Actor triptychs

1830

Actors: Bandô Minosuke II as Issun Tokubei (一寸徳兵衛) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu matsuri Naniwa kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)

Date: 6^th month of 1830

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon

Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Ishikawa Goemon

Play: Ichikawa ya masago no go hiiki (市川哉眞砂御攝)

Date: 8^th month of 1830

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Jôshu-ya Juzo

NOTE: The last kanji in Danjûrô was incorrectly carved. Instead of 郎 (ro), it looks like 長 (cho).

Actors: Iwai Kumesaburô II as Mukade no Ohyaku (left), Seki Sanjûrô II in unidentified role (center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Yoshikado (right)

Play: Oyobanu Ude Tsuna ga Kaomise (鈍業綱顔鏡)

Date: 11^th month of 1830

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

NOTE: The signature on the center sheet is unusual. The “Yoshi” character is written in hiragana as よし instead of the usual 芳. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and to Lucienne Parkan for information about this triptych.

Actors: Actor Nakamura Tamasuke (中村 玉助) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)

Date: 11^th month of 1830

Theater: Kitagawa no Shibai (in Kyôto)

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô

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