Kuniyoshi Project

Actor triptychs

1851, Part I

Actors: Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (名古屋山三元春, left), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Fuwa Banzaemon Shigekatsu (不破伴左エ門重勝, center), and Onoe Baiko IV as Izumoya Okuni (出雲屋於国, right)

Play: Date kurabe uwasa no sayaate (伊達競高評鞘当)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

Actors: Onoe Baiko IV as Izumoya Okuni (いつもや於くに, left), Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (名古屋山三郎, center), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Fuwa Banzaemon (不波伴左エ門, right)

Play: Date kurabe uwasa no sayaate (伊達競高評鞘当)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke

NOTE: This triptych was printed from woodblocks that were originally used for the production of Mukashigatari inazuma zoshi (昔語稲妻帖) in the 3^rd month of 1848. The faces of the actors were recarved. I am grateful to Sergio Felipe for this image.

Actors: Onoe Baikô IV as Sanza nyôbo Katsuragi (山三女房かつらき, left), Sawamura Chojurô V as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (名古屋山三元雲, center), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Fuwa Banzaemon Shigekatsu (不破伴左衛門重勝, right)

Play: Date kurabe uwasa no sayaate (伊達競高評鞘当)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ise-ya Bunshichi

NOTE: This triptych likens Nagoya Sanza Motoharu to Buddha, who gave his first sermon in a deer park

Actors: Left sheet: Fujikawa Kayû III as Izayoi (十六夜) and Ichikawa Kuzô II as Daitônai Narikage (大藤内成景)

Center sheet: Nakamura Fukusuke I as Koabayashi Asahina (小林の朝比奈)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Nitta Shirô Tadatsune (仁田四郎忠常)

Play: Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga (蓬莱山世嗣曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗) and Fujikawa Kayû III as Izayoi (十六夜)

Right sheet: Ichimura Takenojô V as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成) and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Koabayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Play: Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga (蓬莱山世嗣曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Hikotarô

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for locating this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura Fukusuke I as Koabayashi Asahina

Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ichirô Bettô Suketsune (male role) and Bandô Shûka I as Oiso no Tora (female role)

Play: Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga (蓬莱山世嗣曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Hama and Magome)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

Actors: Nakamura Fukusuke I as Koabayashi Asahina (小林の朝比奈)

Play: Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga (蓬莱山世嗣曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Hama and Magome)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ise-ya Bunshichi

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Moremore no Yokazô (もれ／＼の与嘉蔵)

Right sheet: Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yamato Yâyama (大和やおやま) and Bandô Takesaburô I as Tôrimono Take (通り物竹)

Play: Iro ichiza tego tono fukubiki (彩一座戯福摂)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Ise-ya Bunshichi

NOTE: Iro ichiza tego tono fukubiki is a jôruri that was performed along with Konoshita Soga Megumi no Masagoji.

Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yaekushi no Saiza (八重くしの才三, left) and Bandô Shuka I as Okoma (柏木屋娘おこま, right)

Play: Kihachijo Misuji no tatejima (黄八丈三筋竪縞)

Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa sand Watanabe)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Ise-ya Bunshichi

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for locating this image.

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Kikujirô II as Oritsu (おりつ) and Morita Kanya XI as Iwaka Hyôbu (岩木兵部)

Center sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Seki Kasuke as his son Gorôichi (倅五郎市)

Right sheet: Arashi Otohachi III as 山風平馬, Bandô Takesaburô I as Itsuya Tôji (逸弥藤次) and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Iwaka Tôme (岩木当馬)

Play: Konoshita Soga megumi no masagoji (木下曽我恵砂路)

Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Hama and Magome)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

NOTE: According to the KABUKI 21 website, the original title of this performance included an unusual ideogram and was written as . Some sources translate the play title as Kinoshita Soga megumi no masagoji.

Actors: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Seki Kasuke as his son Gorôichi (倅五郎市)

Play: Konoshita Soga megumi no masagoji (木下曽我恵砂路)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher:

Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura Aizô I as Kanai Aizô (金入相蔵), Onoe Kikujirô II as Jizaemon’s wife Kofuyu (次左衛門女房小冬), and Nakamura Kasuke as Horaiya Yonehiko (ほうらいや米彦)

Center sheet: Ichikawa Hirogorô I in unknown role, Arashi Jitohachi III as Tsubute no Ganroku (つぶての眼六), and Morita Kanya XI in unknown role

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Chûnagon Ujisada who is actually Ishikawa Goemon (中納言氏定実ハ石川五右衛門, in black)

Play: Konoshita Soga megumi no masagoji (木下曽我恵砂路)

Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal)

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

Actors: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Seki Kasuke as his son Gorôichi (倅五郎市)

Play: Konoshita Soga megumi no masagoji (木下曽我恵砂路)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

Ishikawa Goemon Seki Kasuke as his son Gorôichi , slats of wood scattered across the floor below

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門, in black) and Seki Kasuke as his son Gorôichi (倅五郎市, child)

Right sheet: Arashi Jitohachi III as Jizaemon (standing) and Onoe Kikujirô II in a female role

Play: Konoshita Soga megumi no masagoji (木下曽我恵砂路)

Date: 1^st month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

Actors: Left sheet: Arashi Jitohachi III as Jizaemon of Mibu Village (壬生村の次左衛門, old man), Onoe Kikujirô II as musume (daughter) Kofuyu (娘小冬), and an unidentified actor as Mikami Momosuke (三上ノ百助)