Actor
triptychs
1815
– 1846, Part IV
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: Possibly Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我) Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images. |
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. |
Actors: Left sheet-
Actor as Kiyomori Taira, Lord of Aki (安芸守平清盛) Center sheet- Actor as Tokiwa Gozen (常盤御前) Right sheet- Actor as Yaheibei Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清) and child
actor as Imawakamaru (今若丸) Play: Probably Koi tsumoru yuki no Sumizome or a similar play Date: 1842-1846 (censor
Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Ebisu I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image
and information. |
Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I (澤村 訥升, left), Iwai Hanshirô
VI (岩井 半四郎, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV (坂東 三津五郎, right) as
Hanaoka Bunshichi (花𫝍文七) Play: Possibly Musubi dai Soga to karigane (結題曽我雁), 1st month
of 1835 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this print
which was made from the same woodblocks used for the above triptych, with
some alterations. It shows Sawamura
Tosshô I (澤村 訥升) in an unidentified role, probably for a different production. |
Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kaminari Shôkurô (雷庄九郎) Play: Possibly Musubi dai Soga to karigane (結題曽我雁), 1st month
of 1835 Publisher: Daikoku-ya Heikichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Actors: Bandô Aizô I in double roles as
both Fukashichi (ふか七) and Daihanji (大判司) with Ichimura
Uzaemon XII as Kokanosuke
(久我之介) inset Play: Imoseyama onna teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓, Imoseyama, an Example of Womanly Virtue) Theater: Probably Ichimura Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and
to Lucienne Parkan the description. |
Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Soga no Gorô
Tokimune (曽我の五郎時宗) Play: Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei NOTE: The text in the
upper right corner reads imaginary confrontation (mitate taimen, 見立対面). I am grateful to Michel Ouellet
and Horst Graebner for this image and information. |
Actors: Onoe Kikugorô Play: Probably a
play about the Soga brothers, since the flag has the mon
of Kudô Suketsune Date: c. 1831 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information. |
Actors: Bandô Mitsgorô IV as Gokuin Sen’emon (極印せん右衛門, left) and
Iwai Hanshirô VI possibly as Bunshichi
nyôbô Otaka (right) Play: Date: c. 1833-1834 Publisher: Ômi-ya Heihachi NOTE: The text on the screen reads “six thunders” (roku kaminariri, 六雷り). I am grateful to Frederik Balhuizen and
Josta Klaassen (in memoriam) for this image and to Lucienne Parkan for the above information. |
Actors: Left sheet:
Sawamura Tosshô I Center sheet: Bandô Hikozaemon
II and Arashi Kamenojô II Right sheet: Ôtani Tomoemon
IV Play: Date: 1831-1835 Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô NOTE: Ôtani Tomoemon IV and Sawamura Tosshô
I assumed the names in the 11th month of 1831. Bandô Hikozaemon II held this name until the 10th
month of 1835. I am grateful to Michel
Ouellet for locating this image. |
Actors: Segawa Kikusaburô III as Oichi (おいち) Play: Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya |
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