sentences:  He played the role of Benkei in the 1840 premiere of "Kanjinchō" at the Kawarazaki-za.Two years later, he was arrested for violating the sumptuary regulations, and banished from Edo, his home destroyed.Ebizō then performed in Kyoto and Osaka for the next eight years or so, alongside the likes of Ichikawa Kōdanji IV and Arashi Rikan III.