ICHIKAWA DANJÛRÔ VII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)
1791 - 04/25/1859

aka ICHIKAWA EBIZÔ V (市川海老蔵)
aka ICHIKAWA HAKUEN II (市川白猿)
aka ICHIKAWA SHINNOSUKE I (市川新之助)

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sano Jirōzaemon (佐野次郎左衛門)

Play: Kakitsubata Iro mo Edozome (杜若艶色紫)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/11/1815
Print Date: 05-06/2006
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: [Kunisada's Danjûrô]
Kunisada no Danjûrô (国貞の團十郎)
Series: [A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo]
Edo Sumi Hyaku Shoku (江戸墨百色)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#19/100)

Note:  The tattoo of Danjûrô VII is based on an 1815 print
by Utagawa Kunisada I.   The cartouche depicts Danjûrô
VII in one of his signature roles as Kamakura Gongorô
Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) in Shibaraku (暫), also
based on a print by Kunisada I.

 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sano Jirōzaemon (佐野次郎左衛門)

Play: Kakitsubata Iro mo Edozome (杜若艶色紫)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/11/1815
Print Date: 2006
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: [Kunisada's Danjûrô]
Kunisada no Danjûrô (国貞の團十郎)
Series: [A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo]
Edo Sumi Hyaku Shoku (江戸墨百色)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection

Note:  See the note to the previous entry.  This test proof color variant
includes the bloody print from the tattoo-less companion print "Katana
(刀)."

 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Ebizô (市川海老蔵) as Yanone no Gorô (矢の根五郎)

Play: Yanone (矢の根)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo?
Performance Date: 05/1832
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The identification of the actor as Ebizô V is an educated
guess.  It could reflect another actor in the Ebizô line.  Even if it
is Ebizô V, it may reflect a different performance than the one
noted here.
 
 

               
Kaijô No Tsuki (海上の月)
Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Kezori (毛制)
 
Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1840
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 7, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects some other performance
by Danjûrô VII.
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 1]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 1
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

Note:  Although Ligustro has indicated that he based these design
on a Sharaku print, it is actually based on a print by Utagawa
Hirosada (小西 廣貞).
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 2]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 2
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 3]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 3
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 4]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 4
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海 )
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 5]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 5
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海 )
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 6]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 6
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 7]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 7
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 8]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 8
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 9]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 9
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 10]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 10
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 11]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 11
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川海老蔵) as
Denkai (傳戒?)

Play: Nichiren Shônin Minori no Umi (日蓮上人御法海)
Performance Place: Takeda-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/1849
Print Date: 1992 (ed. 1/1; 11 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: [Print Tribute to the Danjûrô Actors of Kabuki Variant 12]
Stampa Omaggio agli attori Danjūrō del Kabuki variante 12
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/