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*''Japanese'': 生島新五郎 ''(Ikushima Shingorou)''

*''Japanese'': 生島新五郎 ''(Ikushima Shingorou)''

Ikushima Shingorô was a [[kabuki]] actor of the [[Genroku]] period, famous for his involvement in the [[1714]] scandal known as the [[Ejima-Ikushima Affair]].

Ikushima Shingorô was a [[kabuki]] actor of the [[Genroku]] period, famous for his realistic and provocative performances in love scenes onstage,<ref>Donald Shively, "Bakufu Versus Kabuki," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 18, no. 3/4 (1955), 348.</ref> and for his involvement in the [[1714]] scandal known as the [[Ejima-Ikushima Affair]].

Originally based in [[Osaka]], Ikushima arrived in [[Edo]] in [[1702]]/3. He performed in the premiere of the play ''[[Sukeroku]]'', as the ''[[sake|saké]]'' merchant Shimbei, in [[1713]].

Originally based in [[Osaka]], Ikushima arrived in [[Edo]] in [[1702]]/3. He performed in the premiere of the play ''[[Sukeroku]]'', as the ''[[sake|saké]]'' merchant Shimbei, in [[1713]].

Ikushima was then banished from Edo following the Ejima-Ikushima Affair, in which he played a central role.

Ikushima was then banished from Edo following the Ejima-Ikushima Affair, in which he played a central role, spending much of the rest of his life on [[Miyakejima]], one of the [[Izu Islands]], before being pardoned.<ref>Shively writes that Ikushima spent 18 years on the island, being pardoned only the year before his death. However, counting 18 years from 1714 brings us only to 1732, and Ikushima lived until 1743. Counting backwards eighteen years from 1742 (the year before his death) would mean he wasn't sentenced and exiled until 1724, a full ten years after the incident.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*Roger Keyes, ''Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan'', New York Public Library (2006), 70.

*Roger Keyes, ''Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan'', New York Public Library (2006), 70.

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]