Sanogawa Ichimatsu


Sanogawa Ichimatsu was an 18th-century kabuki actor.
He was born to a family of samurai in Fushimi in Yamashiro province and was adopted by Jinzô, an usher working at the Minamigawa no Shibai in Kyôto. Later on, he trained in the Kamigata theaters under Sanogawa Mangiku.
He settled in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1744, where he stayed and won fame as a kabuki actor up to his death in the 11th lunar month of 1762.