Ichikawa Ebizō
Born in Japan's capital of Edo in 1660, he first performed at the age of 13 at the Nakamura-za, under the name Ichikawa Ebizō. The first to take the name Ebizō, he was thus the founder or originator of this prestigious actor lineage as well. This 1673 performance of "Shitennō Ochigodachi", in which Ebizō played Sakata Kintoki marks not only his first performance, but also the first use of red and black striped makeup, now called "kumadori", and thus the nascent origins of the "aragoto" style.