NAKAMURA SHIKAN IV
(中村芝翫)
04/14/1831 - 01/16/1899
JANUARY 1868
Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫)
Title: [Days of a Thousand Ryô in
Edo - Turrets of a Thousand Ryô]
Hi Senryô Edo Nigiwai -
Yagura Senryô
(日千両大江戸賑 櫓千両)
Print Date: 01/1868
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Library
Note: This is a mitate print.
Inamoto-rô Koine (稲本楼 小稲)
Title: [Days of a Thousand Ryô in
Edo - Red Light Districts of a
Thousand Senryô]
Hi Senryô Edo Nigiwai -
Kuwara Senryô
(日千両大江戸賑 廓千両)
Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭圓朝)
Title: [Days of a Thousand Ryô in
Edo - Yadoriki of a
Thousand Senryô]
Hi Senryô Edo Nigiwai -
Yadoriki Senryô
(日千両大江戸賑 寄千両)
MARCH 1872
[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)
JANUARY 1891
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
[Balloon Rider Spencer]
Fûsen-jô Supensâ
(風船乗スペンサー)
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助) as
Sanyûtei Baichô (三遊亭梅朝)
Play: Yomi Fûsen Nori Uwasa no
Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/07/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
Note: Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
was a famous rakugo performer,
and many of his stories were
adapted into kabuki plays.
Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as
Fukutomi Manuemon (福富万右衛門)
Sawamura Shozan II (沢村曙山) as
[Shimizuya's Daughter Omura]
Shimizuya Musume Omura
(清水屋娘おむら)
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)
as [Fukutomi's daughter Otama]
Fukutomi no Musume Otama
(福富の娘お玉)
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
SEPTEMBER 1903
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)