 Prior to taking the name Danjūrō, an actor frequently had the names Matsumoto Kōshirō, Ichikawa Shinnosuke, or Ichikawa Ebizō.The design of the Ichikawa family "mon", three squares nested inside one another, is called .Some of the actors in this line used "Sanshō" as their "haimyō", a nickname or alias used in poetry circles.