IWAI HANSHIRÔ VIII (岩井半四郎)
1829 - 02/19/1882

[Prostitute]
Kinpei Imamurasaki (金瓶今紫)
 
[Prostitute]
Inamoto Koine (稲本小稲)
 
[Head of the Elders]
Tamagaki Gakunosuke (玉垣額之助)
 
[Sumo Wrestler]
Sakaigawa Namiemon (境川浪右衛門)
 
[Sumo Wrestler]
Daiden Chokichi (大纏長吉)
 
[Referee]
Kimura Shônosuke (木村庄之助)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title: [A picture of the opening of a
shop on the upper floor of
Manrin-rô in Shinagawa-gai,
Nihonbashi]
Nihonbashi Shinagawa-gai
Manrin-rô Kamizashiki-Biraki no Zu
(日本橋品川街萬林樓上座舗開之図)
Print Date: 03/1872
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
 
 
 

  [Rakugo Performer]
  Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
 
  [Rakugo Performer]
  Reireitei Ryûkyô III (麗々亭柳橋)
 
  Bakurochô Matsumoto (馬喰町松本)
 
  [Painter]
  Shibata Zeshin (柴田是真)
 
  [Tomimoto Chanter]
  Tomimoto Hoshû (富本豊洲)
  [aka Tomimoto Buzendayû IV]
 
  [Tomimoto Chanter and
  Shamisen Player]
  Namizaki Tokuji IV (名見崎徳治)
 
  [War Storyteller]
  Itô Chôoka (伊東湖花)
 
  [Referree]
  Shikimori Inosuke (式守伊之助)
 
  [Kyogen Composer]
  Kawatake Shinshichi II (河竹新七)
  aka Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥)
 
  Bandô Hikosaburô V (坂東彦三郎)
 
  Iwai Hanshirô VIII (岩井半四郎)
 
  Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫)

   [Musician]
   Mochizuki Tazaemon VI (望月太左衛門)
 
   [Dancer]
   Hanayagi Jûsuke I (花柳寿助)
 
  [Kiyomoto Chanter]
  Kiyomoto Enjudayû IV (清元延寿太夫)
  [aka Kiyomoto Enjuô (清元 延寿翁)
 
  [Kiyomoto Chanter and Shamisen Player]
  Kiyomoto Katzuô (清元勝造)
 
  [Nagauta Chanter and Shamisen Player]
  Kineya Katsusaburô III (杵屋勝三郎)
 
  [Nagauta Chanter] 
  Matsunaga Chûgorô VI (松永忠五郎)
  [aka Matsushima Shôgorô II (松島 庄五郎)
 
  [Tokiwazu Chanter and Shamisen Player]
  Kishizawa Shikisa VI (太左衛門)
 
  [Tokiwazu Chanter]
  Kishizawa Azumatayû (岸沢吾妻太夫)

Kineya Katsusaburô II (杵屋勝三郎)

Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)

Sanyûtei Enchô
(三遊亭圓朝; 三遊亭円朝)

Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文)

Danshûrô Enshi I (談洲楼燕枝)











Print Date: 09/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada  III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Morita Kan'ya XII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥)

  Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥)

  Chiba Katsugorô (千葉勝五郎)

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)

  Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫)

  In lower foreground:
  Horikoshi Fukusaburô
  (堀越福三郎; 嗣子福三郎)
 

  Suketakaya Takasuke IV (助高屋高助)

  Bandô Kakitsu I (坂東家橘)

  Nakamura Nakazô III (中村仲蔵)

  Iwai Hanshirô VIII (岩井半四郎)

  Suketakaya Kodenji I
  (助高屋小伝次; 助高屋小傳次)

  Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助)

  Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調)

  Ichikawa Shinzô V (市川新蔵)

  Ichikawa Ebizô VIII (市川海老蔵)

  Sawamura Sôjûrô VI
  (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)

  Ichikawa Monnosuke V (市川門之助)

  Kawarasaki Kunitarô III
  (河原崎国太郎; 河原崎國太郎)
 
 
     

               
Iwai Hanshirô [VIII?] (岩井半四郎) as
Hakata no Kojorô (博多の小女郎)
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
  
Note: It is possible that this print depicts an earlier actor in the
Iwai Hanshirô line.
 
 

              
Ichikawa Kuzô III or IV (市川九蔵) as ?
 
Iwai Hanshirô VIII (岩井半四郎) as ?
 
Sawamura Tosshô II or III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
Karukaya Doshin (苅萱道心)
 
Plays: ?; ?; Karukaya Dôshin Tsukushi no Iezuto (苅萱桑門筑紫轢)    
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/16
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)?
Medium: Three color print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection