• Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛), Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play <i>Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura</i> (御国入曽我中村)
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛), Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play <i>Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura</i> (御国入曽我中村)
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛), Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play <i>Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura</i> (御国入曽我中村)
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛), Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play <i>Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura</i> (御国入曽我中村)
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛), Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the sumō wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura (御国入曽我中村)

Print

03/09/1825
30.75 in x 15.5 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga (五渡亭国貞画)
Publishers: Maruya Bun'emon on the left panel
(Marks 292 - seal 08-131);
Matsumura Tatsuemon on the center and right panels
(Marks 311 - seal 03-009)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Waseda University - center panel only
Waseda University - right panel only
Waseda University - left panel only The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum at Waseda University gives the date of 3/1825 for this play represented in this triptych, even though the premier had been in 1/1825. The date might have to be adjusted later.

Kabuki21 tells us that "Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Okuni-iri Soga Nakamura" was premiered in the 1st lunar month of 1825 at the Nakamuraza.... This drama, which fell into oblivion, was revived under the title "Kiku Ichiza Reiwa no Adauchi" at the National Theatre in January 2020."
Maruya Bun'emon (丸屋文右衛門) (publisher)
Onoe Kikugorō III (三代目尾上菊五郎: 11/1815-3/1848) (actor)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Iwai Hanshirō V (五代目岩井半四郎: 11/1804-11/1832) (actor)
Matsumura Tatsuemon (松村辰右衛門) (publisher)
Yojirō (与次郎) the monkey trainer (role)
sumō (相撲) (genre)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川團十郎: 11/1800 to 2/1832) (actor)