OCTOBER 1900

Ichikawa Yaozô  VII (市川八百蔵) as Chienai (智恵内)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Torazô (虎蔵),
actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/10/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
.
Note: This design was originally issued in connection with
a September 1896 production at the Meiji-za.
 
 
 
 

           
             Ichikawa Yaozô  VII (市川八百蔵) as
             Chienai (智恵内)


     
    
             Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
             (鬼一法眼三略巻)
             Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
             Performance Date: 10/12/1900
             Print Date: 10/1900
             Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
             Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
             Memorial Theatre Museum

    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
    Torazô (虎蔵), actually 
    Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
   
    Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
    市川團十郎) as
    Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

  

 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Torazô (虎蔵), actually
Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)


Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
   市川團十郎) as
   Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)


 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

    
      Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
      Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)


     
      Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
      (鬼一法眼三略巻)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 10/12/1900
      Print Date: 10/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tokyo
      Metropolitan Central Library
 

 Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
 Torazô (虎蔵), actually
 Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸))

 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
 市川團十郎) as
 Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 

Ichikawa Yaozô  VII (市川八百蔵) as
 Chienai (智恵内)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Chienai (智恵内)




Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki 
(鬼一法眼三略巻; 喜市法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:This posthumously-issued print
is a revised version of a design for
some earlier production with a
different cast.
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
   (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
   Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
        Koharu (小春)



        Play: Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima
        (小夜時雨天網島)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/12/1900
        Print Date: 10/15/1900
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
        Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調) as
  Nyôbô Osan 女房おさん

   Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
   Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎)  as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)


     
     
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This posthumously-issued print
is a revised version of a design
originally issued in connection with a
November 1898 production at the
Meiji-za with a different cast.
 

  Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
  Umeômaru (梅王丸)

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Fujiwara no Shiheikô (時平公)
 

   Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
   Matsuômaru (松王丸)

       
        Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎) as
        Sakuramaru (桜丸)





        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/12/1900
        Print Date: 10/1900
        Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
        Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
        ARC Collection
 
        Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial
        Theatre Museum attributes this
        print to Toyohara Kunichika
        (豊原国周).
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Shiheikô (時平公)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV
(市川染五郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
'

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

                
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)
 
Plays: Shinchôki Atago Renga (信長記愛宕連歌); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki  (鬼一法眼三略巻);
Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima (小夜時雨天網島); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/00
Print Date: 10/13/00
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  While the right character is not entirely clear, I believe it is Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)
as Oda Nobunaga (織田信長) in Shinchôki Atago Renga (信長記愛宕連歌).
 
 

 



Play:  Kamakurayama Sakura no
Nidozaki (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/24/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
   Kô no Takiguchi Osakabe Nojô (?)
   (江の滝口刑部之丞)

   Ichikawa Sadanji (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
   (蒲の冠者範頼蒲冠者範頼)

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as
Asahi Gozen (朝日御前, actually
Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)
 



Play: Kamakurayama Sakura no
Nidozaki (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
  市川莚舛) as  
  Tôma Saburô (当麻三郎)
 
  Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
  市川權十郎) as Yoritomo-kô (頼朝公)

   Ichikawa Sadanji I市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
  Yamashi Inoshishi (山椎猪蔵),
  actually, Nitta Shirô ( 仁田四郎)

    
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次) as
    Hashi Tazaemon-jô (?) (橋太左エ門尉)



  
    
    Play:  Kamakurayama Sakura no
    Nidozaki (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
    鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 09/30/1900
    Print Date: 09/1900?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
    (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
    Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
   市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸) as
   Ani-kun Kuma Wakamaru (?)
   (兄君隈若丸)
  
   Ichikawa Sadanji (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
   (蒲の冠者範頼蒲冠者範頼)

   Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
   Otôto-kun Kô Wakamaru (?)
   (弟君光若丸)

   Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
   市川升若) as
   Minase Gozen
   水名瀬御前

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kisarazu Matsuzô (木更津松蔵)
 



Play: Izu Miyage Keiô Kibun
(伊豆土屋慶応奇聞)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Ichikawa Sadanji I市川左団次;
  市川左團次) as
  Mukaiji no Masagorô (向路の政五郎)

  Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升;
  澤村訥舛) as
  Ôsakaya Kikuei (大坂屋菊栄)

   Sawamura Gennosuke IV
   (沢村源之助 澤村源之助) as
   Ômiya Okohi (近江やおこひ)

    
    Front Row L-R:
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次
    Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升; 市川莚舛)
    Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
    市川權十郎)
   Middle Row L-R:
   Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥; 澤村訥舛;
   澤村訥升)
   Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) 
   Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九団次;
   市川九團次)
   Ichikawa Fukuzô II (市川福蔵) 
   Back Row L-R:
   Bandô Mitsutarô I (坂東三津太郎)
   Ichikawa Yonezô I (市川米三)
   Ichikawa Tsutanosuke I(市川蔦之助)
   Nakamura Kansuke II (中村翫助)

   Event:  Akashi [V] Hikitate no Zu
   (明石引立ノ図)
   Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
   Performance Date: 10/1900
   Print Date: 10/1900
   Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
   Image courtesy of the Tokyo Metropolitan
   Central Library
 
 
 
 

Front Row:
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次)
Middle Row L-R:
Ichikawa Sadenji I (市川左伝次)
Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
Back Row L-R: 
Sawamura Ujûrô III (沢村宇十郎;
澤村宇十郎
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎)
Ichikawa Saisuke I (市川左伊介;
市川左伊助)
Ichikawa Kohanji II (市川小半次)
 

 Front Row L-R:
 Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石)
 Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
 Second Front Row L-
 Ichikawa Danjirô (市川団次郎;
 市川團次郎)
 Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
 市川壽美蔵)
 Ichikawa Gonza I (市川権三)
 Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
 市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸)
 Middle Row L-R:
 Sawamura Gennosuke IV
 (沢村源之助 澤村源之助)
 Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
 市川升若)
 Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女)
 Back Row L-R:
 Seki Utasuke II (関歌助)
 Ichikawa Enzaburô I (市川莚三郎)
 Ichikawa Kôtarô I (市川好太郎)
 Ichikawa Saiji I (市川左伊次)
 Ichikawa Sakizô I (市川左喜蔵)

Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as Keisei Katsuragi (傾城葛城)

Play: The Geisha and The Knight
Print Date: 05/11/01
Personal Collection
       
Note: This was a play based in part on Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺) which Sadayakko performed in the United States and in
Europe between September 1899 and November 1900.  Presumably, this print
was made to commemorate her performance abroad and/or as a souvenir for
purchase during her upcoming second European tour, which lasted from June
1901 to July 1902.  Sadayakko and her husband Kawakami Otojirô
(川上音二郎) would eventually perform a version of this play in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in June 1909 under the title Geisha to Bushi (芸者と武士).  The
print is based on a photograph by the French photographer Paul Nadar that
was used as a color cliché cover for the October 2, 1900 of Le Théâtre
magazine.