Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎) as
Sagisaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
Play: Ninjô (刃傷), Act 3, Scene 2 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 05/1911
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: In this production, different
actors covered certain roles in
certain performances.
 
 
 

                                   

                    Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date:11/14/07
                    Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
                    Medium: Machine printed lithograph
                    Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
                    No. 92 (Dec. 1, 1907)
                    Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 05/06/08
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

               
               En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
                Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
                Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
                Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
                Okaru (お軽)
       
                Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵); Momijigari (紅葉狩)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 11/14/07
                Print Date: 11/14/07
                Artist: ?
                Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                Note: Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵), Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助),
                and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) rotated in the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助);
                Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) and Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) rotated in the role of Kô no Moronô
                (高野師直); Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門),
                Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of
                En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門), Sawamura
                Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of Hayano
                Kanpei (早野勘平); and Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), and Sawamura Tosshô III
                (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) rotated in the role of Okaru (お軽).