Yōshū Chikanobu. Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fuwa Banzaemon and Onoe Kikugorō V as Nagoya Sanza / Fan Print, 1879.

Artist: Yōshū Chikanobu [楊洲周延], a.k.a. Toyohara Chikanobu [豊原周延] (Japanese, 1838–1912)

Signed: 周延画 (Chikanobu ga)

Publisher: Enshūya Ichibei [遠州屋市兵衛] (Japanese, before 1875–c.1887); Seal name En’ichi 遠市; family name Watari Ichibei 渡市兵衛; Address Tokyo Nihonbashi Horiechō Nichōme 10-banchi 日本橋堀江町二丁目十番地. Sealed as Watari Ichibei from 1876. Marks 26-165 | 056b

Date: No date seal

Media: Fan print (uchiwa-e, 団扇絵), 182 x 173 mm

Actors and Roles:

• Ichikawa Danjūrō IX [市川団十郎] (Japanese, 1838 – 1903); other names: Kawarasaki Sanshō, Kawarasaki Gonnosuke VII, Kawarasaki Gonjūrō I, Kawarasaki Chōjūrō III.
  • as Fuwa Banzaemon Shigekatsu [不破伴左衛門重勝]
• Onoe Kikugorō V [五代目尾上菊五郎] (Japanese, 1844 – 1903); other names: Onoe Baikō V, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Ichimura Kurōemon.
  • Nagoya Sanza [名古屋山三]

Play: Mukashi moyō sato no sayaate [昔綉廓鞘当] performed at the Shintomi-za, Tokyo, in 5/1879.

Kabuki21: “May 1879: Sawamura Tosshô II took the name of Suketakaya Takasuke IV at the Shintomiza, playing the role of Nagoya Sanza Motoharu in the drama “Mukashi Moyô Sato no Sayaate”; the role of Fuwa Banzaemon Shigekatsu (Sanza’s rival in the sayaate scene) was played by Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.”

Hankyu Culture Archives:

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fuwa Banzaemon Onoe Kikugorō V as Horimono-shi Unji (Tattoo Artist Unji) Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Nagoya Sanza	Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fuwa Banzaemon	Onoe Kikugorō V as Nagoya Sanza