IWAI HANSHIRÔ III

Yamashita Kinsaku I (top/1st from left), Arashi Kanshirô I (top/2nd from left), Iwai Hanshirô III (top/center), Sodeshima Genji (top/2nd from right), Tsugawa Kamon (top/1st from right), Bandô Hikosaburô I (bottom/1st from left), Murayama Heijûrô II (bottom/2nd from left), Arashi San'emon III (bottom/2nd from right) and Ôtori Michiemon (bottom/1st from right) playing the roles of Daizen's mekake Oteru, Yawatayama Gondayû, Fujiki Matasuke, Oshige, Princess Takamatsu, Kushiro Wadanosuke, Kaguyama Manzô, Okumatsu Tominojô and Kaguyama Daizen in Kyôya Yagoshirô's kaomise drama "Kogane no Ikioi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1720 at the Higashi no Shibai (Ôsaka)

Iwai Hanshirô III playing the role of Teraoka Heiemon in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged at the Moritaza in the 2nd lunar month of 1749

Iwai Hanshirô III playing the role of Hosokawa Sakyôdayû in the ni-no-kawari drama "Tsu-no-Kuni Jûsô no Watashi", which was staged at the Naka no Shibai in the 12th lunar month of 1752

Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Iwai Hanshirô III, Nakamura Tomijûrô I and Minakawa Yaheiji playing the roles of the female fox Otatsu, Kajiya Nizô, the female urakata Ohyaku and Adachi Ikkaku in the kaomise drama "Yasa Heike Sakiwake Musha", which was staged at the Naka no Shibai in the 11th lunar month of 1750

 
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