Ebizo ichikawa wikipedia

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.

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.

Ebizo ichikawa wikipedia

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.

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

Lineage

• Ichikawa Ebizō I (1673 – April 1675)^[1] – Took the name Danjūrō in 1693, becoming the first Ichikawa Danjūrō. Originated the