Actor triptychs

1848, Part II

Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Teraoka Heiemon (平右衛門) and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Hiranai (平内)

Right sheet: Onoe Kikujirô II as Lady Kaoyo (顔世御前)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Sakai

Actors: Onoe Kikujirô II as Lady Kaoyo (顔世御前, left) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Teraoka Heiemon (平右衛門, right)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Kikujirô II as the wife of Yasuku (弥作 女房, kneeling woman) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Senzaki Yagorô (千崎弥五郎)

Right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Yasaku (百性弥作)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Takano-ya Tomoemon

Actors: Onoe Kikujirô II as the wife of Yasuku (弥作 女房, left), Nakamura Utaemon IV as the farmer Yasaku (百性 弥作, center), and Seki Sanjûrô III as Senzaki Yagorô (千崎弥五郎, right)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Unidentified, possibly a stylized Yoshi (芳)

I am grateful to Ward Pieters for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kuzô II as the widow (goke) Orei (後家おれい) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Lady Kaoyo (後室かほよ御ぜん)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平, left) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Lady Kaoyo (Kaoyo go, かほよ御前, right)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平, left) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Lady Kaoyo (かほよ御ぜん, right)

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Takano-ya Tomoemon

Actors: Left sheet: Iwai Kumesabûrô III as Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Center sheet: Seki Sanjûrô III Senzaki Yagorô (千崎弥五郎, standing left), Seki Sanjûrô III as Jûtarô (standing right), and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Teraoka Heiemon (平右衛門, on knees)

Right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助, on ground) and an unidentified standing actor

Play: Chuko homare no takanawa (忠孝誉高輪)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô

I am grateful to Jean Pierre Dubord for this image.

Actors: Sawamura Sojûrô V as Kano Genzaemon Muneyoshi (狩野源左衛門宗義, left), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Miura Arajirô Yoshitaka (三浦荒次郎義隆, center), and Onoe Baiko IV as Genzaemon’s wife Tamazasa (源左衛門妻玉笹, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Onoe Baiko IV as Princess Sakura (桜 姫, left), Sawamura Sojûrô V as Kiyomizu Seigen (清水 清玄, center), and Matsumoto Kinshô VI as Kiyomizu chukushoku no suke Seigen (清水 宿直 之介 清玄, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Metra and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ogawa Hansuke

Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as yakko Yodohira (奴淀平, left) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Seigen (清玄, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ogawa Hansuke

NOTE: Two states of the left sheet are shown. The right panel of this diptych was printed from woodblocks originally used for the series Fabrics Dyed to Order (Gochûmon on-atsurae zome, 御註文御誂染):

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for locating the diptych.

Actors: Left sheet: Matsumoto Kinshô I as the court lady (tsubone) Iwafuji (つぼね岩ふぢ)

Center sheet: Sawamura Sojûrô V as the servant (meshitsukai) Ohatsu (召仕おはつ) and Ôtani Hiroemon V as the maid Kashiwagi (奥女中柏木)

Right sheet: Onoe Kikugorô IV as the middle-ranking court lady (churo) Onoe (中老於の江) and Bandô Zenji III as the maid Eawase? (奥女中絵合)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Koga-ya Katsugorô

NOTE: This design was actually created by Kunisada for the production of Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji in the 3^rd month of 1847:

The triptych was further altered and reissued in the 4^th month of 1849 for the production of O megumi niuruo Iwafuji (恵閏初夏藤).

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô IV as Onoe (尾上, left), Sawamura Sojûrô V as Ohatsu (おはつ, center), and Matsumoto Kinshô I as Iwafuji (岩藤, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

Texts: Right sheet: すりやこのざうりがおすみつき ふんじつの箱のなかにあつたゆゑ とうぞくは岩ふぢといはしやんすか　コレようものを

Center sheet: おもふてもみやしやんせ 大せつなおすみつきを　どううろたへてわざわざわしが ざうりをいれてゆくあほうがあらう こりやきこへた あづかりてのこなさんが われとわかでにおすみつきをぬすみ わしが印のざうりをいれ この岩ふぢをつみにとつておとすのか いかにわしがやうなこゝろよしじやとてコレ

Left sheet: サアお願ひと申は外の事でもござりませぬ たゞ今あれにてうけたまはりますれば 主人尾上をあなた殿のお相手になされて たち合とやらを御らんなされたは おのぞみ御ぞんじしられまするとふり おのへ事は町人の娘ではござりますれど おみやつかへを

NOTE: The woodblocks for this triptych were originally used for the performance of Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji (初桜尾上岩藤) in the 3^rd month of 1847. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and to both Michel Ouellet and Robert Pryor for the above information for this information.

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô IV as Onoe (尾上, left) and Matsumoto Kinshô I as Iwafuji (岩藤, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

NOTE: The woodblocks for this diptych were originally used for the performance of Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji (初桜尾上岩藤) in the 3^rd month of 1847. I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this information.

Actors: Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Ohatsu (left) and Matsumoto Kinshô I as tsubone Iwafuji (right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: No seal

NOTE: The woodblocks for this production had previously been used for the production of Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji in the 3^rd month of 1847. Both faces were recut, and Ohatsu’s costume was altered.

Actors: Sawamura Sojûrô V as the servant (heyakata) Ohatsu (召仕お初, left), Onoe Kikugoro IV as the middle-ranking court lady (churo) Onoe (中老尾上, center), Matsumoto Kinshô I as the court lady (tsubone) Iwafuji (局岩藤, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô

NOTE: The right sheet of this triptych was slightly modified and reprinted from the production of Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji in the 3^rd month of 1847. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the image.

Actors: Sawamura Sôjûrô V as the servant (heyakata) Ohatsu (召仕はつ, left), Onoe Baikô IV as the middle-ranking court lady (churo) Onoe (中老尾上, center), and Matsumoto Kinshô I as the court lady (tsubone) Iwafuji (つぼね岩藤, right)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Uhei

NOTE: This triptych was partially recut and used for the performance of O megumi niuruo Iwafuji in the 4^th month of 1849.

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these sheets from alternate states of the above triptych.

Actors: Onoe Baikô IV as churo Onoe (中老尾上) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as meshitsukai Ohatsu (召仕お初)

Play: Kamakura yamasakura no gosho zome (鎌倉山桜御所染)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

NOTE: The woodblocks for this print were recsed, with alterations, for the production of O megumi niuruo Iwafuji in the 4^th month of 1849. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for the above image.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the dancer Kakitsu (白拍子花橘 実ハ塚本狐) with Bandô Shûka I as the wife’s maid Yoshino, who is actually a Chieditsune (奥女中吉野 実ハ千枝狐, inset)

Center sheet: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kunenbo of Tachibana Temple who is actually Tsukamoto kitsune (橘寺のくねん坊 実ハ塚本狐)

Right sheet: Bandô Shuka I as a woman of lowly birth (実は源九郎狐のけんぞく) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kusakari Kamematsu actually, Tsukamoto kitsune (草刈亀松 実は塚本狐, inset)

Play: Kazashi no hana kashô no uzumaki (藻勝見化粧渦巻)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kunenbo of Tachibana Temple (橘寺のくねん坊), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the dancer Kakitsu (白拍子 花橘), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kusakari Kamematsu (草刈亀松), Bandô Shûka I as the wife’s maid Yoshino (奥女中吉野), and Bandô Shûka I as Miyuki, a woman of lowly birth (賤の女深雪)

Play: Kazashi no hana kashô no uzumaki (藻勝見化粧渦巻)

Date: 3^rd month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

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