ASAO TAMEJÛRÔ I

Asao Tamejûrô I (top;1st from left), Anegawa Daikichi I (top;2nd from left), Nakayama Raisuke I (top;2nd from right), Kirinoya Gonjûrô III (top;1st from right), Fujikawa Hachizô I (bottom;1st from left), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II (bottom;2nd from left), Arashi Sanjûrô III (bottom;2nd from right) and Bandô Toyosaburô I (bottom;1st from right) playing the roles of the tedai Gonkurô, the keisei Miyako, Nan Yohachi, Hiraoka Gôzaemon, the sumôtori Hanaregoma Chôkichi, Oseki, the tedai Shôhachi and Yamazaki Yojibê in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1762 at the Naka no Shibai

Asao Tamejûrô I (top/left), Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV (top/right), Nakayama Shinkurô I (bottom/left) and Nakamura Kiyosaburô I (bottom/right) playing the roles of Kiba no Gonpei, Gonpei's younger sister Oito, Asai Kenmotsu and the koshimoto Midori in the kaomise drama "Shinchoku Fukki no Kanatoko", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1767 in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater

The actors Asao Toyozô I (top;1st from left), Kasaya Matakurô II (top;2nd from left), Arashi Ihachi (top;3rd from left), Yamashina Jinkichi II (top;2nd from right), Asao Tamejûrô I (top;1st from right), Nakayama Raisuke I (bottom;1st from left), Nakayama Bunshichi I (bottom;2nd from left), Anegawa Minato II (bottom;2nd from right) and Arashi Koroku II (bottom;1st from right) playing the roles of Kurusuke, Kokura Zen'emon, Sôshichi, Kojorô, Kezori Kuemon, Mukai Rinzaemon, Shima no Koheiji, Onami and Omatsu in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Hakata Ori", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1778 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai

Asao Tamejûrô I in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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The actors Asao Tamejûrô I, Ichikawa Danzô IV and Nakamura Noshio II playing the roles of Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan, the fox Genkurô and Shizuka Gozen in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1792 at the Kado no Shibai (cover of the illustated banzuke)

The actors Anegawa Shinshirô III (the old woman on the top/left), Onoe Koisaburô I (the Chinese general on the top), Asao Tamejûrô I (the warrior on the bottom/right) and Sawamura Kunitarô I (the princess on the right) playing the roles of Watônai's mother Nagisa, Kanki, Watônai and Kinshôjo in the "Beni Nagashi" scene of the drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1798 at the Naka no Shibai (cover of the illustated banzuke)

 
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