HANA AYAME BUNROKU SÔGA
(花菖蒲文禄曽我)

               
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).

                 
Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794      
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 

                 
Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794      
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 
 
 

                 
Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794      
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 

                 
Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794      
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 
 
 

                 
Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 005/05/1794      
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations
 
Note: This image is cropped.
 
 

                 
Segawa Tomisaburô II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)
 
Nakamura Man'yo (中村万世) as Wakakusa (若草)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 
 
 

                 
Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (野川市松) as Onayo (おなよ)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 

                 
Ichikawa Tomiemon (市川富右衛門) as  Kanisaka Tôma (蟹坂藤馬)
 
Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (佐野川市松) as Onayo (おなよ)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 
 
 

                 
Segawa Tomisaburô II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)
 

                 
Sakata Hangorô III (坂田半五郎) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)