In October 1852, a son was born in the Tokugawa Shogunate and named 長吉郎 Chokichiro, so that to avoid having the character of '長' (cho) in his name, he succeeded to the name Gonjuro KAWARASAKI (the first).
嘉永五年九月（1852年10月）徳川将軍家に男子が生まれ長吉郎と名付けられたので、「長」の字をはばかり初代河原崎権十郎を襲名する。