Actor triptychs

1832, Part I

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Hagun no Shichibei actually Yamada Saburô (破軍七蔵実ハ山田三郎, left), Bandô Minosuke II as Tsukimi no Sangorô actually Shinobu no Sôta (月見の三五郎実ハ志のぶの惣太, center) and Seki Sanjûrô II as Dekiboshi no Saburobei actually Shichirô (出来ぼしの三郎兵衛実ハあいづの七郎, right), watching the other two play kitsune-ken.

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Ota-ya Sakichi

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Shichibei (破車七兵衛, left) and Bandô Minosuke II as Tsukimi Sangorô (月見三五郎, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

NOTE: The website of the Hankyu Culture Foundation ascribes this diptych to Asahi Kage Kasumi no Kumatori (朝日影霞の隈取), a jôruri performed along with Hana ni Tori Sakigake Soga. I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Shichibei (left) and Bandô Minosuke II as Tsukimi Sangorô (月見の三五郎, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Seki Sanjûrô II as Saburobei (standing) and Nakamura Shibazô I as Denbie (伝兵衛, on ground)

Center sheet: Nakamura Shikan II as Shichibei

Right sheet: Bandô Minosuke II as Tsukimi no Sangorô (神祇組ノ男達月見ノ三五郎)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this triptych.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke as Akebono Genpachi (曙源八, left) and Nakayama Bungorô II (中山文五郎) as ?井?五 (right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

NOTE: This print bears a strong resembelance to the preceding triptych. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as otokodate Hagun no Shichibei, actually Yamada Saburô (男達破軍の七蔵 実ハ山田三郎, left), Bandô Minosuke II as Tsukimi no Sangorô, actually Shinobu no Sôta (月見の三五郎 実ハしのぶの惣太, center), and Seki Sanjûrô II as otokodate Dekiboshi no Saburobei (男達出来星の三郎兵衛, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Heinai (平内, left), Bandô Minosuke II as the otokodate Tsukimi no Sangorô (男達 月見 の 三五郎, center), and Seki Sanjûrô II as Yamada Saburô (right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Single sheet from another state of the above triptych without any green

Actors: Left sheet: Seki Sanjûrô II as Kajiwara Heiji

Center sheet: Nakamura Shikan II as Kobayashi Asahina

Right sheet: Bandô Minosuke II as Oiso no Tora and Bandô Mitsutarô as a kamuro

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Actors: Bandô Minosuke II as Gorô Takimune (五郎時宗, left), Nakamura Shikan II as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経, center), and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Bando Minosuke II as Shinobu (しのぶ, left) and Nakamura Shikan II as Yamada Saburô (山田三郎, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II as Onio Shinzaemon (鬼王 新左衛門, left) and Bandô Minosuke II as Ômi Kotôta (近江小友太, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Ômi-ya Heihachi

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II as Onio Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門, left) and Bandô Minosuke II as Ômi Kotôta (近江小友太, right)

Play: Hana ni tori sakigake Soga (花鳥魁曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Actors: Left Sheet: Sawamura Tosshô I as the shirabyôshi dancer (白びやふし)

Right Sheet: Kataoka Ichizô I as the monk Monjubo (文殊ぼう) and Matsumoto Kôshirô V as the monk Fugenbo (普賢坊)

Play: Kyôganoko musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺, The Maiden at Dojoji Temple)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 1^st month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

NOTE: The signboard reads women prohibited (onna kinsei, 女人禁制). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the shirabyôshi dancer (白拍子) Hanako (桜子, standing), Ichikawa Ebizô VI as priest Sakuran (さくらん 坊, right), and Kakaoka Yoshimatsu as priest Kakuran (かくれん 坊, left)

Play: Yui na raika no ko Dôjôji (結習鹿子道成寺)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 2^nd month of 1832

Publisher: Daikoku-ya

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