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The following year, he played the famous child roles of [[Emperor Antoku]] and Rokudai in ''[[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura]]'' at the [[Nakamura-za]], where he had made his premiere. His adopted father died in 1799, and Ebizô was officially designated to become the next Danjûrô, one of the greatest honors an actor could receive. After his grandfather died in 1806, Ebizô became Danjûrô VII the following year.

The following year, he played the famous child roles of [[Emperor Antoku]] and Rokudai in ''[[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura]]'' at the [[Nakamura-za]], where he had made his premiere. His adopted father died in 1799, and Ebizô was officially designated to become the next Danjûrô, one of the greatest honors an actor could receive. After his grandfather died in 1806, Ebizô became Danjûrô VII the following year.

In the early 1810s, Danjûrô performed at the [[Ichimura-za]] in a number of new plays by the great playwright [[Tsuruya Nanboku IV]], and played the titular role of Sukeroku in ''[[Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura]]'' for the first time in 1811, alongside [[Iwai Hanshiro V|Iwai Hanshirô V]] and [[Matsumoto Koshiro V|Matsumoto Kôshirô V]]. Upon its reopening in 1815, he moved to the [[Kawarazaki-za]], along with Hanshirô, Kôshirô, and [[Seki Sanjuro II|Seki Sanjûrô II]]. He performed primarily there, and at the Ichimura-za, for the next several decades, until 1840. Hanshirô, Kôshirô, and the famous ''onnagata'' [[Segawa Kikunojo V|Segawa Kikunojô V]] remained his chief partners onstage throughout this period.

In the early 1810s, Danjûrô performed at the [[Ichimura-za]] in a number of new plays by the great playwright [[Tsuruya Nanboku IV]], and played the titular role of Sukeroku in ''[[Sukeroku|Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura]]'' for the first time in 1811, alongside [[Iwai Hanshiro V|Iwai Hanshirô V]] and [[Matsumoto Koshiro V|Matsumoto Kôshirô V]]. Upon its reopening in 1815, he moved to the [[Kawarazaki-za]], along with Hanshirô, Kôshirô, and [[Seki Sanjuro II|Seki Sanjûrô II]]. He performed primarily there, and at the Ichimura-za, for the next several decades, until 1840. Hanshirô, Kôshirô, and the famous ''onnagata'' [[Segawa Kikunojo V|Segawa Kikunojô V]] remained his chief partners onstage throughout this period.

Danjûrô retook the name Ebizô at a grand ''shûmei'' naming ceremony in 1832, passing on the name to his nine-year old son, who now became Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII. He played the role of [[Benkei]] in the 1840 premiere of ''[[Kanjincho|Kanjinchô]]'' at the Kawarazaki-za. Two years later, he was arrested for violating the [[sumptuary law|sumptuary regulations]], and banished from Edo, his home destroyed.

Danjûrô retook the name Ebizô at a grand ''shûmei'' naming ceremony in 1832, passing on the name to his nine-year old son, who now became Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII. He played the role of [[Benkei]] in the 1840 premiere of ''[[Kanjincho|Kanjinchô]]'' at the Kawarazaki-za. Two years later, he was arrested for violating the [[sumptuary law|sumptuary regulations]], and banished from Edo, his home destroyed.