Ebizo ichikawa biography for kids

Stage name for Japanese kabuki actors

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ichikawa.

Ichikawa Ebizō (市川 海老蔵) is a stage name taken on by a series of Kabuki actors of the Ichikawa family.

Ebizo ichikawa biography for kids

Most of these were blood relatives, though some were adopted into the family. It is a famous and important name, and receiving it is an honor.

Ebizō, like other actors' names, is bestowed (or given up) at grand naming ceremonies called shūmei in which a number of actors formally change their names.

A number of actors have followed a particular sequence in their stage names, preceding "Ebizō" by being called Ichikawa Shinnosuke or Matsumoto Kōshirō, and following it by achieving the name Ichikawa Danjūrō.

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The design of the Ichikawa family mon, three squares nested inside one another, is called mimasu (三升).

Lineage

• Ichikawa Ebizō I (&#;– April )^[1]&#;– Took the name Danjūrō in , becoming the first Ichikawa Danjūrō.

  Originated the aragoto form.

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