Ichikawa Sainyû was a [[Kabuki]] actor of the late [[Edo period]] and [[Meiji period]].
Ichikawa Sainyû was a [[Kabuki]] actor of the late [[Edo period]] and [[Meiji period]].
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He passed through the names Ichikawa Fukutarô and Ichikawa Udanji before taking on the name Ichikawa Sainyû at a ceremony at the Osaka [[Naka-za]] in January [[1909]].
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He passed through the names Ichikawa Fukutarô and Ichikawa Udanji before taking on the name Ichikawa Sainyû at a ceremony at the Osaka [[Naka-za]] in January [[1909]]. He was the first to perform under that name.