1870s – Varshavsky Collection

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周, 1835–1900)

Signed: 豊原国周筆 (Toyohara Kunichika hitsu) with a red toshidama seal

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (伊場屋仙三郎)

Censor seal: kiwame (極), no date seal

Media: Uchiwa-e woodblock print, 235 x 294 mm Actors:

Nakamura Kanjaku III [中村翫雀] (Japanese, 1841-1881), a.k.a. Arashi Kakuzô I [嵐珏蔵]
- as Saijō Kichinojō [最上吉之丞]
Sawamura Tosshō II [沢村訥升] (Japanese, 1854 – 1879); other names: Sawamura Genpei II, Sawamura Sōjūrō, Suketakaya Takasuke IV, Sawamura Tosshi VI ; Poetry names: Kōga, Tosshi VI, Tosshō
- as Keisei Takao (けいせい高尾)

Play: Kantō meibutsu otokodate kagami (関東銘物男達鑑), performed at the Morita-za in 4/1873. Images from Waseda University Cultural Resources Database.

Sawamura Tosshō II as Keisei Takao

Nakamura Kanjaku as Saijō Kichinojō

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: [東京掘江町] Tokyo Horiemachi | [えん市製] Enshi-sei

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

Toyohara Kunichika. Nakamura Kanjaku III as Saijō Kichinojō and Sawamura Tosshō II as keisei Takao / Fan print, 1873.

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