Ichikawa Shinnosuke
Ichikawa Shinnosuke 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.
Shinnosuke, like other actors' names, is bestowed at grand naming ceremonies called shūmei in which a number of actors formally change their names. A number of actors have followed a particular sequence in their stage names, following their time as Ichikawa Shinnosuke by being granted the names Ichikawa Ebizō or Ichikawa Danjūrō.
The design of the Ichikawa family mon, three squares nested inside one another, is called mimasu.
Lineage
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke I – Later, Ebizō V and Danjūrō VII. Established the Kabuki Jūhachiban.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke II – Son of Shinnosuke I. Later became Danjūrō VIII.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke III – Son of Shinnosuke I. Later became Ebizō VII.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV – Son of Shinnosuke I. Later became Ebizō VIII.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke V – husband of daughter of Danjūrō IX.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI – Son of Danjūrō XI, later became Danjūrō XII.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII – Son of Shinnosuke VI. Later, Ichikawa Ebizō XI, the actor currently bearing that name.
- Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII – Son of Shinnosuke VII.
Others
- Kataoka Nizaemon VIII is not formally acknowledged as a member of the lineage, though he was adopted by Danjūrō VII and called Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI for a few years during his childhood. Kamigata actor.
- Ichikawa Komazō VI a son of Danjūrō VII, held the name Shinnosuke for a short time in his childhood, but is not counted in the lineage.