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The stage, and everything around it.

Records of the stage, the dressing room just before the curtain, works from the exhibitions, and days away — photographs taken by Danjūrō himself and those closest to him, kept as they are. More will be added over time.

01ON STAGE

On Stage

A banner bearing the name Ichikawa Danjūrō outside the theatre — Banners outside the theatre

On stage

Backstage, a figure raising a paper umbrella in front of a blue-toned set piece, with another figure visible in the background — Backstage

Raising the umbrella

02FROM THE DRESSING ROOM

From the Dressing Room

Most are the actor's own mirror shots — the minutes just before the curtain opens.

In costume for 'Megumi no Kenka', before the dressing-room mirror — In costume for 'Megumi no Kenka' (July 2026, Kabukiza)

In costume for 'Megumi no Kenka' — Another frame from the same day

Before the full-length mirror in a wave-patterned costume — At the full-length mirror

The wave-patterned costume, close up — Between scenes

In red formal costume before the mirror — Before the dressing-room mirror

A mirror shot in formal kamishimo — In kamishimo

Shinnosuke at the make-up mirror

Preparing the make-up — The work of preparation

Botan and Shinnosuke in a touring dressing room — A dressing room on tour

Botan and Shinnosuke bowing in the dressing room — The form of the bow — art begins with courtesy

An off moment in yukata — An off moment between performances

A figure in a patterned kimono, standing before the round dressing-room lights — Before the mirror

03WORKS

Works & Exhibitions

A painting of a flute player under the moon, at the exhibition — From the exhibition

Viewing a turquoise kumadori work at the exhibition — At the exhibition

A framed work: vermilion, indigo and rose over a gold ground, crossed by black brushstrokes — One work, as hung

The same work in its room, a single downlight falling on it — The same work, in its room

A hanging scroll in a tokonoma alcove, kumadori brows and eyes running down it; pale pink flowers in a stone vessel below — Hung in the tokonoma

A wall of oshiguma: kumadori pressed onto vermilion paper, with one framed work and small photographs set around them — A wall of oshiguma

The exhibition room: the auditorium series along the wall, framed works below — The exhibition room

Walking the length of the series — End to end

A corner of the room, the works at shoulder height — At shoulder height

A work suspended on wires falls exactly where the faces of the two people standing behind it would be — Where their faces would be, an auditorium

The whole auditorium seen from the back, seats running to the far wall; signed 'D-13' at lower right — Empty, all the way back

A row of auditorium photographs lit along a dark gallery wall, one visitor silhouetted in the foreground — A wall of empty auditoriums, and one person looking

A photograph of vermilion seats, hung on wires against a white wall — Hung, seen head-on

Rows of seats receding into the dark, signed 'D-13' at lower right — Signed 'D-13' at lower right

A framed photograph: a pale cityscape seen through a gap in the curtains of a dark room — The city, outside the window

A photograph of an empty auditorium, as exhibited — The empty auditorium

A wide view of the room: the tokonoma-like alcove on the left and the wall of works on red paper on the right, in one frame — The room, at a glance

A small alcove in the venue: a work with its wall text beside it, a bench running below — With its wall text

A corner of the room: works on red paper, with a flower-topped console in front — With flowers

A corridor where the auditorium series runs along the wall — Along the wall

The same series, on a different wall: two works hung at an angle — On another wall

A different work from the auditorium series, hanging on the same wall: a view of the city through a window — Another work, same wall

The same corridor, seen from a little further back — A little further back

A work photographing amber-toned auditorium seats up close — Amber seats

A work photographing vermilion seats receding in perfect symmetry — In symmetry

The auditorium seen from the stage; a pair of shoes left in the foreground — Seen from the stage

A work photographing seats shifting from amber to vermilion — A shift in color

A row of oshiguma pressed onto white cloth, each tagged and hung in sequence — Oshiguma, in a row

04OFF STAGE

Days Away

Time away from the stage is part of the next performance, too.

A silhouette gazing at the sea — Toward the far shore

Looking out over the bay — On the road

A moment in the sea breeze, on the water — On the water

On the balcony at dusk — Dusk

Walking into the sunset — Into the sunset

The aisle of a shinkansen car — Somewhere along the way

Under the eaves of a temple building, a plaque reading 'Naritasan' — At Naritasan

05IN A QUIET MOMENT

In a Quiet Moment

Moments that belong to neither the stage nor the dressing room — just quietly noticed.

At night, a violet glow and a red point of light, seen past silhouetted plants — A light at night

Blue-violet light patterns cast onto a wooden floor — Light on the floor

Sunset clouds over a silhouetted skyline — Sunset

A single sprig in a small vase — A single sprig

06VENEZIA

In Venice

In September 2026 the film SHUMEI screened at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The venue — and the city, in the hours between.

Ichikawa Shinnosuke, Ichikawa Danjūrō and director Takashi Miike at the 83rd Venice photocall — At the photocall

Ichikawa Shinnosuke on a breakwater at the Lido, with the Italian and European flags beyond — On the breakwater, Lido

A narrow paved alley between old plastered walls — A calle

Café tables along the waterfront, with the campanile of San Marco beyond — On the riva

A brick campanile above an empty square, the photographer's shadow across the paving — The square, and its campanile

A canal at dusk — a bridge, moored boats and coral-coloured cloud — The canal at dusk

A varnished wooden water taxi at its mooring — A water taxi

Sunset over the lagoon, seen from a boat, with the white of its wake — Crossing the lagoon

The sun setting over the lagoon, seen past a brick parapet — Sundown

FROM THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL

KABUKU. / Ichikawa Danjūrō.

Beyond the photographs, on film

市川團十郎、初の個展に密着｜写真にかける想いとは

Apr 23, 2026

The time behind a still image — what thinking goes into a single photograph on the wall.

【1日密着】市川團十郎、個展とチームラボを巡るアートな1日A day walking through exhibition spaces — how photographs are arranged, and how they are looked at.Watch on YouTube

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