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[[File:Danjuro9.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Bronze sculpture of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as the hero from ''[[Shibaraku]]'', in Asakusa]]
[[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)''
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.
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>
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]].
==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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