NOVEMBER 1902

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as    
Kitsune Kuzu no Ha (狐葛の葉)
    




Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
(芦屋道満大内鑑; 蘆屋道満大内鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/07/02
Print Date: 10/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan    

           
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
            Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

            Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
            Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (弁天小僧菊之助)

            Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
            Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

            Play: Enoshima Sodachi Neoi no Chigogiku
            (江島育根生児菊)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/13/02
            Print Date: 11/1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
 
Play: Enoshiima Sodachi Neoi no
Chigogiku (江島育根生児菊)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/1902
Print Date: 02/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: While the print does not identify
the performance, the fact that
Kikugorô V performed this role shortly
before his death suggests that it is
the performance depicted.  His
most immediately prior performance
in Tokyo was in 1895.
 

               
                Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
                Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
 
                Play: Enoshiima Sodachi Neoi no
                Chigogiku (江島育根生児菊)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 11/13/1902
                Print Date: 02/1903?
                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
                Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
 
                Play: Enoshiima Sodachi Neoi no
                Chigogiku (江島育根生児菊)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 11/13/1902
                Print Date: 02/1903?
                Artist: ? 
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
                Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
  

Ichikawa Saruzô III (市川猿蔵) as
Tengu (天狗)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Tengu (天狗)

,
Play: Takatoki (高時)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
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
  Hôjô Takatoki (高時)
 

  Ichikawa Shinjûrô III (市川新十郎) as
  Tengu (天狗)
 

     
      Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Nyôbô Orie (女房おりゑ)

      Ichikawa Kimitarô (市川君太郎) as Segare Ôichi (悴太市)

      Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎; 市川團十郎) as
     Yazama Jûtarô (矢間重太郎)

      Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Yazama Kinai (矢間喜内)

      Play: Chûshin Kanagaki Kôshaku (忠臣仮名書講釈)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 11/13/02
      Print Date: 11/1902
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)   
      Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Inukawa Sôsuke (犬川荘助)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Musume Hamaji (娘浜路)

Play: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
Note: This design is a recycled version of one used for a performance at the Shintomi-za in
April 1902 with a different cast.  The image of Danjûrô IX as Inuyama Dôsetsu was also
used for a memorial print by Kunisada in 1903.
 
 
 

                   
                    Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
                    市川團次郎) as Inuyama Dôsetsu
                    Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友)
 
                    Play: Santomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝)
                    Performance Place: ?
                    Performance Date: ?
                    Print Date: 1903
                    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
                    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
                    Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                    Note: Danjûrô IX performed the role of
                    Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo four times
                    in Tokyo: at the Shintomi-za in August
                    1878, at the Ichimura-za in April 1888,
                    and at the Kabuki-za in May 1892 and
                    again in November 1902.  This design
                    is based on a November 1902 print by
                    Kunisada III.
 
 
 
 

                
Plays: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝); Kanadehon Chûshingura (忠臣講釈); Takatoki (高時);
Enoshima Sodachi Neoi no Chigogiku  (江島育根生児菊); Setsugekka Mitsugumi no Sakazuki
(雪月花三組杯觴)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/14/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum