Ichikawa Danjūrō I (初代 市川 段十郎, Shodai Ichikawa Danjūrō, 1660–1704) was an early kabuki actor in Japan. He remains today one of the most famous of all kabuki...

name Danjūrō. Originated the aragoto form. Ichikawa Danjūrō II (July 1704 – November 1735) – Eldest son of Danjūrō I; previously known as Ichikawa Ebizō...

Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII (十三代目 市川 團十郎, Jyūsandaime Ichikawa Danjūrō) (born December 6, 1977) is a Japanese Kabuki, film, television actor and stage producer...

Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目 市川 團十郎, Hachidaime Ichikawa Danjūrō, 7 November 1823 – 27 September 1854) was a Japanese kabuki actor of the prestigious Ichikawa...

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (九代目 市川 團十郎, Kudaime Ichikawa Danjūrō, 29 November 1838 – 13 September 1903) was one of the most successful and famous Kabuki actors...

Ichikawa Danjūrō XII (十二代目 市川 團十郎, Jūnidaime Ichikawa Danjūrō, August 6, 1946 – February 3, 2013) was a Japanese actor. He was the twelfth kabuki actor...

Ichikawa Danjūrō V (五代目 市川 團十郎, Godaime Ichikawa Danjūrō, August 1741 – 29 October 1806) also known as Ichikawa Ebizō (市川 海老蔵), was one of the most famous...

region. Ichikawa Danjūrō is a stage name. The earnestly prayed-for son of Ichikawa Danjūrō I, Danjūrō II acted under the name Ichikawa Kuzō I from 1697...

Ichikawa Danjūrō line Ichikawa Danjūrō I Ichikawa Danjūrō II Ichikawa Danjūrō III Ichikawa Danjūrō IV Ichikawa Danjūrō V Ichikawa Danjūrō VI Ichikawa...

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目 市川 團十郎, Shichidaime Ichikawa Danjūrō, 1791 – 23 March 1859) was a Japanese kabuki actor who specialized in male hero (tachiyaku)...

costumes and makeup (kumadori).[citation needed] Originally staged by Ichikawa Danjūrō I in 1697 at the Nakamura-za, it was very popular, and quickly began...

distinguished stage name Danjuro". Kyodo News. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022. Ichikawa Danjūrō V was forced to give up the name Danjūrō and take the...

associated with the Ichikawa Danjūrō line of actors and the aragoto style of acting. This version was written by Ichikawa Danjūrō I, but it has been replaced...

pose is struck. The practice of mie is said to have originated with Ichikawa Danjūrō I in the Genroku era, along with the aragoto style itself. There are...

development of the mie style of posing, credited to kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō I, alongside the development of the mask-like kumadori makeup worn by...

Ichikawa Raizō I. Ichikawa Raizō III (dates unknown): student of Ichikawa Danjūrō V. Ichikawa Raizō IV (dates unknown): student of Ichikawa Danjūrō V...

Danjūrō II Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII Ichikawa Danjūrō IX Ichikawa Danjūrō XII Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII Ichikawa Jūkai III Ichikawa Kodanji...

injured. Chikamatsu Monzaemon—jōruri playwright Ichikawa Danjūrō I, Sakata Tōjūrō I, Yoshizawa Ayame I—kabuki actors Ihara Saikaku—novelist Arai Hakuseki—Confucian...

adopted by Danjūrō VII and called Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI for a few years during his childhood. Kamigata actor. Ichikawa Komazō VI a son of Danjūrō VII, held...

female roles) alongside his tachiyaku (actor of male roles) partner, Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII. In 1853, he began performing at the Kawarazaki-za. His final...

had been bestowed upon Ichikawa Jukai III by both of the actors who had used it before: Ichikawa Danjūrō VII and Ichikawa Danjūrō IX; and he had even been...

October 1708 production by the same name. Unlike his Edo counterpart, Ichikawa Danjūrō I, Tōjūrō's line lasted a very few generations and died out less than...

form of the Kamigata (Kansai) theatre as his counterpart in Edo, Ichikawa Danjūrō I, did the same for the aragoto form. Sakata Tōjūrō was actor-manager...

Moviegoings. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-09-10. Ichikawa, Danjūrō. Danjūrō no kabuki annai (團十郎の歌舞伎案内, "Danjūrō's Kabuki Guide"). Tokyo: PHP Shinsho, 2008....

bombastic, bold aragoto style created by his contemporary in Edo, Ichikawa Danjūrō I. The aesthetics and philosophy of wagoto would continue to shape and...

brothers, Ichikawa Danjūrō XI and Onoe Shōroku II, were actors, as are his sons, Nakamura Kichiemon II and Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, and his grandson Ichikawa Somegorō...

modern day. Aragoto-style actor Ichikawa Danjūrō I, wagoto-style actor Sakata Tōjūrō I, and onnagata actor Yoshizawa Ayame I are famous kabuki actors of the...

1772 – October 1801) – Disciple of Danjūrō IV and Kōshirō III (Danjūrō V). Previously known as Ichikawa Somegorō I, and later known as Omegawa Kyōjūrō...

then become respectively Ichikawa Danjuro XI, Matsumoto Hakuo I (known once as Koshiro VIII) and Onoe Shoroku II. He passed Danjuro IX's knowledge and teaching...

role actor) Segawa Kikunojō II, and aragoto ('rough style') master Ichikawa Danjūrō V. He was particularly admired for his performance of wajitsu (calm...