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− | [[File:Danjuro9.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze bust of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX on display at the [[Kabuki-za]].]] | + | [[File:Danjuro9.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Bronze sculpture of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as the hero from ''[[Shibaraku]]'', in Asakusa]] |
| + | *''Born: [[1838]]'' |
| *''Died: [[1903]]'' | | *''Died: [[1903]]'' |
| *''Japanese'': 九代目市川團十郎 ''(kyuudaime Ichikawa Danjuurou)'' | | *''Japanese'': 九代目市川團十郎 ''(kyuudaime Ichikawa Danjuurou)'' |
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| Danjûrô pioneered the form known as ''katsureki'', history plays performed in a more realistic and less stylized mode; though the form did not gain incredible popularity, and stylized kabuki remains the norm today, his ''katsureki'' remain models to which current actors and dramatists look. | | Danjûrô pioneered the form known as ''katsureki'', history plays performed in a more realistic and less stylized mode; though the form did not gain incredible popularity, and stylized kabuki remains the norm today, his ''katsureki'' remain models to which current actors and dramatists look. |
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| + | He took on the name Ichikawa Danjûrô in a ceremony at the [[Kawarazaki-za]] in July [[1874]].<ref>Gallery labels, Kabuki-za Gallery.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50017569487/sizes/3k/]</ref> |
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| Danjûrô is said to have been quite talented at writing and painting as well, and enjoyed fishing and antiques. He died at the age of 66, in [[1903]]. | | Danjûrô is said to have been quite talented at writing and painting as well, and enjoyed fishing and antiques. He died at the age of 66, in [[1903]]. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B9%9D%E4%BB%A3%E7%9B%AE%E5%B8%82%E5%B7%9D%E5%9B%A3%E5%8D%81%E9%83%8E Kyûdaime Ichikawa Danjûrô]." ''Bijutsu jinmei jiten'' 美術人名辞典, Shibunkaku. | | *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B9%9D%E4%BB%A3%E7%9B%AE%E5%B8%82%E5%B7%9D%E5%9B%A3%E5%8D%81%E9%83%8E Kyûdaime Ichikawa Danjûrô]." ''Bijutsu jinmei jiten'' 美術人名辞典, Shibunkaku. |
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| [[Category:Artists and Artisans]] | | [[Category:Artists and Artisans]] |
| [[Category:Bakumatsu]] | | [[Category:Bakumatsu]] |
| [[Category:Meiji Period]] | | [[Category:Meiji Period]] |