TAKESHIMA KÔZAEMON I

Matsumoto Hyôzô (left panel/top/1st from left), Namie Kokan I (left panel/top/2nd from left), Ôyama Giemon (left panel/center), Takeshima Kôzaemon I (left panel/bottom/2nd from right), Ichimura Shirôji (left panel/bottom/1st from right), Arashi San'emon I (right panel/1st from left) and Mizushima Shirobê (right panel/1st from right) on the stage of an Ôsaka theater in the 11th lunar month of 1686 (illustration from the 1686 hyôbanki "Naniwa Tachigiki Mukashi Banashi")

Takeshima Kôzaemon I in an illustration from an Ôsaka hyôbanki which was published in 1702

The actors Mizuki Kikunojô (first from left), Takeshima Kôzaemon I (bottom/second from left), Sodesaki Karyû (bottom/third from left), Sawai Sonoemon (top/second from left; the murderer), Adachi Saburôzaemon (top/third from left; the man being killed), Sawamura Chôjûrô I (center/second from right), Hashimoto Heisuke (top/first from right), Miyazaki Dannojô (center/first from right) and ??? (bottom/first from right) playing the roles of Princess Aya, Katada Rokurozaemon, Michinoku, Katsumata Gonpei, Tabakoya Kihê, Ono no Daigorô, Kôshitsu, Okuemon and ??? in the san-no-kawari drama "Keisei Yoakegarasu", which was staged in Kyôto in the 3rd lunar month of 1704

 
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