Actor triptychs

1833, Part IV

 

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Yuranosuke (由良之助) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Rikiya Yoshikane (力弥)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Wakasanosuke (若狭之助, in rear) and Seki Sanjûrô II as Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本, in front)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

 

NOTE: The left-hand sheet appears to have been printed from the same wood blocks that were used for an 1831 production of Kanadehon Chûshingura.  I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Bandô Tamasaburô I as Konami (小なみ, left) and Onoe Matsusuke as Rikiya Ôboshi (大星力弥, right)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Heiemon (平右エ門)

Center sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Yuranosuke (由良之助)

Right sheet: Onoe Eisaburô III as Okaru (おかる) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Kadayû (九太夫)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Daikoku-ya Isaburô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Onoe Eisaburô III as Okaru (おかる, left) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Kanpei (right)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

NOTE: The woodblocks for this diptych were recycled from the 1832 production of Kanadehon Chûshingura.  The right sheet is unchanged.  On the left sheet, Onoe Eisaburô III replaces Iwai Kumesaburô II as Okaru with recarving of the face.  Note that the left panel in unsigned.  I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Center sheet: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Hangan (判官)

Right sheet: Kataoka Ichizô as Yamana Jirozaemon and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Ishidô Umanojô

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

 

NOTE: These woodblocks were reused for the production of Kanadehon Chûshingura in the 9th month of 1835.  The only change in the design was the substitution of Ichikawa Ebizô V (市川 海老蔵) for Ichikawa Danzô V (市川 団蔵) in the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke.  I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Kataoka Ichizô I as Yamana Jirozaemon (山名次郎左衛門, left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Ishidô Umanojô (石堂右馬之丞, right)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to both Lucienne Parkan and Robert Pryor for the images and information.

Actors: Kataoka Ichizô I as Kô no Moronao (師直)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Eizaburô III as Okaru and Bandô Mitsuemon I

Right sheet: Onoe Kikugorô III as Hayano Kanpei

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Daikoku-ya Isaburô 

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Kikugorô III as Hayano Kanpei (早の勘平), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Amakawakaya Gihei (天川や義平), Onoe Eizaburô III as Okaru (こしもとおかる), and Onoe Matsusuke III as Yasuchika Wakanosuke (桃の井若狭之助)

Center sheet: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Enya Hangan (塩冶判官), and Ichikawa Danzô V as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Right sheet: Kataoka Ichizô I as Kô no Moronao (高野師直), Osagawa Tsuneyo IV as nyôbô Oishi (大星女房おいし), and Seki Sanjûrô II as Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Actor: Onoe Kikugorô III as [Hayano] Kanpei (勘平)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

 

NOTE: This design was created for the production of Kanadehon Chûshingura in the 9th month of 1832.  The woodblocks were reused, with modifications, for the production of the same play in the 8th month of 1833.  The sheet on the left for the 1833 production, and the sheet on the right is from the 1832 production. 

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Teraoka Heiemon (平右衛門)

Center sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Yuranosuke (由良之介)

Right sheet: Onoe Kikugorô III as Kadayû (九太夫) and Onoe Eizaburô  III as Okaru (おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Akamatsu-ya Shôtarô

Sheet from another state of the above design

Title: Atari ru mi hachi tsuki, Shin Yoshiwara gochôbun niwa uta, Meotozake kawaranu nakanaka (當ル巳八月, 新吉原五丁分仁和歌, 夫婦酒替奴中仲)

Actors: Geisha at the Niwaka festival as Kisanta disguised as a Daikagura lion dancer (left) and as Shizuka Gozen (or Kyô-no-Kimi, right)

Play: Meotozake kawaranu nakanaka (夫婦酒替奴中仲)

Date: 8th month of 1833

Theater:

Publisher: Nishimura-ya Yohachi

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image and to Robert Prior for the above information. 

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Mitsuemon I as Yamanobe Heita (山野辺平太) and Seki Sanjûrô II in unidentified role

Right sheet: Onoe Matsusuke III as Kanaya Kingorô (金谷金五郎) and Onoe Kikugorô III as the ghost (bôkon) of Kasane (かさねぼふこん)

Play: Kasane kiku kinugawa zome (かさね菊絹川染)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei 

On the left is Kuniyoshi’s print of Onoe Kikugorô III as the ghost (bôkon) of Kasane (かさねぼうこん) in Kasane kiku kinugawa zome, performed in the 9th month of 1833.  On the right is Hokushû’s print of Onoe Kikugorô III as the ghost of Oiwa in Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan, performed in the 1st month of 1826, which seems to be the inspiration for Kuniyoshi’s design. 

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Sambaso (三番叟, left) and Ichikawa Komazô V as Senzai (千歳, right)

Play: Mata kuru haru suzuna no tanemaki (再春菘種蒔)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this diptych.

Cartouche: Sambaso dancer (三番叟), Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫)

Inscription on all three states: 天保四年九月名残狂言 

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as a Sambaso dancer (三番叟)

Play: Mata kuru haru suzuna no tanemaki (再春菘種蒔)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Daikoku-ya

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as the Shirabyôshi Dancer (白拍子桜木) Sakuragi, Arashi Kanjûrô I as a priest, and Mimasu Gennosuke I as a priest

Play: Mata kuru haru suzuna no tanemaki (再春菘種蒔)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI as Masaoka (政岡, left), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正, center), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Katsumoto (勝元, right)

Play: Take no aki Yoshiwara suzume (Spring Bamboo and the Sparrow of the Yoshiwara, 竹春吉原雀)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for assisting with this triptych.

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Sabu (三婦, left), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kinugawa Tanizô (絹川谷蔵, center), and Iwai Tojaku I as Kasane (かさね, right)

Play: Take no aki Yoshiwara suzume (Spring Bamboo and the Sparrow of the Yoshiwara, 竹春吉原雀)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Kawarazaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

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

Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kinugawa Tanizô (絹川谷蔵, left), Iwai Tojaku I as Kasane (かさね, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô as Tôfuya Sabu (とふや三ぶ, right)

Play: Take no aki Yoshiwara suzume (Spring Bamboo and the Sparrow of the Yoshiwara, 竹春吉原雀)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Nagori (名残松よひ)

Play: Take no aki Yoshiwara suzume (Spring Bamboo and the Sparrow of the Yoshiwara, 竹春吉原雀)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I as Takebe Genzo (武部源蔵, left), Nakamura Shikan II as Matsuyohi (松よひ, center), and Nakamura Shikan II also in the role of Tokihira (時平, right)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Actors: Ichikawa Komazô V (市川 高麗蔵) in unidentified role (left) and Nakamura Shikan II as Tokihira (時平, right)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Actors: The farewell performance (nagori kyôgen, 名残狂言) of Nakamura Shikan II as Sanbasô (三番叟left) and Ichikawa Komazô V as Okina (千歳, right)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô 

 

NOTE: The text to the left of Nakamura Shikan’s name reads 相勤申候 (aikin môshi sôrô) and is a formal closing that may be translated as “respectfully” or “your servant”.  I am grateful to Michel Ouellet, Lucienne Parkan, and Horst Graebner for this image and information. 

Actor: Onoe Eizaburô III as Gaku no Kosan

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I as かんせう (top right), Nakamura Shikan II as Shiratayû (白太夫, left), and Nakamura Shikan II as Madara no Shirokurô, really Kurikara Tarô (まだらの四郎九郎 本名倶利伽羅太郎良兼, bottom right)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I in unidentified role (left), Nakamura Shikan II as Madara no Shirokurô, really Kurikara Tarô (center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Shiratayû (白太夫, right)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Davor Solter for this image.

I am grateful to Raphael Tunesi for this alternate state of the above design.  Note that the water near the horizon is represented by horizontal lines and the birds are not colored.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Madara no Shirokurô who is actually Kurikara Tarô (白太夫倅まだら四郎九郎, left), and Nakamura Shikan II as Shiratayû (白太夫) in his farewell performance (R)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Daikoku-ya Isaburô

 

NOTE: Two states of the right sheet are shown.  I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Robert Pryor for these images.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Sukune Tarô (宿直太郎)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as Madara no Shirokurô, really Kurikara Tarô (まだらの四郎九郎 本名倶利伽羅太郎良兼)

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for locating this image.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I as Kan Shôjô (菅 [かん] せうぜう) with the triplets Matsuômaru, Umeômaru, and Sakuramaru

Play: Tamukeyama Momiji no Mitegura (手向山紅葉御幣)

Date: 9th month of 1833

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image and to Lucienne Parkan for the above information. 

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Zaemon Wataru (左エ門わたる, left), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Endô Musha Moritô (遠藤武者, center), and Iwai Hanshirô VI as Kesa gozen (けさ御前, right)

Play: Koi yoriiru tsui no Yumitori (恋入対弓取)

Date: 11th month of 1833

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Akamatsu-ya Shôtarô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Horst Graebner for this image and information.

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these two sheets from another state of the above dssign.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as 岩屋文蔵 (left), Iwai Tojaku as the wife (nyôbô) Otsuna (女房おつな, center), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as 鬼の七五郎 (right)

Play: Shitennô Kabuki no Yorizome (四天王劇場寄初)

Date: 11th month of 1833

Theater: Morita

Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for locating this image.

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