JITSUKAWA ENJAKU III (実川延若)
01/03/1921 - 05/14/1991

aka JITSUKAWA ENJIRÔ II (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎)

                   
Jitsukawa Enjirô II (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
Okaru (お軽; おかる)

Play:  Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路花聟) between Acts IV and
V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: I have not found an instance where both
actors appeared together in Tokyo in these roles.
They did perform the Michiyuki Tabiji no
Hanamuko (道行旅路の花聟) scene of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
together at the  Osaka Kabuki-za in October 1955
and at the Minami-za in Kyoto in December 1955.
A similar but more detailed version of this design
is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen catalogs
(and appears to be a painting).
   

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Tonase, wife of Honzô (本蔵妻戸無瀬)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (山科閑居)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1978
Print Date: 07/1978
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection

Note: A trial work, not publicly sold.  The first ten printed were destroyed,
and then a second ten were printed.
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Ryôshi Konobê (漁師此兵衛)

Play: Suma no Utsushi-e (須磨の写絵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/78
Print Date: 10/10/78
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 4)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第一期大首絵シリーズの4)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (ed. 36)
 
Note: Color variants of this print exist.

                   
Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as
Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐)

Jitsukawa Enjaku III (三世實川延若) as
Sakae Gozen (栄御前)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/83
Print Date: 05/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 20)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 20
(第三期大首絵シリーズの20)
Personal Collection (#14/36)

Note: A larger version of Kanzaburô XVlI's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).  19 copies from the edition of 36
were destroyed by the artist.
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Mimyô (盛綱母微妙)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋)
[Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/84
Print Date: 01/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Busts of Female Role Specialists]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

Play: Nozakimura (野崎村)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1989　
Print Date: 07/1989
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 5)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第七期大首絵シリーズの5)
Personal Collection (#18/90)

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
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#14/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  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).