 As the originator of the most celebrated and prestigious stage name in kabuki, there have been a great many descendants of Danjūrō I in the kabuki world, some of them quite famous and accomplished themselves.Danjūrō's father, Horikoshi Juzō, was not involved in the theatre, but was an "otokodate", something of a street ruffian, but nevertheless a man very much a part of Edo popular urban culture; though not in the theatre himself, he may have been a patron of various types of performances, as well as of the closely related sex industry.The sons of Danjūrō I were known as Ichikawa Danjūrō II and Ichikawa Sen'ya.