Actor triptychs

1841, Part I

Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Hanji Kihei (はんしものゝ喜平, left), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kamakura Kawagishi no Gorohachi (鎌倉川岸の五郎八, center), and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kurofune Chuemon (黒船丁の忠右衛門, right)

Play: Fude Hajime Soga no fukubiki (筆始曽我福贔屓)

Date: 1^st month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as 大黒 まいろびやうしの音松 (left), Nakamura Utaemon IV as だいこく まいみなめざめの音吉 (center), and Ichikawa Kuzô II as 大黒 まいのりぞめの三蔵 (right)

Play: Fude Hajime Soga no fukubiki (筆始曽我福贔屓)

Date: 1^st month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as 三番叟 (left), Ichikawa Kuzô II as Okina (おきな, center), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as 千ざい (right)

Play: Fude Hajime Soga no fukubiki (筆始曽我福贔屓)

Date: 1^st month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I as Seijûrô (手代 清十郎)

Play: Koi zumô yawaragi Soga (恋相撲和合曽我)

Date: 1^st month of 1841

Theater: Karawasaki

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NOTE: Kuniyoshi’s signature appears on the folding screen

Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Soga no Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗, left), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kudo Saemon (工藤左衛門祐経, center), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成, right)

Play: Mauteoriso iro no tanemaki (舞奏いろの種蒔)

Date: 1^st month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Maru-ya Jimpachi

Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Ukyio Tohira (浮世の戸平, left), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nagoya Kosanza (名古屋小山三, center), and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Monokusa Tarosaku (物草村の百性太郎作, right)

Play: Mono Gusataro (物草太郎作手管歌当)

Date: 3^rd month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Jôshu-ya Juzo

Actors: Bandô Shuka I as Toyama tayu (遠山太夫 実ハ佐々木息女いてうの前, left) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nagoya Kosanza (名古屋小山三, right)

Play: Mono Gusataro (物草太郎作手管歌当)

Date: 3^rd month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Echizen-ya Heisaburô

Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Ukyio Tohira (浮世戸平, left), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Monokusa Tarosaku (物草村の太郎作, center), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nagoya Kosanza (名古屋小山三, right)

Play: Mono Gusataro (物草太郎作手管歌当)

Date: 3^rd month of 1841

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Sôshû-ya Yohei

Actors: Nakamura Daikichi III as Tamao hime (玉折姫, left), Sawamura Tosshô I as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷次郎直実, center), and Iwai Shijaku I as Atsumori (太夫敦盛, right)

Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki (一谷嫩軍記)

Date: 4^th month of 1841

Theater: Kawarazaki

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

Actors: Iwai Shijaku I as Kiku no Mahe (けいせい菅原 実ハ菊のまへ, left) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as 莵原の田五平 (right)

Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki (一谷嫩軍記)

Date: 4^th month of 1841

Theater: Kawarazaki

Publisher: Isa-ya Kisuke

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