Actor triptychs

1832, Part III

Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Higuguchi no Jirô (樋口次郎) disguised as the sailor Matsuemon

Play: Hiragana seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 4^th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

The right sided image is an aizuri-e reprint of the same design. It shows Nakamura Shikan IV in the same role in the 9^th month of 1862.

Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Yaguchi no watashimori Tonbei (頓兵衛)

Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 4^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ofune (頓兵衛娘おふね) and Bandô Mitsuemon I as the servant Rokuzô (下男六蔵)

Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 4^th month of 1832

Publisher: No seal

Actors: Sawamura Tossho I as Sasaki Gennosuke (佐々木源之助, left) and Matsumoto Koshirô V as Tagano Sasaki Gentazaemon (多賀ノ佐々木源太左衛門, right)

Play: Mukashi gatari uguisu zuka (昔語黄鳥墳)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as 河内佐々木源太左衛門 (left) and Matsumoto Koshirô V as 多賀佐々木源太左衛門 幸四郎 (right)

Play: Mukashi gatari uguisu zuka (昔語黄鳥墳)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

NOTE: This diptych is listed on the website of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum at Waseda University as dating from the 5^th month of 1851, but this appears to be an error.

Actors: Left sheet: Sawamura Tosshô I as Hanamizukuri (花見がへり) and Segawa Michinosuke I as Chobokure (ちょぼくれおはま)

Right sheet: Sawamura Tosshô I as Ukare Hôin (うかれ法印)

Play: Somenobori ayame no irozashi (染幟菖蒲の彩色)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

NOTE: Both sheets read Five Changes (go henge no uchi, 五変化之内). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Houin (法印, left) and as Momotarô (桃太郎, right)

Play: Somenobori ayame no irozashi (染幟菖蒲の彩色)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

NOTE: Both sheets read Five Changes (go henge no uchi, 五変之化内). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as the Kagura Maiden (left) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Isami Otoko (right)

Play: Somenobori ayame no irozashi (染幟菖蒲の彩色)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

NOTE: Both sheets read Five Changes (go henge no uchi, 五変之化内). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Triptych title: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑) in the left and right upper corners of the triptych

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I as the widow Kakuju (kôshitsu Kakuju, 後室覚しゅ, left), Nakamura Shikan II as Sukune Tarô (すくね太郎, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Suga Shôjô (菅相丞, right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information.

Actors: Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo IV as wife (nyôbô) Tonami (left), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Takebe Genzô (center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Matsuômaru (松王丸) (right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡 源之助) as Sakuramaru (桜丸, left), Nakamura Shikan II (中村 芝翫) as Matsuômaru (松王丸, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV (坂東 三津五郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸, right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô

NOTE: In this triptych is printed almost entirely in Prussian blue, a style known as aizuri-e

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this panel from another state with red clouds that have faded to pink.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I as Sakuramaru (桜丸, left), Nakamura Shikan II as Matsuômaru (松王丸, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Umeômaru (梅王丸, right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Text: 菅原傳授 手習鑑 賀祝の殿

I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡 源之助) as Sakuramaru (桜丸, left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV (坂東 三津五郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸, right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II (中村 芝翫) as Matsuômaru (松王丸, left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV (坂東 三津五郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸, right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Umeômaru (梅王丸, left), Nakamura Karoku I as Chiyo (千代, center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Matsuômaru (松王丸, right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 5^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Ichikawa Komazô V as Hanaregoma no Chôkichi (はなれごまの長吉, left) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nuregami Chôgorô (ぬれかみ長五郎, right)

Play: Futatsu chôchô kuruwa nikki (双蝶仝曲輪日記, Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 6^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nuregami Chôgorô (left) and Ichikawa Komazô V as Hanaregoma Chôkichi (right)

Play: Futatsu chôchô kuruwa nikki (双蝶仝曲輪日記, Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 6^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nuregami Chôgorô

Play: Futatsu chôchô kuruwa nikki (双蝶仝曲輪日記, Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 6^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Ôtani Tomoemon IV as Hebi no Ichirôbei (left) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Danshichi Mohei (right)

Play: Mukashi gatari uguisu zuka (昔語黄鳥墳)

Theater: Moritaza

Date: 6^th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

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