Ichikawa Ennosuke III

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Ichikawa.
Ichikawa Ennosuke III
三代目 市川 猿之助
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2010
Born
Masahiko Kinoshi[1]

(1939-12-09) December 9, 1939 (age 81)
 Japan Tokyo
Other namesIchikawa En'ō II, Ichikawa Danko III, Omodakaya
Spouse(s)
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    (m. 1965; div. 1968)​
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    (m. 2000; died 2009)​

Masahiko Kinoshi (喜熨斗 政彦, Kinoshi Masahiko, born December 9, 1939), better known by the stage name Ichikawa Ennosuke III (三代目 市川 猿之助, Sandaime Ichikawa Ennosuke), is a Japanese kabuki actor, famous for his love of keren (stage tricks). He is considered the king of chūnori; he has flown out over the audience, held aloft on strings, over 5000 times.

Biography[]

Ennosuke made his stage debut at the age of eight,[2] at the , as Ichikawa Danko III. He would formally take the name Ennosuke in 1963, at the age of 24. He is the brother of ; their father is , and their mother is Sanae Takasugi. Their great-grandfather and grandfather, respectively, were the and to be called .

Ennosuke is known as a great proponent of dramatic costumes, flamboyant theater signage, and stage tricks (keren), which are looked down upon by many kabuki connoisseurs as "playing to the gallery" and as distracting from the true dramatic art. Nevertheless, among those who enjoy keren, Ennosuke is quite well regarded. He performed chūnori for the first time in 1968, as the fox in Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, and for the five thousandth time in 2000, as Guan Yu. He has revived a number of old plays, including (The Ten Roles of Date), in which he played ten roles in one performance, through the use of a number of methods of hayagawari (costume quick-change). Ennosuke also created a more contemporary version of kabuki called the "Super Kabuki" style in 1986.[3][4]

In November 2003, Ennosuke suffered from symptoms of a stroke, and did not perform for most of the following year. He stopped performing in 2004 and retired under the name of Ichikawa En'no II in 2012. His nephew, Takahiko Kinoshi, previously operating under the stage name Kamejiro II, adopted the Ennosuke stage name to become Ichikawa Ennosuke IV.[5]

His son is the actor Teruyuki Kagawa.

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).
  2. ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (1989-09-19). "Ennosuke's New Kabuki". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. ^ Date, Natsume (2014-03-12). "Super Kabuki 'spells fun'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  4. ^ McKirdy, Andrew (2020-02-15). "Virtual idols, anime and a rock 'n' roll spirit: Nakamura Shido II leads kabuki's evolution". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  5. ^ Eglinton, Mika (2013-12-18). "Show marks award of kabuki star's new name". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

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