Bandō Hikosaburō III (三代目坂東彦三郎) (actor 1754 – 1828)

Kitsushi (poetry name - 橘子)
Rakuzen (poetry name - 楽善)
Ichimura Kichigō I (初代市村吉五郎)

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Biography:

Bandō Hikosaburō III was an outstanding tachiyaku and dancer, who excelled in wajitsu and budōgoto roles. He was one of the first actors to promote realism in Kabuki. He held this name from 11/1770 to 11/1813.

Bandō Hikosaburō III's two best roles were Ōboshi Yuranosuke in the Kanadehon Chūshingura and Kan Shōjō ("Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami").

"...the star of Yedo during the corresponding period of Bunka and Bunsei was the third Bandō Hikosaburō, youngest son of the eighth Ichimura Uzaemon. In later years he shaved his head, retired from the world, and lived in Honjo, a Yedo ward, where he posted up a notice on the gate to the effect that waste-paper dealers and actors were not allowed in. He was handsome and gifted, and died at the age of 75." (Zoë Kincaid in "Kabuki, the Popular Stage of Japan")

Bandō Hikosaburō III (坂東彦三郎) as Yuranosuke (由良之介) standing and Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Okaru (おかる) in the play <i>Kanadehon Chūshingura</i> ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
Related Object: Bandō Hikosaburō III (坂東彦三郎) as Yuranosuke (由良之介) standing and Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Okaru (おかる) in the play Kanadehon Chūshingura ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]