Ichikawa Yaozō IV (四代目市川八百蔵: from 11/1804 to 9/1834) (actor 1772 – 1845)

Alternate names: Ichikawa Datejūrō (初代市川伊達十郎)
Iwai Karumo (岩井かるも: from 1782 to 11/1787)
Iwai Kiyotarō II (二代目岩井喜世太郎: from 11/1787 to 11/1804)

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Biography:

He took this name on 11/1804. He kept it until the fall of 1834.

Ichikawa Yaozō IV made a career in acting with many direction changes: he started as a wakaonnagata actor, trained by Iwai Hanshirō IV, one of the best Edo onnagata. He left the Iwai clan to join Ichikawa Yaozō III and became a tachiyaku actor. Then he became a travelling actor and left Edo. His forte were jitsugotoshi roles and roles in the wagoto style. He was also said to be an excellent dancer.

He died on the 3rd day of the 7th lunar month of 1845.