Actor triptychs

1833, Part I

Actors: Ichikawa Danzô V as Lady Akoya (阿古屋, left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura (岩永左衛門宗つら, center), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shigetada (left)

Play: Dan no Ura kabuto Gunki (壇浦兜軍記)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of one sheet from the preceding triptych.

Another state of the right sheet of the preceding triptych with the actor playing Shigetada changed from Ichimura Uzaemon XII (市村羽左衛門) to Onoe Kikugorô III (尾上菊五郎). Note that the face was also changed.

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Omi no Ofuji (近江の小藤太, left) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Akazawa Junai (赤沢十内, right)

Play: Fuji Ogito Mimasu Soga (富士扇三升曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Soga Hako-o Maru (箱王丸, left) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成, right)

Play: Fuji Ogito Mimasu Soga (富士扇三升曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)

Play: Fuji Ogito Mimasu Soga (富士扇三升曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô

The left and center images are two states of the same design, with the actor identified as Onoe Kikugorô III. The image on the right is from a mitate triptych and has a slightly altered face. I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Robert Pryor for assisting with this entry.

Actors from left:

First: Iwai Hanshirô VI as Maidzuru (まいづる)

Second: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Soga no Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗)

Third: Sawamura Tosshô I as Kudo Saemon (工藤祐つね)

Fourth: Onoe Kikugorô III as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)

Play: Fuji Ogito Mimasu Soga (富士扇三升曽我)

Date: 1st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Ichikawa Danzô V as Satô Masakiyo (佐藤政清)

Play: Hachijin shugo no honjô (八陣守護城 or 八陣守護斯本城)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

NOTE: The light blue cartouche reads “From Kamigata, Ichikawa Danzô” (下り 市川團蔵). This was his first performance in Edo after a 26-year absence. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information.

Actors: Kataoka Ichizô I as Gotô Motohyôe Masatsugu (後藤政次, left), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Yoshimatsu (千島義松, center), and Ichikawa Danzô V as Satô Masakiyo (佐藤政清, right)

Play: Hachijin shugo no honjô (八陣守護城 or 八陣守護斯本城)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Tamasaburô I as Sanzaemon’s daughter Hinaginu and Bandô Mitsuemon I as Marikawa Genba (鞠川玄蕃)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Satô Masakiyo (佐藤政清)

Play: Hachijin shugo no honjô (八陣守護城 or 八陣守護斯本城)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

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

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Sanzaemon (left) and Ichikawa Danzô V as Satô Masakiyo (佐藤政清, right)

Play: Hachijin shugo no honjô (八陣守護城 or 八陣守護斯本城)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publishers: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Ichikawa Danzô V as Satô Masakiyo (佐藤政清)

Play: Hachijin shugo no honjô (八陣守護城 or 八陣守護斯本城)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publishers: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

This image is courtesy of Marc DeVriese.

Actor: Kataoka Ichizô I as Gotô Shôhei (後藤政兵衛)

Play: Hachijin shugo no honjô (八陣守護城 or 八陣守護斯本城)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publishers: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI as Oshichi (お七, left), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Dozaemon Denkichi (土左衛門伝吉, center), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Koshô Kichisaburô (土左衛門伝吉, right)

Play: Sono mukashi koi no edozome (其往昔恋江戸染)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

I am grateful to Paul Steier for the image.

Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI as the greengrocer (yaoya) Oshichi (八百屋お七, left) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Dozaemon Denkichi (土左衛門の伝吉, right)

Play: Sono mukashi koi no edozome (其往昔恋江戸染)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

A simplified printing of the above design

Actors: Iwai Hanshiro VI the greengrocer (yaoya) Oshichi (八百屋お七, left) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Dozaemon Denkichi (土左衛門伝吉, right)

Play: Sono mukashi koi no edozome (其往昔恋江戸染)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

NOTE: Since the skies in these two prints do not match, the prints are probably the left and right panels of a triptych, with Onoe Kikugorô III as Koshô Kichisaburô in the missing center panel. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these images.

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Awajûrobei (阿波十郎兵衛, left), Kataoke Ichizô I as Otsurûbâ (おつるおばア, center), and Onoe Eizaburô III as Oharu (おはる, right)

Play: Tarutozome iroe no shiratami (鳴門染色絵白波)

Date: 1^st month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

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