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*Japanese: 市川團十郎 ''(Ichikawa Danjuurou)''
*Japanese: 市川團十郎 ''(Ichikawa Danjuurou)''
[[Image:DanjuroLineage.JPG|right|frame|500px|Woodblock print triptych, c. 1850, by [[Utagawa Toyokuni]], depicting eight generations of the Ichikawa Danjûrô lineage. From right: Danjûrô I as [[Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa|Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa]], Danjûrô II as [[Kenuki|Kumedera Danjô]], Danjûrô III as [[Sukeroku]], Danjûrô IV as [[Taira no Kagekiyo]], Danjûrô V as [[Ya no ne|Ya no Ne Gorô]], Danjûrô VI as Nagasaki Jirô, Danjûrô VII as [[Fuwa Banzaemon]], and Danjûrô VIII as Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa in [[Shibaraku]]. Sackler Gallery of Art, S2004.3.142]]
Ichikawa Danjûrô 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. It is a famous and important name, wielded by the top actor of Edo/Tokyo, and receiving it is an honor. There are a number of roles that the line of Danjûrô specialize in, as well as a series of plays, the ''[[Kabuki Juhachiban|Kabuki Jûhachiban]]'' (The Kabuki Eighteen), which showcase the specialties of the Ichikawa family.
Ichikawa Danjûrô 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. It is a famous and important name, wielded by the top actor of Edo/Tokyo, and receiving it is an honor. There are a number of roles that the line of Danjûrô specialize in, as well as a series of plays, the ''[[Kabuki Juhachiban|Kabuki Jûhachiban]]'' (The Kabuki Eighteen), which showcase the specialties of the Ichikawa family.
