Draft:Ichikawa Udanji I
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{{Short description|Kabuki actor}}
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{{Family name hatnote|Ichikawa|lang=Japanese}}
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| name = Ichikawa Udanji I
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| native_name = 市川 右團次
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| birth_date = August 11, 1843
| birth_place = Osaka, Kawachi Province, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|3|18|1843|8|11}}
| death_place = Japan
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{{nihongo|Ichikawa Udanji I|初代 市川 右團次||1843–1916}} was a Japanese kabuki actor.{{cite web |title=初世市川右團治 |url=https://www.kabuki-bito.jp/special/old/actorofmemory/post-actorofmemory-ichikawaudanji/ |website=歌舞伎美人 Kabuki Bito |date=17 June 2008 |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125044825/https://www.kabuki-bito.jp/special/old/actorofmemory/post-actorofmemory-ichikawaudanji/ |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |language=Japanese}}
Biography
Ichikawa was born in Osaka. His father was {{interlanguage link|Ichikawa Kodanji IV|ja|市川小團次 (4代目)}}. In 1852, he appeared on stage in Osaka for the first time as {{Nihongo|Ichikawa Fukutarō I|初代目 市川 福太郎}}.
In 1862, Fukutarō and his mother moved to Edo in order to join his father Kodanji IV. Immediately his parents began to quarrel and separated. Fukutarō then returned to Osaka with his mother. Later that year, Fukutarō took the name Ichikawa Udanji I.{{cite web |last1=Shōriya |first1=Aragorō |title=ICHIKAWA SAINYÛ I |url=https://www.kabuki21.com/sainyu1.php |website=Kabuki 21 |access-date=8 May 2025}}
Ichikawa was known for his fondness for {{nihongo|keren|外連}} stagecraft tricks. He also performed in a number of {{interlanguage link|zangirimono|ja|散切物}} plays aimed at promoting "civilized" Western values. In 1881, he founded the {{Nihongo|Udanji Troupe|右團次一座|Udanji ichiza}} and went on tour in Toyohashi.
In 1909, Ichikawa transferred the Udanji name to his son Ichikawa Udanji II and took the name {{Nihongo|Ichikawa Sai'nyū|市川 齊入}} in retirement. He died in 1916.
Gallery
File:Ogata Kotaro Nishikie Nenfusho.png|Ichikawa Udanji I as Ogata Kotarō (緒方 小太郎, {{fl.|1867–1881}})
File:Sadanobu I - The Actor Ichikawa Udanji I Playing a Shamisen - Walters 9572.jpg|Ichikawa Udanji I playing a shamisen, {{circa|1872}}
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