Actor triptychs
1815 – 1846, Part II
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Actors: Actors as
Tokiwa-gozen (常盤御前, left), Yaheibee Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清, center), and Munekiyo’s wife (tsuma) Kashiwagi (宗清つま柏木, right) Play: Possibly Kinryûzan Chikai no Ishizue
(金龍山誓礎) performed in
the 10th month of 1842 at the Nakamura Theater Date: 1842-1846
with seal of the censor Watanabe Shôemon (top) and
12th month of 1853 (bottom) Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke (top) and
Izutsu-ya Shôkichi
(bottom) NOTE: This triptych
was listed as “Tokiwa-gozen and Her Children in the
Snowˮ by Robinson in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (Cornell University Press, Ithaca,
NY, 1982) based on his having seen only the left sheet. However, the privately
published supplement states “This turns out to be a theatrical triptych,
the production so far unidentified”.
The play may be Genpei sakigake tsutsuji (魁源平躑躅). |
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Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門, left), Iwai Hanshirô VI as Shirotae (白妙, center), and
Sawamura Tosshô I as the monk Saimyôji
Tokiyori (西明寺時頼入道, right) Play: Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as the monk Saimyôji Tokiyori (西明寺時頼入道) Play: Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as 古道具や☆助 Play: Date: c. 1841 Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô |
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Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kazunosuke (かづさ之助, left), Onoe Kikugorô Play: Probably a mitate Date: c. 1831-1832 Publisher: |
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Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ono Sadakurô wiping
his blade Play: Date: c. 1835 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô |
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Actors: Ichikawa Komazô V as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実) and Ichikawa Imaroku (市川今六) in an
unidentified role Play: Possibly Ichinotani futaba gunki (一谷嫩軍記) Date: c. 1834 Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Actors: Unidentified
actor as Urashlma Tarô (浦島 太郎) on a turtle Play: Date: c. 1837-1840 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô |
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Actors: Left sheet:
Actor as Ariômaru (有王丸) Center sheet: Actor as Kameomaru Right sheet: Actors as Shunkan and Oyasu (female role) Play: Hime Komatsu nenohi
no asobi (姫小松子日の遊, Outing to
Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat Day of the New Year) Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Tanba-ya Hanjirô NOTE: This may be a triptych of a kabuki scene, disguised
as a warrior print when actor prints were banned by the “Tenpô
reforms”. I am grateful to Robert
Pryor for this image. |
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Another state of the above design without any
purple NOTE: The actors’ faces
and some other details were recarved to use this design for the production of
Hime Komatsu nenohi no asobi (姫小松子日の遊) in the 9th month of 1850:
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Keyblock prints for above triptych. Note that the cesor’s seals were crossed
out. I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan
for this image. |
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Actors: Onoe Kikugoro III as Takehara Genpachi
(left), Ichikawa Ebizo V as Omura Gengo (center),
and Iwai Tojaku as Fujinami (right) Play: Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô NOTE: This triptych is a mitate, meaning that it is an imaginary scene with actors who
never actually appeared together on stage in these roles. |
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Actors: Iwai Shijaku I (left), Matsumoto Kôshirô
V as Kyubi Tarô (九尾太郎, center), and
Iwai Hanshirô VI (right) Play: Date: c. 1832-1836
(The actor Iwai Hanshirô VI held this name from the
11th month of 1832 to the 4th month of 1836.) Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei NOTE: Matsumoto Kôshirô’s
name is preceded by mitate (見立), indication that he
did not actually perform this role on stage.
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information. |
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Actors:
Nakamura Shikan II as Keisei Kochô (けいせい小蝶) Play:
Date:
c. 1831-1832 Theater:
Publisher:
Sôshû-ya Yohei |
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Actors: Ichikawa Koisaburô (市川 鯉三郎) as Oniwaka Maru (鬼若丸) Play: Date: c. 1830 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Abe no Yasuna (安倍の保名) Play: Date: c. 1835 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô NOTE: The name Sawamura is
written as 澤村 instead of the more common 沢村. |
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Actors: Ôtani Tomoemon disguising
himself as a boar and Ichikawa Sumizô III (市川 寿美蔵, standing) Play: Date: 1834-1835 Publisher: |
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Actors: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Hangandai Terukuni (判官代照國, left), Onoe Kikugorô Play: Sugawara denju tenarai kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑) Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for the
left and center panels. |
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Actors: Onoe Eisaburô III as Akitsushima’s
wife [Osato] (秋津嶋女房) Play: Possibly Sekitori
Nidai no shobu zuke Date: c. 1831-1835 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Actors: Play: Date: c. 1827-1831 Publisher: Probably Matsumura Tatsuemon
(only triple mountain is preserved) |
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Actors: Left sheet:
Ichikawa Danzô V as Ôboshi
Yuranosuke (由良之助) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Rikiya Yoshikane (力弥) Right sheet: Onoe Kikugorô Play: Kanadehon chûshingura
(The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers) Date: c. 1833 Theater: Publisher: NOTE: These two
sheets seem to combine roles from two different productions of Kanadehon chûshingura in 1833.
The woodblocks were reused for an untitled
series of Kanadehon chûshingura prints. |
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Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (or possibly Ichikawa
Danjûrô VIII) Play: Date: c. 1833 Theater: Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II
as Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗, left), Onoe Kikugorô III as Jirokichi (次郎吉, center) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV in an
unidentified role (right) Play: Date: c. 1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô NOTE: Each sheet is
identified as a mitate (見立), meaning that the actors shown did not actually perform these roles
together on stage. The text on the
sign is an advertisement for cosmetics–specifically Senjoka (仙女 香) white face powder manufactured by the Sakamoto family (坂本氏). I am grateful to Robert Pryor
for this image and information. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design. |
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Actors: Iwai Hanshirô
V or VI as Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗, left), Nakamura Shikan II as Kudô Saemon (工藤左衛門, center), and Sawamura Tosshô
I as mitate Jûrô Sukenari
(見立十郎祐成, right) Date: c. 1831-1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô NOTE:
Sawamura Tosshô’s role is described as mitate
(見立)
Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成),
indicating that he did not actually perform this role on stage. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image and information. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state having red seals and an extra stroke above the kana poem. |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô
I (沢村 訥升, left) and
Segawa Kikunojô
V (瀬川 菊之丞, right) Play: Probably Matsu Ochikara tomoe no Fujinami
(松資巴藤浪) Date: 1831-1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô NOTE: Suketakaya Takasuke III held the name of Sawamura Tosshô
I from the 11th month of 1831 to the 6th month of 1844,
and Segawa Kikunojô V held this name from the 11th
month of 1815 to the 1st month of 1832. Therefore, the diptych must date from the
11th month of 1831 to the 1st month of 1832. I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this
image. |
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