Actor triptychs

1832, Part IV

 

Performers: The geisha Hyaku as Tadanobu (left) and the geisha Jue as Shizuka (right) at the Niwaka Festival.  The joruri shamisen players are Tomimoto Buzendayu II and Tokuji Namizaki III.

Play: Ikukikucho Hatsune Michiyuki (幾菊蝶初音の旅)

Date: 8th month of 1832

Theater:

Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô

 

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

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Ukiyo Matabei (浮世又平, left) and Onoe Kikugorô III as the ghost of Kasane (かさねぼうこん, right)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as the ghost of Kasane (かさねぼふこん, left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Ukiyo Matabei (浮世又平, right)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kinugasa Shiga no Suke (絹がさ志賀の助, left), Onoe Kikugorô III as the magician Tenjiku Tokube (天竺徳兵衛, center), and Iwai Kumesaburô I as Hanazono Hime (花ぞのひめ, right)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei  

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as the magician Tenjiku Tokubei (left), Bandô Minosuke II as Tomomori (center), and Iwai Shijaku I as Inuzuka Shino (right)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as the magician Tenjiku Tokubei

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as the ferryman Ukiyo Matabei (渡し守 浮世 又平, left), Onoe Kikugorô III as Kinegawa Yoemon (木下川 与右衛門, center), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Katsushika no Ojû (かつしか の お十, right)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as the magician Tenjiku Tokubei (天竺徳兵衛, left) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Tokuichi (徳市, right)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Additional text: Left sheer: Underwater dual role (水中二役早がわり)

Right sheet: Dual role underwater quick change (二役水中早がわり)

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and to Robert Pryor for information about this diptych. 

Kuniyoshi - Onoe Kikugorô III as the blind musician (zatô) Tokuichi, actually Tenjiku Tokubei in 'Kasane Ôgi', (8)1816

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as the blind musician (zatô) Tokuichi, who is actually Tenjiku Tokubei (座頭徳市実ハ天竺徳兵衛)

Play: Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 8th month of 1832

Additional text: The deceased Onoe Shôroku’s 17-year memorial (故人尾上松緑十七回忌追善ニ相勤申候)

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

NOTE: Onoe Kikugorô III was the adopted son of Onoe Shôroku I (1744-1815).  I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image and to Robert Pryor for information about the print.

Actors: Iwai Shishitsu as Ishidomaru (center) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Karukaya dôshin (right)

Play: Zôho Tenjiku Tokubei (増補筑紫轢)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Kyôji

Actors: Kataoka Ichizô I as the ghost (bôkon) of Kawachi Jirô Masamoto (河内治郎政元亡霊, left), Sawamura Tosshô I as Katô Saemon Shigeuji (加藤左衛門重氏, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Amago Shuridayû Haruhisa (尼子修理大夫晴久, right)

Play: Zôho Tenjiku Tokubei (増補筑紫轢)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 8th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Osagawa Tsuneyo IV as Koman (小万, left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Yoshikata Sasaki (佐々木よしかた, right)

Play: Genpei nunobiki no taki (源平布引滝)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

 

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

Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura Shibajûrô I as Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki and Osagawa Tsuneyo IV as Koman

Center sheet: Nakamura Shikan II as Sanemori (さねもり)

Right sheet: Bandô Mitsugorô IV Senoo Jûrô (瀬の尾十郎)

Play: Genpei nunobiki no taki (源平布引滝)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei 

 

I am grateful to Michel Ouellet and Horst Graebner for this image and information. 

Actors: Iwai Kumesaburô II as Okaru (おかる, left) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Kanpei (勘平, right)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

NOTE: These woodblocks were reused for the 1833 production of Kanadehon Chûshingura, with Onoe Eisaburô III replacing Iwai Kumesaburô II as Okaru.  I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Iwai Kumesaburô II as Okaru (おかる, left) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Kanpei (勘平, right)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

 

NOTE: The right woodblock, and possibly both woodblocks, was reused for the 1833 production of Kanadehon Chûshingura.  I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image.

Actors: Mimasu Gennosuke I as Heiemon (left), Iwai Kumesaburô II as Okaru (center), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Yuranosuke (right)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Act VII

Theater: Kawarasaki

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as wrestler Onigatake Horaemon (鬼ヶ嶽 鉄右衛門, left), Arashi Kanjûrô I as referee Shokurô (行司 庄九郎, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as wrestler Akitsushima Kuniemon (秋津しま 国右衛門, right)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke (関取二代勝負付)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actor: Arashi Kanjûrô I as referee Shokurô (行司庄九郎, left), Nakamura Shikan II as wrestler Onigatake Horaemon (鬼ヶ嶽, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Akitsushima (秋津しま, right)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke (関取二代勝負付)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei 

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor and Michel Ouellet for this image.

Actors: Arashi Kanjûrô I as referee Shokurô (行司 庄九郎, left), Nakamura Shikan II as wrestler Onigatake (鬼ヶ嶽, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as wrestler Akitsushima (秋津嶋, right)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke (関取二代勝負付)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Mikawa-ya Rihei

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Another state of the above design without any purple

Actors: Nakamura Shikan II as wrestler Onigatake (鬼ヶ嶽, left), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as wrestler Akitsushima (秋津嶋, center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Takakura Hayato (高くら隼人, right)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke (関取二代勝負付)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as wrestler Akitsushima (秋津嶋, left) and Nakamura Shikan II as Onigadake (鬼ヶ嶽, right)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke (関取二代勝負付)

Theater: Nakamura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this sheet from another state without a publisher’s seal.

Actors: Arashi Kamenojô II as Shiratsuyu (白つゆ, left) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Shida Hayato (信田早人, right)

Play: Shidaya katami tsugi no funauta (信田館貢物船諷)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Sôshichi (宗七, left), Sawamura Tosshô I as Koheiji (小平次, center), and Kataoka Ichizô I as Mashima Denzô (眞嶋伝蔵, right)

Play: Shidaya katami tsugi no funauta (信田館貢物船諷)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Tsuru-ya Kiemon

 

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

Actors: Left sheet: Sawamura Tosshô I as Shida Hayato (信田早人)

Right sheet: Sawamura Tosshô I and Bandô Mitsuemon I in unidentified roles

Play: Shidaya katami tsugi no funauta (信田館貢物船諷)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 9th month of 1832

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to and Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II as Sadamitsu (貞光, left), Onoe Kikugorô III as Bijomaru (美女丸, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Hige Kuronushi (right)

Play: Bandô musha tsunagate Hajime (坂東武者綱手始)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Akamatsu-ya Shôtarô 

Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II as Sadamitsu (貞光, left), Onoe Kikugorô III as Yoshikado (良門, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Watanabe Genji Tsuna (渡辺源二綱, right)

Play: Bandô musha  tsunagate Hajime (坂東武者綱手始)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Shin-Iseya Kohei

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Mita Gengo Hirotsuna (三田の源吾広綱, left), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Watanabe no Tsuna (渡辺の綱, center), and Kataoka Ichizô I as Iga Jutarô (伊賀寿太郎, right)

Play: Bandô musha tsunagate Hajime (坂東武者綱手始)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 11th month of 1832

Publisher: Daikoku-ya

 

NOTE: The sign reads minarukane satsu (巳成金札), which is a type of auspicious day).  I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information.

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Genji Tsuna (源二綱)

Play: Bandô musha tsunagate Hajime (坂東武者綱手始)

Theater: Ichimura

Date: 11th month of 1832

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô

 

I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

Actors: Top: Mimasu Gennosuke I as Chiharu, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Yorinobu

Bottom: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Watanabe no Tsuna, Seki Sanjûrô II as Sadamitsu (貞光), Onoe Kikugorô III as Hidetake, Kataoka Ichizô I as Kintoki (金時), and Ichikawa Danjûrô in an unidentified role

Play: Bandô musha tsunagate Hajime (坂東武者綱手始)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher:

 

NOTE: This is a diptych composed of two horizontal ôban sheets.  I am grateful to Robert Prior for this image.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Shume no Kogane Go, (主女の小金吾, left) and Nakamura Shikan II as Kagekiyo (かげ清, right)

Play: Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Kuroshiro (碁盤忠信雪黒白, The Black and White Snow of Tadanobu’s Go Board)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

NOTE: “Black and white snow” refers to the flying black and white stones of Tadanobu’s final fight, using a go board as a weapon.

Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI as 白びやふし万寿 粂三郎改 (left), Nakamura Shikan II as Sato Tadanobu (忠信, center), and Sawamura Tosshô I as Kagekiyo (景清, right)

Play: Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Kuroshiro (碁盤忠信雪黒白, The Black and White Snow of Tadanobu’s Go Board)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Yorinobu (頼信, left), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kuronushi (ひげ黒主, center), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Sumizome (小町桜の晴, right)

Play: Tsumoru Koiyuki no sekinoto (積恋雪関扉)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibie

 

NOTE: This triptych was republished in an altered version for Igagoe Norigake Gappa in the 1st month of 1834.

Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Komachi (left) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Sekibei (right) 

Play: Tsumoru Koiyuki no sekinoto (積恋雪関扉)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Another state of the above design

Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Sekibei (関兵衛)

Play: Tsumoru Koiyuki no sekinoto (積恋雪関扉)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Kichiji (☆うり吉次, left), Iwai Hanshirô VI as Monomi no Omatsu (物見のおまつ, center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Kumasaka (熊坂, right)

Play: Yasa Heike godan no keigoto (優平家後段景事)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

I am grateful to Horst Graebner for information about this triptych.

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Kinokuniya Gengorô (きのくにや五郎, left), Iwai Hanshirô VI, formerly Kumesaburô II, as Oyama (おやま, center), and Nakamura Shikan II as Ibishi no Kangorô (いびしの翫五郎, right)

Play: Yoshitsune sembon zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, 碁盤忠信雪黒石ご)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

 

NOTE: Iwai Kumesaburô II changed his name to Iwai Hanshirô VI in the 11th month of 1832 and Shikan II returned to Osaka in the fall of 1833.

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these two sheets from an aizuri-e variant of the above triptych.

Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI as Oyama (おやま)

Play: Yoshitsune sembon zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, 碁盤忠信雪黒石ご)

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

 

I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image.

Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI (name just changed from Kumesaburô II) as O-Shizu holding print of Pagoda and Nakamura Shikan II as Chugorô sitting by an upturned go board

Play: A supplementary piece at the Nakamura theater

Date: 11th month of 1832

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

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