Ichikawa Ebizō
Ebizō, like other actors' names, is bestowed (or given up) at grand naming ceremonies called "shūmei" in which a number of actors formally change their names. A number of actors have followed a particular sequence in their stage names, preceding "Ebizō" by being called Ichikawa Shinnosuke or Matsumoto Kōshirō, and following it by achieving the name Ichikawa Danjūrō. The design of the Ichikawa family "mon", three squares nested inside one another, is called "mimasu" (三升).