SANNIN KICHISA KURUWA NO HATSUGAI
(三人吉三廓初買)

aka SANNIN KICHISA TOMOE NO SHIRANAMI (三人吉三巴白浪)
aka SANNIN KICHISA (三人吉三)

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami  (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  /06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama.  However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.
 
 
 
  

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama.  However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.
 
 

                    
Plays:  Kinmô Kitsune (金毛狐); San'nin Kichiza (三人吉三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/04/29
Print Date: 11/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays:  Okumura Ioko (奥村五百子); Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji (攝州合邦辻);
San'nin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/29
Print Date: 11/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai (三人吉三廓初買)
Performance Place: Toyoko Gekijō, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/**/68
Print Date: 01/1968?
Artist: Ota Gakô (太 田雅光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Shinnosuke VI also performed this role in
Tokyo at the Toyoko Hall in October 1967.  It is
possible that this print reflects that performance. 
He would next perform the role at his shûmei at
the Kabuki-za in November 1968 when he took
the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵).
 
 
 

                   
[Three People Named Kichisa] Sannin Kichisa (三人吉三)
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)
Ojô Kichiza (お嬢吉三)
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Print Date: 1974
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 100)
*Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke II (尾上辰之助) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)
 
Onoe Kikunosuke V (尾上菊之助) as
Ojô Kichiza (お嬢吉三)
 
Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII (市川新之助)as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play: Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 8-25, 1998
Print Date: 1998
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Genta Kandô [Act II,
Scenes 2 and 3 of Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記), Kyô
Ningyô, Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪),
Domo Mata [Act III, Scene 1 of Keisei Hangonkô (城反魂香)],
and Yami no Ume Hyaku Monogatari (闇梅百物語). It starred
Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎0), Onoe Kikunosuke V
(尾上菊之助), Onoe Tatsunosuke II (尾上辰之助), Ichikawa
Shinnosuke VII (市川新之助), Sawamura Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎;
 澤村藤十郎), Kataoka Kamezô IV (片岡亀蔵; 片岡龜蔵),
Bandô Shûchô V (坂東秀調), and Sawamura Tetsunosuke V
(沢村鉄之助;  澤村鐵之助).
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)
 
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵) as
Ojô Kichiza (お嬢吉三)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô X (坂東三津五郎) as 
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play: Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 5-20, 2003
Print Date: 2003
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Narukami (鳴神), Yakko
Dôjôji (奴道成寺), and Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪).  It starred Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) , Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵),
Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎), Bandô Shûchô V (坂東秀調),
Kataoka Roen VI (片岡芦燕), Ichimura Kakitsu IX (市村家橘) and
Ichikawa Unosuke III (市川右之助).