| ICHIKAWA SHINNOSUKE |
| EIGHT GENERATIONS | |
| Ichikawa Shinnosuke I | |
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The actor Ichikawa Ebizô V held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke I from the 8th lunar month of 1794 to 1797. |
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Ichikawa Shinnosuke I performing in the kaomise drama "Matsu no Misao Onna Kusunoki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1794 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei) |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke 1.2 | |
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Kataoka Nizaemon VIII held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke for a few years in his youth but he was never acknowledged as an official member of the line. |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke II | |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke II from the 11th lunar month of 1823 to the 2nd lunar month of 1825. |
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Ichikawa Kuzô II, Ichikawa Omezô I (the one holding the little boy) and Ichikawa Shinnosuke II (the little boy) going on pilgrimage in the 10th lunar month of 1823 at the Naritasan shrine to pray the Deity Fudô Myôô, which is closely associated to the Ichikawa clan (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I) |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke 2.3 | |
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Ichikawa Komazô VI held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke for a few years in his youth but he was never acknowledged as an official member of the line. |
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The name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke in the 1830 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box) |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke III | |
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Ichikawa Ebizô VII held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke III from an unknown date up to the 2nd lunar month of 1844. |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV | |
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Ichikawa Ebizô VIII held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV from the 7th lunar month of 1863 to the 12th lunar month of 1869. |
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Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV portraying the young warrior Nagao Saburô Kagekatsu in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in 1863 |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke 4.5 | |
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A travelling actor held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke from the last decades of the 19th century to the beginning of the 1910s. He was never acknowledged as an official holder of the name but he was quite successful in tabi shibai. |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke V | |
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Ichikawa Shinnosuke V held this name from May 1913 to January 1957. |
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Ichikawa Shinnosuke V playing the role of the villain Nikki Danjô in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI | |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XII held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI from May 1958 to October 1969. |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII | |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XIII held the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII from May 1985 to April 2004. |
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| Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII | |
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Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII is the current holder of the name since November 2022. |
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The mon (mimasu) of Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII |
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