Sanogawa Ichimatsu

Japanese actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroJapanese actor
PlacesJapan
wasActor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth1722
Death1762 (aged 40 years)
The details

Biography

Sanogawa Ichimatsu (佐野川 市松, 1722 – 1762) was an 18th-century kabuki actor.

He was born to a family of samurai in Fushimi in Yamashiro province and was adopted by Jinzô, an usher working at the Minamigawa no Shibai (Minami-za) in Kyôto. Later on, he trained in the Kamigata theaters under Sanogawa Mangiku. He settled in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1744, where he stayed and won fame as a kabuki actor up to his death in the 11th lunar month of 1762.

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