Ichikawa Danzō V (五代目市川団蔵: 4/1819 to 6/1845) (actor 1788 – 1845)
Ichikawa Shikō I (初代市川市紅: from 1/1815 to 4/1819)Ichikawa Danzaburō IV (四代目市川団三郎: from 10/1795 to 1/1815)
Ichikawa Danjirō I (初代市川段治郎: until 10/1795)
Ichikawa Morinosuke I (初代市川森之助: his earliest acting name)
Shikō (poetry name)
Kōsan (poetry name)
Senshō (poetry name)
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Biography:
This actor held this name from 4/1819 to 6/1845. He was adopted by Ichikawa Danzō IV (1745-1808) and in turn Danzō V adopted Ichikawa Danzō VI, Ichikawa Danzaburō V and Ichikawa Danzaburō VI.
"Ichikawa Danzō V was an outstanding tachiyaku, the worthy heir of his adoptive father Ichikawa Danzō IV. He gave importance to realism in his way of acting. He adopted several of his adoptive father's roles as his own, like Shunkan in the drama "Heike Nyogo-ga-Shima", but was also able to play onnagata or katakiyaku roles. He excelled in wajitsu, budōgoto and jitsugotoshi roles."
Quoted directly from Kabuki21.
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The Kamigata Ukiyo-e Museum wrote that Danzō V "...became a disciple of Ichikawa Ichizō I (Ichikawa Ebijurō I), who was a disciple of Ichikawa Danzō V, and took the name Ichikawa Morinosuke. He was later adopted by Ichikawa Danzō IV, and took the name Ichikawa Danzaburō IV. While he was in Edo, his adoptive father, Ichikawa Danzaburō IV, died. He returned to Osaka from Edo and gained a good reputation, changing his name to Ichikawa Ichibei I. In 1819, he took the name Ichikawa Danzō V. He fell ill in 1844, and died the following year."