MAY 1902

Onoe Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘ノ精)






Play: Kumo no Furumai
(蛛振舞; 蜘振舞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 05/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

   Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)
   Yorimitsu-kô  (頼光公)

    
     Sawamura Tosshô III
     (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
     Shitei Tarômata (仕丁太郎又)

     Sawamura Gennosuke IV
     (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
     Gakujin Kikusui (楽人菊水)


     Play: Iwato Kagura Sanja no Nigiwai
     (岩戸神楽三社賑)
     Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 05/02/02
     Print Date: 05/16/02
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo Central
     Metropolitan Library
 
 
 
 
 

    Ichikawa Enshô II
    (市川莚舛; 市川 莚升) as
    Gakujin Motome (楽人求女)
   
    Ichikawa Kodanji V
    (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
    Hôchô no Okina (放鳥の翁)

   Ichikawa Sadanji I
   (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
   Tejikara Otakeru (手力雄尊)

Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: 04/28/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
  市川左団次) as
  Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎;  市川權十郎) as
   Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 

       
        Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
        Chûkan Jirôbei (中間次郎平)
    
        Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
        Chûkan Heisuke (中間平介)
       
        Ichikawa Enshô II (市川 莚升; 市川莚舛) as
        Nakamura Hanzô (中村半蔵)
    
        Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌) 
    
        Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

        Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
        (花菖蒲慶安実記)
        Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/02/02
        Print Date: 05/06/02
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan  
 
 
 
 

Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as Sanshô Mitashi  (山樵三田仕)
 
Onoe Ushinosuke II (尾上丑之助) as Kaidômaru  (怪童丸)
 
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
Note: Three actors alternated in the role of Yamanba.  With the use of a "shikake" flap, two different  actor faces
were created for Yamanba, although it is not known which face corresponds to which actor.
 
 
 
 

           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap down.
 
 

           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap up.
 
 

                
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Kumo no Furumai (新作蛛振舞);
Aoi no Ue Tegara no Kumadori (葵上功隈取); Yamanba (山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 05/18/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum