Actor triptychs

1837

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Kotengu Chôkichi (小天狗長吉)

Play: Yayoi no hana Oedo no irifune (桜花大江戸入船)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 3^rd month of 1837

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Iwai Shijaku I as Koume no Koyoshi (小梅の小よし, left), Onoe Kikugorô III as Kotengu Chôkichi (小天狗長吉, center), and Bandô Hikosaburô IV in an unidentified role (right)

Play: Yayoi no hana Oedo no irifune (桜花大江戸入船)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 3^rd month of 1837

Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô

I am grateful to Marc Devriese for the image and to Horst Graebner for information about this triptych.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tonase (となせ)

Center sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danzô V as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) and Onoe Eizaburô III as nyôbô Oishi (女房おいし)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 9^th month of 1837

Publisher: Ueda-ya Kyûjirô

NOTE: The left and center panels bear Kunisada’s signature (Gototei Kunisada ga, 五渡亭國貞画), but the right panel is signed by Kuniyoshi (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, 一勇斎 國芳 画). At least one other copy of this triptych is known to have the same signatures.

Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II

Play: Onikiri Marumi masu no kakutsuba (鬼切丸三升角鐔)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 11^th month of 1837

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô

NOTE: The text on the sekihi reads no smelly vegetables, fish, meat, or alcohol beyond the temple gate (fukyo kunshu nyûsanmon, 不許葷酒入山門). This is a common proscription at Buddhist temples.

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