NAKAMURA GANJIRÔ III (中 村鴈治郎)
12/31/1931 - 11/12/2020


aka SAKATA TÔJÛRÔ IV (坂田藤十郎)
aka NAKAMURA SENJAKU II (中村扇雀)




AUGUST 1953

                   
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀) as
Ohatsu (お初)

Play:  Sonezaki Shinjû (曾根崎心中; 曽根崎心中)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/06/53
Print Date: 06/1954
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



MARCH 1955

                   
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀) as
Mori Ranmaru (森蘭丸)

Film:  Mori Ranmaru (森蘭丸)
Released: 03/25/55
Print Date: 1955?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)




JANUARY 1979

                 
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀の紀) as
Kinokuniya Koharu (国屋小春)

Play: Kawashô ( 河庄), Act I of
Shinju Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 01/10/79
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 7)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第一期大首絵シリーズの7)
Personal Collection (ed. 36)
 
Note: Color variants of this print exist.




NOVEMBER 1982

                 
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀) as
Keisei Umegawa (傾城梅川)

Play: Ninokuchi-mura (新口村), Act II of
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1982
Print Date: 11/1982
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 12)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 12
(第三期大首絵シリーズの12)
Personal Collection (#3/27)
 
 


OCTOBER 1987

                 
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀) as
Yûjo Osome (遊女お染)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/87
Print Date: 11/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (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)
Personal Collection (#31/72)




 SEPTEMBER 1994


Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
Tenmaya Ohatsu (天満屋お初)

Play: Sonezaki Shinjû (曽根崎心中)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/1994
Print Date: 09/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Ganjirô - Sonezaki Shinjû (鴈治郎 - 曽根崎心中)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#18/100)
 


                 
                  Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
                  Tenmaya Ohatsu (天満屋お初)

                  Play: Sonezaki Shinjû (曽根崎心中)
                  Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                  Performance Date: 09/02/94
                  Print Date: 09/1996
                Artist: Paul Binnie
                  Print Title: Ganjirô - Sonezaki Shinjû (鴈治郎 - 曽根崎心中)
                  Image courtesy of Sarugallery.com
                 
                  Note: Test proof I
 
 

                 
                  Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
                  Tenmaya Ohatsu (天満屋お初)

                  Play: Sonezaki Shinjû (曽根崎心中)
                  Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                  Performance Date: 09/02/94
                  Print Date: 09/1996
                Artist: Paul Binnie
                  Print Title: Ganjirô - Sonezaki Shinjû (鴈治郎 - 曽根崎心中)
                  Personal Collection
                 
                  Note: Test proof II

JANUARY 1996

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Act II of
Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/96
Print Date: 03/1996
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 1)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの1)
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 Kokei (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).
 
 

 


FEBRUARY 2000


                 
Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan (信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Obiya (帯屋), Act II of
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/2000
Print Date: 03/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 11)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 11
(第十三期集成シリーズの11)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com




UNKNOWN DATES


Nakamura Ganjirô
(中村鴈治郎) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari
(曾我十郎祐成)
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô I portrayed
Soga Jûrô in Tokyo in Soga
Kyôdai (曽我兄弟) at the
Shintomi-za in November
 1913.  Ganjirô III portrayed
 Soga Jûrô in Tokyo in
`Kotobuki Soga no Taimen
 (寿曽我対面) at the Meiji-
 za in March 1993.
 
 
 
 

               


Nakamura Ganjirô (中村鴈治郎) as
Kibeya Jûbê (呉服屋十兵衛;
呉服屋重兵衛)
 
Play: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku
(伊賀越道中双六)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô II performed this role
in Tokyo five times between May 1970
and January 1980.  Ganjirô III
performed this role in Tokyo at the
Kokuritsu Gekijô in October 2004.
 
 
 
 


               


Nakamura Ganjirô (中村鴈治郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô I performed this role at the
Shintomi-za in May 1915.  Ganjirô III
performed this role at the Kokuritsu Gekijô
in November 2002.