HANA AYAME
BUNROKU SÔGA
(花菖蒲文禄曽我)
MAY 1794
Bandô Mitsugorô II (坂東三津五郎) as Ishii Genzô (石井源蔵)]
Nakamura Man'yo (中村万世) as Wakakusa (若草)
Segawa Tomisaburō II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)
Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Sôga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Iwai Hanshirō IV (岩井半四郎) as Shigenoi (重の井)
Ichikawa Ebizô (市川鰕蔵) as Takemura Sadanoshin (竹村定之進)
Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Title: [Illusions of Sharaku] Sharaku Gen'ei (写楽幻影)
Print Date: 1985 (ed. 100)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
Note: This design is based on 1794 prints by Tôshûsai Sharaku
(東洲斎写楽).
Arashi Ryūzō II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as
Namihei (Toraya Toramaru) (なみ平 (とら屋虎丸))
Play: Hana no Miyako Kuruwa no Nawabari (花都廓縄張)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/1794
Print Title: [Fan - Re] 扇 - れ (Ougi - Re)
Print Date: ? (ed. 80)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku
(東洲斎写楽).
Nakamura Kichiemon I Portrait (中村吉右衛門像)
Background: Segawa Tomisaburô II (瀬川富三郎) as
Yadogiri (やどり木)
Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Date: 05/1794
Performance Place: Miyakoza, Tokyo
Print Date: 1947
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Image courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Note: The image of Tomisaburô II as Yadogiri is the reverse
of the print by Sharaku.
Segawa Tomisaburō II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)
Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Sôga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Title: Okame
Print Date: 1973 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art
Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku
(東洲斎写楽).