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Ichikawa Danko V
Ichikawa Danko V, the Omodakaya house, the Super Kabuki Yamato Takeru. Grandson of Ichikawa En'o II and son of Teruyuki Kagawa (Ichikawa Chusha IX), he belongs to a new generation of kabuki. At eight he took his name on the same day as his grandfather and father, and made his first stage appearance. That year was a void year for him, and also the year in which his power to inherit the ties of his house reached its lifetime peak. He and his grandfather share the same emblem of how life's turning points arrive. In the year after his grandfather's death, at twenty, he played the lead in his grandfather's signature work. Why did he take on the name in a void year? We read a path that opens through hardship against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Ichikawa Danko V (kabuki actor; real name Masaaki Kagawa)
- Period analysed
- 2004–2024
- Three pillars
- Day 甲午 / Month 乙丑 / Year 癸未
- Void branches
- 辰巳 (Dragon–Snake)
- Void decades
- Ages 74–93 (丁巳 and 丙辰 phases)
- Destiny area
- 0.88 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 14 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- His destiny is of the type that opens after hardship has been accumulated. The elements that support him are placed where they rarely show on the surface.
- 2012, the year he took his name, was a void year for him.
- In the same year, his power to inherit the ties of his house reached the highest value of his life.
- He and his grandfather share the same emblem of how life's turning points arrive. That emblem shows a path that opens at an event of facing death.
- In the year after his grandfather's death, a void year, he played the lead in his grandfather's signature work.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why did he take his name in a void year?
- With what in his destiny did the succession on the same day as his grandfather and father coincide?
- What did playing the lead in the year after his grandfather's death reveal?
- In which period does a destiny that opens through hardship come to the surface?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 2004 | 癸未 | 16 Jan — Born in Tokyo |
| 2012 | 壬辰 (天) | Jun — Takes the name Ichikawa Danko V and makes his first stage appearance |
| 2013 | 癸巳 (天) | National Theatre Special Award |
| 2023 | 癸卯 | 13 Sep — His grandfather Ichikawa En'o II dies |
| 2024 | 甲辰 (天) | Plays Yamato Takeru in Yamato Takeru |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- The four layers of 5 June 2012
- Succession in a void year
- Three generations named on one day
- A destiny that opens through hardship
- A grandfather's death and the lead role
- The grade of honour
- Independent systems
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii