ASHIYA DÔMAN ÔUCHI KAGAMI
(芦屋道満大内鑑; 蘆屋道満大内鑑)
 

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  
 
 
 
  

                 
 
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Sangokubusô Hisago no Gunbai (三国無双瓢軍扇); Modobashi (戻橋);
Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑); Shinoda-zuma (信田妻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/12/08
Print Date: 11/13/08
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Kuzu-no-Ha (葛の葉)

Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
Image courtesy of Yamabosi Shoten

 

                   
Yakko Yokanpei (奴与勘平)

Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑)
Performance Place:  [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1963
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu IV (長谷川貞信)
Series: Bunraku-za Ningyô Hanga-shû
(文楽座人形版画集), #?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/ Byakko (白狐)

Play: Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Act IV of
Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/86
Print Date: 07/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Busts of Female Role Specialists]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎)  as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 
 
 

                 
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 5-21, 1994
Print Date: 1994
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of  Kuzu-no-Ha (葛の葉)
[Act IV of Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑),
Meoto Dôjôji (男女道成寺), Kôjô (口上), Hana no Ueno
Homare no Ishibumi (花上野誉碑), and Modoribashi (戻橋).
It starred Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫), Ichikawa Sadanji
IV (市川左団次; 市川左團次), Sawamura Tôjûrô II
(沢村藤十郎;  澤村藤十郎), Nakamura Hashinosuke III
(中村橋之助), Nakamura Fukusuke IX (中村福助), Ichimura
Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), and Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅).
 
 

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Ishikawa Akûemon (石川悪右衛門)
and ?

Play(s): Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
(芦屋道満大内鑑) [Kuzu no Ha
(葛の葉)] and ?
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: This postcard came with a set
that dates to November 1917 and
likely relates to a production performed
in the 1917-1918 time period.

                                       
                        Kuzu-no-Ha (葛の葉)

                        Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑)
                        Print Date: ?
                        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu IV (長谷川貞信)
                        Courtesy of Artelino.com

Kuzunoha (葛の葉)
 
Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑)
Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Linocut
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
Note: The seller dates this print to circa 2008.
 
 
 
 

                 
Kai (Kuzu no Ha) (界(葛の葉))

Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑; 蘆屋道満大内鑑)
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
 
Note:  In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
 
 
 

                 
Rangiku-no-Midare (蘭菊の乱れ)

Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑; 蘆屋道満大内鑑)
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
 
Note:  In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."