Ichikawa Danjūrō Throughout the Centuries

A Collage of Woodblock Print and Photographic Representations of 12 members of the Ichikawa Danjūrō Lineage Top row, from left: Ichikawa Danjūrō I (May 1675 – February 1704) as Yamagami Gennaizaemon (Zōhiki) Ichikawa Danjūrō II (July 1704 – November 1735) as Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa (Shibaraku) Ichikawa Danjūrō III (November 1735 – February 1742) as Uirō-uri or Soga no Gorō (Uirō) Ichikawa Danjūrō IV (November 1754 – October 1770) as Roku-bu (Kamahige) Second Row, from left: Ichikawa Danjūrō V (November 1770 – October 1791) as Fudō-myō-ō (Fudō) Ichikawa Danjūrō VI (November 1791 – May 1799) as Hanatogawa Sukeroku (Sukeroku) Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (November 1800 – February 1832) as Taira no Kagekiyo (Kagekiyo) Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (March 1832 – August 1854) as Soga no Gorō in Ya no Ne Third Row, from left: Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (1874 – September 1903) Sanshō Ichikawa V (Danjūrō X) (posthumous 1962) Ichikawa Danjūrō XI (April 1962 – November 1965) Ichikawa Danjūrō XII (April 1985 – February 2013) Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII (Not Pictured) (May 2020 –)

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