JITSUKAWA ENJAKU III (実川延若)
01/03/1921 - 05/14/1991

aka JITSUKAWA ENJIRÔ II (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎)

                   
Jitsukawa Enjirô II (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
Okaru (お軽; おかる)

Play:  Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路花聟) between Acts IV and
V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: I have not found an instance where both
actors appeared together in Tokyo in these roles.
They did perform the Michiyuki Tabiji no
Hanamuko (道行旅路の花聟) scene of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
together at the  Osaka Kabuki-za in October 1955
and at the Minami-za in Kyoto in December 1955.
A similar but more detailed version of this design
is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen catalogs
(and appears to be a painting).
   

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Tonase, wife of Honzô (本蔵妻戸無瀬)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (山科閑居)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1978
Print Date: 07/1978
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection

Note: A trial work, not publicly sold.  The first ten printed were destroyed,
and then a second ten were printed.
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Ryôshi Konobê (漁師此兵衛)

Play: Suma no Utsushi-e (須磨の写絵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/78
Print Date: 10/10/78
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 4)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第一期大首絵シリーズの4)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (ed. 36)
 
Note: Color variants of this print exist.

                   
Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as
Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐)

Jitsukawa Enjaku III (三世實川延若) as
Sakae Gozen (栄御前)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/83
Print Date: 05/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 20)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 20
(第三期大首絵シリーズの20)
Personal Collection (#14/36)

Note: A larger version of Kanzaburô XVlI's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).  19 copies from the edition of 36
were destroyed by the artist.
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Mimyô (盛綱母微妙)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋)
[Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/84
Print Date: 01/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Busts of Female Role Specialists]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

Play: Nozakimura (野崎村)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1989　
Print Date: 07/1989
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 5)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第七期大首絵シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
Note: This print contains larger versions of
the following actors' faces (left to right
starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).