back) and his master Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (front) at the Kawarazakiza in August 1830 (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Ichikawa Sumizô IV
  The actor Ichikawa Raizô V held the name of Ichikawa Sumizô IV from February 1858 to December 1858.
Ichikawa Sumizô V
  The actor Ichikawa Sumizô V held this name from November 1878 to May 1906.

Ichikawa Sumizô V playing the role of Benkei in the dance-drama "Kanjinchô"

Ichikawa Sumizô VI
  The actor Ichikawa Jukai III held the name of Ichikawa Sumizô VI from March 1907 to January 1949.

Ichikawa Sumizô VI playing the role of Jûbei in the drama "Numazu", which was staged in September 1941 at the Tôkyô Gekijô

Ichikawa Sumizô VII
  The actor Ichikawa Sumizô VII held this name from February 1949 to March 1985.
 
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