Actor triptychs
1815 – 1846, Part
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Actors: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as a priest
(left), Iwai Shijaku I as Hisamatsu (久松, center), and
Iwai Hanshirô V as Osome
(right) Play: Possibly Somemoyô Imose no Kadomatsu, Osome Hisamatsu ukina
Yomiuri, or Osome no Nanayaku Date: c. 1830-1832 Publisher: Tsuta-ya Jûzaburô or Tsuta-ya Kichizô I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this
image. |
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Actors: Play: Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi I am grateful to
Lucienne Parkan for this image. |
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Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗, left), Iwai Tojaku I as Ôiso no Tora (大いそのとら, center), and
Onoe Kikugorô III as Soga Jurô
Tokimune Play: Mitate
Soga (見立曽我) Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô NOTE: This triptych was for a planned, but never performed, play about
the Soga brothers. I am grateful to
and Lucienne Parkan for information about this
triptych. |
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Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II as Tenjiku Suguemon (?) (天竺直右衛門, left), Onoe Kikugorô Play: Date: c. 1832-1835 Publisher: NOTE: The fight over the Masakado banner is a scene in
several kabuki plays. |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as [Shôgun Tarô] Yoshikado (よし門, left),
Nakamura Shikan II as Iga Jutaro
(伊賀寿太郎, center), and
Iwai Tojaku I as [Princess] Takiyasha
(たつやしや, right) Play: Date: 1832-1833 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi NOTE: The fight over the Masakado banner is a scene in
several kabuki plays. I am
grateful to Robert Pryor for this image, and to both Robert Pryor and
Lucienne Parkan for information about the triptych. |
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Another state of the above triptych |
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Actors: Nakamura
Shikan II (left), Segawa Kikunojô V (center), and
Seki Sanjûrô II (right) Play: Date: c. 1831-1832 Publisher: Sôshû-ya Yohei NOTE: Segawa Kikunojô V died
in the 1st month of 1832. |
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Actors: Onoe Kikugorô Play: Date: c. 1830-1840 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Watanabe Saemon
Wataru (渡辺左衛門旦) Play: Date: 1842-1844
(censor Murata Sahei) Publisher: NOTE: Murata
Sahei’s seal first appeared on prints in the 6th month of 1842,
and Sawamura Tosshô I changed his name to Sawamura Sôjûrô V in the 6th month of 1844. |
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Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô
II Play: Date: 1835 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei NOTE: The text by the actor’s left knee reads Hakuzô Kuzô changing his name
to Ichikawa Kuzô (改??白ぞう 九蔵), which would
date the print to around the 11th month of 1835. |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Yogoro (与五郎, left) and Ôtani Tomoemon Play: Date: c. 1833-1836 Publisher: NOTE: Sawamura Tosshô is written as 澤村 訥升 instead of the
more usual 沢村 訥升. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese
for this image and to both Marc DeVriese and
Lucienne Parkan for information about the diptych. |
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Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Shôki Hanbei (鍾馗半兵衛, left), Iwai Shijaku I as Osan (おさん, center), and
Onoe Kikugorô III as Aragoro
Mohei (荒五郎茂兵衛, right) Play: Probably Oto
ni kiku ichô no kusemono (音菊高麗恋) Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: NOTE: Sheets from two different states of this triptych
are shown. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese and Robert Pryor for the image. |
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Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as the priest Genshin Sozu,
who is actually (jitsuha) Yoshikado (源信僧都実ハよし門, left), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Tsunagorô who is actually (jitsuha)
Genji Tsuna (綱五郎実ハ源次綱, center), and
Onoe Eizaburô III as the courtesan (keisei) Nanaaya (けいせい七綾, right) Play: Unidentified Date: c. 1831-1833 Publisher: Yamaguchi Tobei (the seal is reversed on the right panel) I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for
the image and information. |
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An alternate state of one sheet from the above
design and enlargements of texts |
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Actors: Ôtani Tomoemon IV Play: Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Daikoku-ya Heikichi |
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Actors: Ichikawa
Ebizô V as Iwafuji no hatasuke (岩ふじのはた助, left), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kagamiya
Onoe-mon (かゞみやおのへもん, center), and Sawamura Tosshô I as Keishiya Ohatsu (けいしやおはつ. right) Play: Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: Sôshû-ya Yohei NOTE: This triptych is a mitate, meaning that it is an imaginary scene with actors who
never actually appeared together on stage in these roles. I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Robert Pryor for information about this
triptych. |
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Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Enya Hangan
(left), Onoe Kikugorô III as kô
no Moronao (center), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (right) Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura Date: 1833 Publisher: Tsuru-ya Kiemon NOTE: In 1833, Kanadehon Chûshingura was performed twice
in Edo theaters. In the 3rd
month of 1833, it was performed Kawarazaki with Sawamura Tosshô I as Enya
Hangan, Onoe Kikugorô III as kô no Moronao, and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Momonoi
Wakasanosuke. In the 8th
month of 1833, it was performed at the Ichimura with Ichimura Uzaemon
XII as Enya Hangan, Kataoka Ichizô I as kô no Moronao, and Onoe Matsusuke III
as Momonoi Wakasanosuke. |
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Actors: Left sheet: Sawamura Tosshô I as Shimizu Chôemon (清水長右衛門) and Arashi Kanjûrô I as
Ankoku-ji Ekei Chôrô (安国寺恵慶長老) Center sheet:
Arashi Kichisaburô III as Hisayoshi (久吉) Right sheet:
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Masakiyo (正清) Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記), which is
also known as Ehô Taikôki
(恵寶太功記) Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for
this image. |
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Actors: Iwai Shijaku I as Kiyohime (重姫, left) turning
into a serpent, Ichikawa Kuzô II as the priest Nichiren
(日蓮上人, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Shôji (庄司, right) Date:
c. 1836 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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Actor: Bandô Mitsugorô
IV Date:
c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô |
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Actors: Unidentified
actors as Ume
no Yoshibe (梅のよし兵衛, left), the apprentice
Chokichi (てつち長吉, center), and Yoshibei’s
wife Koume (女房小梅, right) Play: Date: 1842-1846 (censor
Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Murata-ya Ichibei |
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Another greatly simplified state of the above triptych |
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Actors: Bandô Minosuke II as Hanakatsumi no Kamekichi (花かつみの亀吉, left) and
Nakamura Shikan II as Ibishi no Jusuke
(イびしの壽助, right) Play: Date: c. 1832 Publisher: Daikoku-ya NOTE: The sheet on the far
right has the word mitate (見立), indicating that this is an imaginary scene with actors who did not
actually perform these roles. The actor
Morita Kan'ya XI held the name Bandô Minosuke II from the 11th
month of 1803 to the 2nd month of 1832. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images and information. |
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Actors: Unidentified
actors as Tegoshi no Shôshô
(手越の少将, left) and Ôiso no Tora Gozen (大磯虎御前, right) Play: Unidentified play about
the Soga brothers Date: 1843-1846 (censor
Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher: Unidentified I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these images. |
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Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Ebizako no Ju actually... (ゑびざこの十 実ハ…, left), Ichikawa Ebizô
V as Iga Jutaro (伊賀寿太郎, center), and
Iwai Hanshirô VI as the strong-woman Ômi no Okane (逢見のおかね, right)
stopping a runaway horse Play: Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these images. |
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Actors: Kanô Minshi II as Okinoi (沖の井, left) and
Ichikawa Ebizô V as Yashio
(八汐, right) Play: Probably Zensei kogane no hana (全盛陸奥山) Date: c. 1834-1835 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images. |
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Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô
II possibly as Sanpachi (?良三八,
left), Onoe Kikujirô II as Okuni
Gozen (お国御前, center), and
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fuwa Banzaemon
(不破伴左衛門, right) Play: Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images. |
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Actor: Bandô Minosuke II as Tochibô no Kichi (とち坊の吉) Play: Date: c. 1830-1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images. |
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