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[[File:Fukamijikyu.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Fukami Jikyû in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]]]]
*''Other Names'': Fukami Jikyû''
Fukamizô Jûzaemon, also known as Fukami Jikyû, was a former samurai, lay monk, and gangster. In [[1713]], he returned to [[Edo]] after a period of exile, and became enough of a topic of popular discussion that [[kabuki]] actor [[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] based a major character on him - Fukami Jikyû became the inspiration for Ikyû, the chief antagonist in ''[[Sukeroku]]'', one of the most popular kabuki plays of all time.
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==References==
*Holly Blumner and Naoko Maeshiba, "Sukeroku: A History," in ''101 Years of Kabuki in Hawai'i'', Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa (1994), 42-44.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Criminals, Bandits, and Pirates]]
*''Other Names'': Fukami Jikyû''
Fukamizô Jûzaemon, also known as Fukami Jikyû, was a former samurai, lay monk, and gangster. In [[1713]], he returned to [[Edo]] after a period of exile, and became enough of a topic of popular discussion that [[kabuki]] actor [[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] based a major character on him - Fukami Jikyû became the inspiration for Ikyû, the chief antagonist in ''[[Sukeroku]]'', one of the most popular kabuki plays of all time.
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==References==
*Holly Blumner and Naoko Maeshiba, "Sukeroku: A History," in ''101 Years of Kabuki in Hawai'i'', Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa (1994), 42-44.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Criminals, Bandits, and Pirates]]