Matsumoto Kōshirō
The actor who would later be known as Ichikawa Danjūrō V was born in Edo (now Tokyo) in August 1741, and appeared on stage for the first time at the age of four. His first role in a play was in 1754, at the age of thirteen, in "Miura no Ōsuke Bumon no Kotobuki" at the Nakamura-za in Edo. Until 1770, his stage name was Matsumoto Kōshirō (III).