ICHIKAWA ENNOSUKE III (市川猿之助)
  12/09/1939 -

aka ICHIKAWA EN'Ô II (市川猿翁)

            
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Satō Shirō Tadanobu aka Genkurō Kitsune (佐藤忠信実は源九郎狐)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 09/1979
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#8/200)
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/82
Print Date: 07/1982
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 6)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第三期大首絵シリーズの6)
Personal Collection (#3/27)

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).
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Ryôshi Namishichi (漁師浪)

Ichikawa Monnosuke VII (市川門之助) as
Nyôbô Ofuji (女房お藤)

Play: Oguri Hangan (小栗判官)
[Tôryû Oguri Hangan (當世流小栗判官)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/83
Print Date: 07/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 23)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 23
(第三期大首絵シリーズの23)
Personal Collection (#24/36)

Note: 2 copies from the edition of  were destroyed by the artist.
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Genkurô Kitsune (源九郎狐)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/83
Print Date: 10/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 26)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 26
(第三期大首絵シリーズの26)
Personal Collection (#3/36)

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助の清姫) as
Kiyohime no Jatai (清姫の蛇体)

Play: Kin no Zai Sarushima Dairi (金幣猿島郡)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/84
Print Date: 07/1984
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 4)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第三期大首絵シリーズの4)
Personal Collection (#3/45)
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Date no Jûyaku (伊達の十役)
[Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise (慙紅葉汗顔見勢;
慙紅葉汗顔見勢)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/04/86
Print Date: 04-05/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Ennosuke - Nikki Danjô (猿之助 - 仁木弾正)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#14/100) (final state)

Note: This print would have been based on a broadcast
recording of Ennosuke III's performance at the Kabuki-
za in July 1986.  Between April 1979 and July 1999,
Ennosuke III would perform this role (and nine others)
in nine productions of Date no Jûyaku, but none were
performed while Binnie was in Japan.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Date no Jûyaku (伊達の十役)
[Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise (慙紅葉汗顔見勢;
慙紅葉汗顔見勢)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/04/86
Print Date: 04-05/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Ennosuke - Nikki Danjô (猿之助 - 仁木弾正)
Personal Collection (#14/14)

See the Note to the preceding print.  This is a test print of the first state.

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Date no Jûyaku (伊達の十役)
[Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise (慙紅葉汗顔見勢;
慙紅葉汗顔見勢)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/04/86
Print Date: on or after 04-05/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection

See the Notes to the preceding prints.  This small ex libris
print used a block from the preceding print to emboss
the paper.

                   
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Adachi-ga-hara no Kijo (安達原の鬼女)

Play: Kurozuka (黒塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/87
Print Date: 09/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Figures of the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Roku Sugata
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六姿)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Iwafuji no Bôrei (岩藤の亡霊)

Play: Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji (加賀見山再岩藤)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1991
Print Date: 09/1991
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VIII (Design 8)]
Daihachi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
 (第七期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (#32/90)
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as
Komori no Yasuzô (蝙蝠の安蔵)

Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Kirare Otomi (切られお富)

Play: Kirare Otomi (切られお富)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/92
Print Date: 09/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 2)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第七期大首絵シリーズの2)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Iwate (岩手) [Kijo (鬼女)]

Play: Kurozuka (黒塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/95
Print Date: 07/1997
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Ennosuke - Kurozuka (猿之助 - 黒塚)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#5/100)\
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/95
Print Date: 12/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Onna Sendô Oen (女船頭おえん)

Play: Kaminari Sendô (雷船頭)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/97
Print Date: 09/1997
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 9)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 9
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの9)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助)
"Kojo" stage announcement (口上姿) and
as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Date no Jûyaku (伊達の十役) [Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/99
Print Date: 08/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 6)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 6
(第十三期集成シリーズの6)
Personal Collection (#44/63)
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Play: Yoshinoyama (吉野山), Act IV, Scene 1 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note: Ennosuke III performed this role in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in May 1963, at the Kokuritsu Kogekijô in
March 1968 and February 1970, and at the Kabuki-za in
July 1972, January 1979, July 1980, and October 1983, at
the Meiji-za in April 1985, at the Kabuki-za in December
1985, at the Shinbashi Enbujô in May 1987, and at the
Kabuki-za in July 1988, January 1990, December 1990,
December 1992, December 1996, July 1998, and July
2002.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Benkei (弁慶)
           
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: Ichikawa Ennosuke III performed this role seven times between
1964 and 1995.  If this print depicts Ichikawa Ennosuke II, he performed
the role ten times between 1945 and 1959.