Ichikawa Danjūrō II (二代目 市川 團十郎, Nidaime Ichikawa Danjūrō, 1688–1758) was a Japanese kabuki performer in the lineage of a celebrated family of actors from the Edo region.

The earnestly prayed-for son of Ichikawa Danjūrō I, Danjūrō II acted under the name Ichikawa Kuzō I from 1697 to 1704, the year his father was killed in a backstage quarrel with another actor.

[2] In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are conveyed in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.

[3] In 1840, Danjūrō IV created Kabuki Jūhachiban to remind the theater world of his family's pre-eminence in Kabuki, especially in the creation and development of aragoto roles.

This collection of 18 plays is a compilation of his and his predecessors representative roles.