Actor triptychs

1851, Part V

Actors: Asao Tamejûrô IV as Shirakura Dengoemon (白倉伝五右衛門, left) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四, right)

Play: Chigusa no akitsuki ni Miyamoto (千種高秋月宮本)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Kawarasaki

Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi

Actors: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo (浅倉 村庄屋 当吾)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Kikujirô II as Tôgo’s wife Omine (当吾 女房 おみね) and Nakayama Ichizô I as 織越曲膳

Center sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo (浅倉当吾)

Right sheet:

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô

Actors: Left sheet: No information

Center sheet: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as 織越典膳, an actor of the Ichikawa line (市川 蔦之助 I) as 忰当太郎, and Ichikawa Kumejirô I as Kunimatsu (国松)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Shogo (浅倉当吾) being tortured

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Kikujirô II as Tôgo’s wife Omine (当吾 女房 おみね) and a child as 三男三之介

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo (浅倉 村庄屋 当吾), 市川　蔦之助 as 一男当太郎, and Ichikawa Kumejirô I as Kunimatsu (二男国松)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Izu-ya Sankichi

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura

Tôgo, Onoe Kikujirô II as Tôgo’s wife Omine (当吾 女房 おみね) and a child in her arms as 三男三之介

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Shogo, Bandô Hikosaburô IV as 織越典膳

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Tanba-ya Hanjirô

Actors: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Lord Orikoshi Masatomo (織越大領, center) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Asakura Tôgo (on all three sheets)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Lord Orikoshi Masatomo (織越大領), Iwai Kumesaburô III as shirabyoshi Katsuragi, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the koshimoto (female servant) Kozakura jitsuha Togo rei (こし元桜木実ハ当吾の霊)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Asakura Tôgo

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Shingo Asakura (浅倉当吾の亡霊)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Asakura Tôgo (浅倉当吾の亡霊) and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Orikoshi (織越 政知)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Orikoshi (織越)

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as ghost of Asakura Tôgo and Iwai Kumesaburô III as shirabyoshi Katsuragi

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Lord Orikoshi Masatomo

Center sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of the crucified Asakura Tôgo

Right sheet: Iwai Kumesaburô III as shirabyoshi Katsuragi and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the servant (koshimoto) Kozakura

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher:

Actors:

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei

Actors: Left sheet: Unidentified actor as Kyuuzaemon (久左衛門), unidentified actor as Tarô (太郎 兵へ), Ichikawa Hirogorô as 作兵へ, and Bandô Zenji III as Komasuke (駒介)

Right sheet: Arashi Jitohachi III as 五平太 and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo (浅倉当吾)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei

Actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Asakura Togo (left) and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Orikoshi Tairyo Masatomo (right)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Shimizu-ya Tsunejirô

NOTE: The ghost is seeking revenge on the cruel samurai lord who had him crucified for protesting unfair taxes.

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Togo (浅倉村庄や当吾), and actors as 小団次 十さく, 午太, and 百性

Right sheet: Ichikawa Hirogorô V and actors as Tarobee (太郎兵衛), Komasuke (駒介), and Kyuuzaemon (久左衛門)

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei

Actors: Left sheet: Unidentified actors as Komasuke (駒助), Kyuuzaemon (久左衛門), and Moriemon (森右衛門)

Center sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Togo (浅倉村庄屋当吾)

Right sheet: Sakata Sajûrô II as 岩倉主水, Arashi Jitohachi III as 五平太, and Ichikawa Hirogorô V in unidentified role

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Kado

Actors: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa (on bridge, 足利義政公) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura (wearing brown, 浅倉当吾), both in center sheet

Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook)

Date: 8^th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

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