Ebizo Ichikawa Collection (#2)

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (bottom), and Nakamura Nakazo... c. 1770. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (bottom), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (top), in the "Shibaraku" Scene from the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer... c. 1782. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left)

The Actors Sawamura Kijuro I as Ikazuchi Shinno, Prince of Thunder (far left), Ichik... c. 1771/72. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Sawamura Kijuro I as Ikazuchi Shinno, Prince of Thunder (far left), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Buddhist Deity Fudo (second from left)

The Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Nyosan no Miya (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renega... c. 1772 Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Nyosan no Miya (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Yochin (center), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as the Maid Mutsuhana (left)

The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Seno-o Taro, Ichikawa Komazo II as Yorimasa, Nakamura... c. 1772. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Seno-o Taro, Ichikawa Komazo II as Yorimasa, Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kiou Takiguchi (right to left)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Buddhist Monk Wantetsu from Okamidani, in... c. 1778. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Buddhist Monk Wantetsu from Okamidani, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei... c. 1768
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home (Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyo no Torikaji)

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sansh... c. 1769. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as An no He... c. 1780
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro (left), in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei... c. 1768
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home (Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyo no Torikaji)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakar... c. 1768
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith)

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left)... c. 1780. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (right)

The Actors Onoe Tamizo I as Nishikigi (?) or Otae (?) (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as... c. 1778. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Onoe Tamizo I as Nishikigi (?) or Otae (?) (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Heidayu Kunitae (?) (center), and Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oyuki ()

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V and his family, from an untitled series of four prints... c. 1783/84
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V and his family, from an untitled series of four prints showing Actors in private life, c. 1783/84

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V and his attendant, from an untitled series of prints showing... c1783
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V and his attendant, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life, c. 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi... c. 1782. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782, Japan, c. 1782

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no... c. 1772. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770, Japan, c. 1772

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata... c. 1782. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode

Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) in the Role of Mongaku Shonin Disguised as Yamagatsu from... 1781-1801. Creator: Hokusai
Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) in the Role of Mongaku Shonin Disguised as Yamagatsu from the Play Kin no Menuki Minamotoya Kakutsuba, 1781-1801

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms. Creator: Ippitsusai Buncho
Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

The actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the play "Hatsumonbi Yosooi Soga, "... 1802
The actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the play "Hatsumonbi Yosooi Soga, " performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1802, 1802

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Sei... 1796
The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play " Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji, " performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796, 1796

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Minamoto no Yoshiie, in the play "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yum... 1778
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Minamoto no Yoshiie, in the play "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, " performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1778 (?), 1778

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke, Segawa Kikunojo III as Hatsune-hime, and... 1785
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke, Segawa Kikunojo III as Hatsune-hime, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ninnaji no Saibei, in the joruri "Shitenno Oe no Yamairi

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V and Ichikawa Ebizo IV, from a pentaptych of eleven actors ce... 1788
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V and Ichikawa Ebizo IV, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers, 1788

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Shinozuka Goro Sadatsuna in the play "Ume Momiji Date no... 1760
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Shinozuka Goro Sadatsuna in the play " Ume Momiji Date no Okido, " performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1760, 1760

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no... 1783
The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokube... 1785
The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko

Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kusunoki Bokon and Sawamura Kijuro as Omori Hikoshichi in the... 1767/68
Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kusunoki Bokon and Sawamura Kijuro as Omori Hikoshichi in the Scene from a Drama (Sandaime Matsumoto Koshiro no Kusunoki Bokon to Sawamura Kijuro no Omori Hikoshichi), 1767/68

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hige no Ikyu, Nakamura Riko as Agemaki, and Ichikawa Ebiz... 1784
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hige no Ikyu, Nakamura Riko as Agemaki, and Ichikawa Ebizo as Agemaki's attendant in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura" at the Nakamura Theater in

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Kudo Suketsune in the play "Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori, "p... 1759
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Kudo Suketsune in the play " Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori, " performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1759, 1759

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sukeroku in the play "Choseiden Fudan-zakura, "... 1756
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sukeroku in the play " Choseiden Fudan-zakura, " performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1756, 1756

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and N... 1754
The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Kato Arajiro in the play " Miura no Osuke Bumon no Kotobuki

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro III as Oroku and Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro in the play... 1767
The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro III as Oroku and Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro in the play "Shomei Muken no Kane, " performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767, 1767

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi... c. 1768. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768, c. 1768. Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo... c. 1770. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770, c. 1770. Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho

Ichikawa Danjuro V, 1772. Creator: Shunsho
Ichikawa Danjuro V, 1772. Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)", Japan, 1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae... c. 1769. Creator: Ippitsusai Buncho
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769, c. 1769

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler... c. 1770
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770, c. 1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko... c1770
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami (Vendetta: A Model of Loyalty and Filial Duty)

The Actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Sukeroku, early 19th century. Creator: Shunshosai Hokucho
The Actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Sukeroku, early 19th century

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo... c. 1789
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789, c. 1789

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Benkei in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at... c. 1790
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Benkei in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790, c. 1790

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki... c. 1789
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1789, c. 1789

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Banzui Chobei in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo... c. 1793
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Banzui Chobei in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793, c. 1793

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?), c. 1783/84. Creator: Katsukawa Shunjo
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?), c. 1783/84

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin, Japan, c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin, Japan, c. 1783

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Ebizo Ichikawa, also known as Danjuro V, was a renowned actor in the world of kabuki theater during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His talent and versatility on stage captivated audiences for over two decades. One of his notable roles was Mongaku Shonin Disguised as Yamagatsu, portrayed between 1781 and 1801. In this role, Ebizo showcased his ability to transform into different characters with ease, captivating the audience with his powerful performances. As a youth, Ebizo played Danjuro with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms. This portrayal by Ippitsusai Buncho highlighted his early talent and potential as an actor. Even at such a young age, he displayed remarkable skill and charisma that would later define his career. In another iconic performance from 1802's "Hatsumonbi Yosooi Soga, " Ebizo took on the character Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo. Utagawa Toyokuni I captured the intensity of Ebizo's acting in this play through intricate artwork that still resonates today. The Shibaraku scene from "Sei" in 1796 featured Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu. Utagawa Kunimasa beautifully depicted the dramatic moment when Ebizo commanded attention on stage with his commanding presence and striking expressions. Another memorable role was Minamoto no Yoshiie in "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yum" from 1778. Torii Kiyonaga immortalized Danjuro V's performance through detailed artwork that showcased both strength and vulnerability within this character. Collaborating with other talented actors was also one of Ebizo's strengths.