Photo: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Ichikawa Danzō V

五代目市川團蔵　/　ごだいめいちかわだんぞう

Kabuki actor

September 1, 1788 – July 10, 1845

kabuki actor

My Take

Ichikawa Danzo V fascinates me precisely because so little survives about him. Born in 1788 and gone by 1845, he inherited one of kabuki's grand acting names in an age before film or photography could preserve a single gesture. What strikes me is how completely his art depended on the living moment, leaving us only the weight of the lineage he carried. I find myself oddly moved by that fragility. A performer who clearly commanded respect to hold such a name, yet whose actual stagecraft we can only imagine, reminds me that some of history's finest talents reach us as little more than a revered shadow.

Overview

Ichikawa Danzō V is a kabuki actor.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ichikawa Danzō V
Name (Japanese): 五代目市川團蔵
Reading: ごだいめいちかわだんぞう
Born: September 1, 1788 – July 10, 1845
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Monkey
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: kabuki actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E5%B7%9D%E5%9C%98%E8%94%B5%20(5%E4%BB%A3%E7%9B%AE)

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