Actor
triptychs
1815
– 1846, Part IV
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Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II possibly as Sanpachi (?良三八,
left), Onoe Kikujirô II as Okuni
Gozen (お国御前, center), and
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fuwa
Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門, right) Play: Possibly Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我) Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images. |
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Actor: Bandô Minosuke II as Tochibô no Kichi (とち坊の吉) Play: Date: c. 1830-1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these
images. |
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Actors: Left sheet:
Actor as Kiyomori Taira, Lord of Aki (安芸守平清盛) Center sheet: Actor as Tokiwa Gozen (常盤御前) Right sheet: Actor as Yaheibei Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清) and child
actor as Imawakamaru (今若丸) Play: Probably Koi tsumoru yuki no Sumizome or a similar play Date: 1842-1846 (censor
Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Ebisu I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image
and information. |
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Actors: Sawamura Tosshô I (澤村 訥升, left), Iwai Hanshirô
VI (岩井 半四郎, center), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV (坂東 三津五郎, right) as
Hanaoka Bunshichi (花𫝍文七) Play: Possibly Musubi dai Soga to karigane (結題曽我雁), 1st month
of 1835 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this print
which was made from the same woodblocks used for the above triptych, with
some alterations. It shows Sawamura
Tosshô I (澤村 訥升) in an unidentified role, probably for a different production. |
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Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kaminari Shôkurô (雷庄九郎) Play: Possibly Musubi dai Soga to karigane (結題曽我雁), 1st month
of 1835 Publisher: Daikoku-ya Heikichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Actors: Bandô Aizô I in double roles as
both Fukashichi (ふか七) and Daihanji (大判司) with Ichimura
Uzaemon XII as Kokanosuke
(久我之介) inset Play: Imoseyama onna teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓, Imoseyama, an Example of Womanly Virtue) Theater: Probably Ichimura Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and
to Lucienne Parkan the description. |
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Actors: Onoe Kikugorô III as Soga no Gorô
Tokimune (曽我の五郎時宗, left) and
Seki Sanjûrô II as Kudo Saemon
(工藤左衛門, right) Date: c. 1838-1840 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei NOTE: Text on each sheet
reads imaginary confrontation (mitate taimen, 見立対面). I am grateful to Michel
Ouellet, Horst Graebner, and Marc DeVriese for these images and information. |
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Actors: Left sheet: Mitate of Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Asahina Tobei (見立朝日奈藤兵衛 坂東 三津五郎) Right sheet: Mitate of Onoe Kikugorô Play: Probably a
play about the Soga brothers, since the flag has the mon
of Kudô Suketsune Date: c. 1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the right sheet and the above
information. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this sheet
from a simplified state published by Tsuta-ya Kichizô. |
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Actors: Left sheet:
Sawamura Tosshô I Center sheet: Bandô Hikozaemon
II and Arashi Kamenojô II Right sheet: Ôtani Tomoemon
IV Play: Date: 1831-1835 Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô NOTE: Ôtani Tomoemon IV and Sawamura Tosshô
I assumed the names in the 11th month of 1831. Bandô Hikozaemon II held this name until the 10th
month of 1835. I am grateful to Michel
Ouellet for locating this image. |
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Actors: Segawa Kikusaburô III as Oichi (おいち) Play: Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya |
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Actors: Onoe Kikugorô Play: Possibly Sumidagawa hana no gosho zome (隅田川花御所染) Date: Said to be
1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information. |
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Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kudo Suketsune Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô Text: Kan’u (Guan Yu) of Shu,
Mitate of the [Soga] Meeting (Shu no Kan’u,
mitate no taimen, 蜀の関羽 見立対面) I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Actors: Iwai Hanshirô VI as 一ツ桜のおゑひ (left) and Mimasu Gennosuke I as 升組の源 (right) Date: 1832-1836 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô NOTE: The building is
Musashiya Gonza (武藏屋權[三]), a famous restaurant with connections to the Edo literati. The name Iwai Hanshirô VI was used from the
11th month of 1832 to the 4th month of 1836. I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this
image and to Robert Pryor for the above information. |
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Actors: Iwai Kumesaburô II (left) and Bando Mitsugorô
IV (right) Date: 1832 Publisher: Mikawa-ya Rihei NOTE: Bandô Minosuke II changed his name to Bandô
Mitsugorô IV in the 3rd month of 1832,
and Iwai Kumesaburô II changed his name to Iwai Hanshirô VI in the 10th month of 1832. Therefore, this diptych is almost certainly
from between these two dates. I am
grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information. |
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