ICHIKAWA DANSHIRÔ III (市川段四郎)
  10/05/1908 - 11/18/1963

Ichikawa Danshirô III (市川段四) as Sanbasô (三番叟)

Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/42
Print Date: 01/1942?
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Personal Collection

Note:  While not dated, this surimono appears to celebrate the 1942 debut of  shamisen
player Nozawa Kizaemon II (野澤喜左衛門).  Although I have not been able to
confirm that Kizaemon II played the shamisen in this production, the fact that this print
is a surimono is consistent with the production taking place at the new year.  As
Ennosuke II and Ichikawa Danshirô III both appeared as Sanbasô in this production,
the print could depict either of them.  However, based on a 1952 print by Natori Shunsen,
 the costume would suggest that the figure is Danshirô III.
 

Original wrapper for the Sanbasô surimono


Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/42
Print Date: 01/1942?
Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Danshirô III (市川段四郎) as
Sanbasô (三番叟)

Play: Ninin Sanbasô (二人三番叟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/51
Print Date: 02/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum