Actor triptychs

1848, Part V

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hôkaibô (法界坊) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ghost of Princess Nowake (野分 姫 ぼうこん)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke (下部 軍助)

Play: Kaidan Sumidagawa (Sumida River Ghost Story, 怪談隅田川)

Date: 6^th month of 1848

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Maru-Han

NOTE: Kaidan Sumidagawa was a second feature after the main play Tsuma Mukae Iro no fumizuki.

Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke (下部 軍助, left), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hôkaibô’s ghost (法界坊 ぼうこん, center), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Dôguya Jinza (道具屋甚三, right)

Play: Kaidan Sumidagawa (Sumida River Ghost Story, 怪談隅田川)

Date: 6^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

Another state of the above design

Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Samanosuke (大館左馬之助, left), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Princess Nowake (野分 姫 の ぼうこん, center), and Bandô Shûka I as 渡し守五百崎のお松 (right)

Play: Kaidan Sumidagawa (Sumida River Ghost Story, 怪談隅田川)

Date: 6^th month of 1848

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke (下部 軍助) holding a small Buddhist shrine from which a supernatural light is emanating

Center sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as ghost priest Hôkaibô (法界坊 ぼうこん) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ghost of Princess Nowake (野分姫のぼうこん)

Right sheet: Bandô Shûka I as Miyakodori no Oshizu and an unidentified actor as Yosuke (actually Yoshida no Shôshô)

Play: Kaidan Sumidagawa (Sumida River Ghost Story, 怪談隅田川)

Date: 6^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

I am grateful to Jerry Vegder for the image and information about this triptych.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nanpô Jûjibei (南方十次兵衛)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjurô VIII as Nan Yohei (南与兵衛) and Bandô Shûka I as Jûjibei’s wife Ohaya (十次兵衛 女房 おはや)

Play: Tsuma Mukae Iro no fumizuki (妻迎艶文月)

Date: 6^th month of 1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Uhei

Another state of the above design with the actor’s name removed, probably intended for a different production

Actors: Bandô Shuka I as Jujibei’s wife O-haya (left) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Nanyohei (right)

Play: Tsuma Mukae Iro no fumizuki (妻迎艶文月)

Date: 6^th month of 1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ningyo-ya Takichi

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Princess Nowake’s ghost (野分姫亡魂, standing) and Fujikawa Kaju III as the girl Okumi (永楽屋娘おくみ, kneeling)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as 成田八郎親孝 (inset), Bandô Shûka I as 渡守大和屋お秀 (standing), Sawamura Gennosuke III as Yoshida Matsuwakamaru (吉田松若丸, kneeling in foreground)

Play: Tsuma Mukae Iro no fumizuki (妻迎艶文月)

Date: 6^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ningyô-ya Takichi

NOTE: A paper flap (shikake, 仕掛け) is down on the above image. The image below shows the flap raised, making the ghost appear.

Actors: Sawamura Sojûrô V as priest Karukaya Doshin (かるかや道心) and Sawamura Genpei II as Ishidô Maru (石童丸, child)

Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

NOTE: Three different states of the same design are shown. The print on the right was altered to be used as a memorial print (shini-e) for Ichimura Takenojô V.

Actors: Sawamura Sojûrô V as the jeweler Tamaya Yoji (玉屋与次, left), Sawamura Genpei II as Ishidô Maru (石道丸, center), and Sawamura Sojûrô V as priest Karukaya Dôshin (苅萱道心, right)

Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848 (Hama and Kinugasa)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Kyôji (seal name 京冶)

NOTE: The center and right sheets were printed from woodblocks that had previously been used for another triptych:

Actors: Left sheet: Sawamura Sojûrô V as the jeweler Yoji and Sawamura Genpei II as the child Ishidô Maru

Right sheet: Sawamura Sojûrô V as priest Karukaya Doshin

Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô

I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Actors Ôtani Tomoemon IV as 同宿義円坊, Matsumoto Kinshô I as 同宿宗悦坊, and Bandô Takesaburô I as 同宿喜悦坊

Right sheet: Sawamura Sojûrô V as the priest Karukaya (苅萱 桑門), Sawamura Genpei II as his son Ichidômaru (繁氏一子石動丸), and Nakamura Shijiuku I as 同宿安心坊

Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi

I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Matsumoto Kinshô I as Onnanosuke (女之助) and Onoe Baikô IV as Yoji nyobo Orachi (与次女房 おらち)

Right sheet: Sawamura Sojûrô V as the jeweler Yoji (玉屋 与次)

Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.

Actors: Onoe Baikô IV as Yoji’s wife (nyôbô) Orachi (与次女房 おらち)

Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Unidentified ()

NOTE: The print was partially recarved and used for the play Goban Tadanobu yuki no nachiguro performed in the 11^th month of 1848. I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Horst Graebner for information about this print.

Actors: Left sheet: Matsumoto Kinshô I as Kuwahara Onosuke (桑原女之助)

Right sheet: Onoe Baikô IV as daughter (musume) Yushide (娘夕しで, female role) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Shindozaemon (新銅左衛門, male role)

Play: Zôho Tsukushi no Iezuto (増補筑紫礎)

Date: 7^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata)

Theater: Kawasaki

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

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

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