Utagawa Fusatane. Sawamura Tanosuke III as Uwabami Oyoshi and Nakamura Shikan IV as Jirōkichi in the play Uwabami Oyoshi Uwasa no Adauchi / Fan print, 1866

Play: Uwabami Oyoshi Uwasa no Adauchi [蟒於由曙評仇討（うわばみおよしうわさのあだうち）], performed at the Nakamura theatre in 1866 (Keiō 2), 1st month. The title roughly translates to "The Revenge of Uwabami Oyoshi", written by Segawa Joko III [三代目瀬川如皐] (Japanese, 19^th century) — Samuel L. Leiter. Kabuki Encyclopedia: An English-language Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten. — Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press, 1979, p. 473 [LIB-1193.2013].

Actors and Roles:

— Nakamura Shikan IV [中村芝翫] (Japanese, 1831 –  1899); other names: Nakamura Fukusuke I [中村福助], Nakamura Masanosuke I, Nakamura Komasaburō, Nakamura Tamatarō I.

Role: ?? Jirōkichi (☆☆次郎吉)

— Sawamura Tanosuke III [沢村田之助] (Japanese, 1845-1878); other names: Sawamura Yoshijirō I; poetry names: Shozan.

Role: Uwabami Oyoshi (うわばみおよし)

Description: Two actors are shown in an interior scene. At left, Sawamura Tanosuke III appears as Uwabami Oyoshi, depicted in female costume with an elaborate coiffure adorned with a comb, ribbon, and hairpins, and layered robes; the green outer robe bears the family crest of an encircled chrysanthemum bud. She turns her head to the right, in three-quarter view, toward her companion. At right, Nakamura Shikan IV, also shown in three-quarter view, appears as Jirōkichi, dressed in a chequered robe and holding a closed folding fan. Vertical cartouches identify the actors and roles. A distant pine tree is visible outside.

Triptych by Utagawa Yoshiiku [歌川 芳幾] (Japanese,1833–1904) "Uwabami Oyoshi Uwasa no Adauchi". Sawamura Tanosuke III as Uwabami Oyoshi; Nakamura Shikan IV as Jirōkichi; Performed at the Nakamura-za, Edo, on the 29th day of the 1st month of Keiō 2 (1866), as part of the program Kawanakajima Shōri Yamamoto. Waseda 100-6711.

Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Shinjuku Toyokura no kakoi Oyoshi (C) and Nakamura Shikan IV as the Rônin Isokawa Tôjûrô (L); with Nakamura Shikan IV as the Palanquin Bearer Senda, Nakayama Genjûrô II as the Dry Goods Store Clerk Jûzaburô, and Matsumoto Kinshô II as Kogashira no Wakichi (R); Nakamura Aizô I as the Guest Odanna Shôzaemon (C); Nakamura Ganpachi I as the Man-about-town Bunga, Sawamura Denzaburô as Murasaki Shôgyô, and Nakamura Ichô as Otoku, the Daughter of the Sanoya (L) 「新宿豊倉の抱お由　沢村田之助」（三代目）　　「浪人磯川東十郎　中村芝翫」（四代目） 「かごかき仙太　中村芝翫」（四代目）、「呉服屋手代重三郎　中山現十郎」（二代目）、「子頭乃和吉　松本錦升」（二代目） 「新宿豊倉の抱お由　沢村田之助」（三代目）、「在郷客おだんな庄左衛門　中村相蔵」（初代） 「浪人磯川東十郎　中村芝翫」（四代目）、「☆倉前通人文賀　中村鴈八」（初代） 、「秤客☆ノ紫正行　沢村田三郎」、「さのや娘お徳　中村いてう」

Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Plays at the Nakamura Theatre: Kawanakajima Shôri no Yamamoto, Kaneiri Narukami-zakura (Jôruri), Uwabami Oyoshi Uwasa no Adauchi, Iso Chidori Sode no Uranami (Jôruri) 中村座辻番付　「川中島勝利山本（かわなかじましょうりのやまもと）」、「浄瑠理　鐘入鳴神桜（かねいりなるかみざくら）」、「蟒於由曙評仇討（うわばみおよしうわさのあだうち）」、「浄瑠理　磯鵆袖浦波（いそちどりそでのうらなみ）」