See also Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番; 操三番叟),
Tanemaki
Sanbasô (種蒔三番叟), Ninin
Sanbasô
(二人三番叟), Kuruwa Sanbasô (廓三番叟), Okina (翁), Misao Sanbasô
(操三番叟),
and Sanbasômono
(三番叟物).
APRIL 1920
Plays: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番); Yoritomo (頼朝); Nimai Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙);
Otsue (大津繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/20
Print Date: 04/1920?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hojo
Tokimasa (北条時政), Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yahachirô (屋八郎), Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as Minamoto no
Yoritomo (源頼朝), and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Masako-hime
(政子姫) in Yoritomo (頼朝); and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oshima (お島) and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nagara Ichirōemon (長柄市郎右衛門) in Nimai Ezôshi
(二枚繪草紙).
MARCH 1921
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Keisei Hangonkô
(傾城反魂香); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki (雙蝶々曲輪日記); Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の戀); Kotobuki Shiki
Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Keisei Hangonkô
(傾城反魂香); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki (雙蝶々曲輪日記); Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の戀); Kotobuki Shiki
Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
c. 1938-1940
Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Date: c. 1938-1940
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
Personal Collection
1941
[New Year's Fortune Sanbasô Makeup] Kotobuki Sanbasô
(寿三番叟)
Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (寿式三番叟)
Print Date: 1941 or 1942
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Zoku Kumadori Jûhachiban (続隈取十八番)
Image courtesy of http://www.jaodb.com
1942
Ichikawa Danshirô III (市川段四) as Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/42
Print Date: 01/1942?
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Personal Collection
Note: While not dated, this surimono appears to celebrate
the 1942 debut of shamisen
player Nozawa Kizaemon II (野澤喜左衛門). Although I have not
been able to
confirm that Kizaemon II played the shamisen in this production,
the fact that this print
is a surimono is consistent with the production taking place at
the new year. As
Ennosuke II and Ichikawa Danshirô III both appeared as Sanbasô
in this production,
the print could depict either of them. However, based on a
1952 by Natori Shunsen,
the costume would suggest that the figure is Danshirô III.
Original wrapper for the Sanbasô surimono
Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/42
Print Date: 01/1942?
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Personal Collection
1963
Sanbansô (三番叟)
Play: Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (寿式三番叟)
Performance Place: [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1963
Artist: Hanabusa Hideki (花房英樹)
Series: Bunraku-za Ningyô Hanga-shû
(文楽座人形版画集), #1
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
UNKNOWN DATE
Sanbasô (三番叟) [January]
Play: Kotobuki Shiki
Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Shibai Mitate
Jūni-Kagetsu
(芝居見立十二ヶ月)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection