Ichikawa Ebizo XI (Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII)

Rinrin wrote:Hi Betsy! Sugoi na! So many pics! :shocked: :woot:

Hiiiiii Rinrin !!!!!!!!!! :woot: :woot: :woot:
Thanks for posting here !!!!!! :mrgreen:
Yeah, since I'm the only one postin' here :puppydog:, I have to fill the thread with pics ...

I just noticed in your sig that the pic in the very middle, Ichi kinda looks like he could be OdaJoe's brother! (Or is it my old lady eyes playing tricks on me?)

No, your eyes aren't playin' tricks on you, I thought the same when I saw this pic for the first time !!!!! :mrgreen:

From the book "Kabuki Today" - Ebizo as Soga No Goro:

Press conference in Paris - From left to right: Ichikawa Danjuro, Ebizo and Onoe Kikunosuke - From Shukan Asahi Mag, October 29, 2004:

From Musashi book 1:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:From Musashi book 1:

Caption should read, "Who turned off the hot water!?!" :hehe:


Working on a Saturday,
PCM

pcmodem wrote:
Caption should read, "Who turned off the hot water!?!" :hehe:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :rofl:

Working on a Saturday,

Oh man, this is sad !!!!!! :shakehead: :say_ouch: :patpat:

Betsy Hayashi wrote:From Musashi book 1:

Heya Bets', on an amusing note, my late grandmother wanted to name me Musashi when I was born! :hehe: :rofl:

Thankfully, that didn't happen. :woot:
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:Caption should read, "Who turned off the hot water!?!" :hehe:

Hey, are you stealing my idea for funny punchlines from the Musashi thread?? :beatyou: :hehe:

pcmodem wrote:

Heya Bets', on an amusing note, my late grandmother wanted to name me Musashi when I was born! :hehe: :rofl:

Thankfully, that didn't happen. :woot:
-PCM

Hontou ni ????? :shocked: :rofl:
Ouch, It was really good to you your grandmother changed her mind (or your parents didn't listen to her), neh Musashi-sama ???? :beaten: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Hey, are you stealing my idea for funny punchlines from the Musashi thread??

Hummm, maybe he was just inspired by your lines ... :mrgreen: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

"Kojo" in Paris - Ebizo speakin' some lines in French (or at least tryin' to speak :beaten: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: J/K) - From Shukan Asahi Mag, October 29, 2004:

Ebizo, dressed as Sukeroku, in a photo session to the promotional posters of his name changing performances - From Kateigaho, october 2004:

From Musashi book 1:

One more from Musashi book 1:

If anyone here will be in Japan in January, Fuji TV will air (on January 03) a documentary about Ebizo's name changing performances in France - for more info: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/05win_sp/b_hp/ichikawa.html (in Japanese).
There's a pic over there I couldn't save to post here. :puppydog: From left to right in that pic are Ichikawa Danjuro, Patrick Vuitton, Benoit Vuitton and Ebizo.

More Ebizo in Paris - "Double Suicide at Mount Toribe": while Ebizo and Onoe Kikunosuke are acting on stage, the subtitles in French appears above - From Shukan Asahi Mag, October 29, 2004:

"Musashi" recap by bmwracer:

More "Musashi" from NHK Musashi book 2:

Another funny drawing - From the site

Ebizo as Sukeroku - From the book "Kabuki Today":

[quote="Betsy Hayashi"]More Ebizo in Paris - "Double Suicide at Mount Toribe": while Ebizo and Onoe Kikunosuke are acting on stage, the subtitles in French appears above - From Shukan Asahi Mag, October 29, 2004: