Tom, yes, Ichiban is a great tasting eggplant. You'll like it.
As for storage, we grow/sell quite a bit of it. What we keep for ourselves is usually stored in plastic grocery bags in the fridge and actually lasts quite a while. When you pick, it is best to ASAP plunge it into cold water ("Hydro-cool") and you'd be surprised how long it helps to keep it fresh and firm by doing so.
Grocery store eggplant is most likely quite a few days old when it gets to the store so I'm sure that may be a reason why it doesn't seem to last long in storage.
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