sentences:  He was born in Edo in 1791, to the daughter of the famous Ichikawa Danjūrō V; his father owned a "shibai jaya" (a teashop inside the theatre), and is said to have been a musician and low-ranking samurai.He appeared onstage for the first time at the age of 3, as Ichikawa Shinnosuke, and took the name Ebizō V at the age of six.The following year, he played the famous child roles of Emperor Antoku and Rokudai in "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" at the Nakamura-za, where he had made his premiere.