Onoe Baiko VI (尾上梅幸) aka Onoe Eizaburo V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) aka Onoe Einosuke I (尾上栄之助; 尾上榮之助)

ONOE BAIKÔ VI (尾上梅幸)
11/08/1870 - 11/08/1934

aka ONOE EIZABURÔ V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎)
aka ONOE EINOSUKE I (尾上栄之助; 尾上榮之助)

JANUARY 1921

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Yoshinoya Koshizu (吉野家小静)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sawamura Tanosuke (沢村田之助)

Plays: Yuki On'na Gomai Hagoita (雪女五枚羽子板); Suô Otoshi (素襖落); Ryûkyô Yawa (柳橋夜話);
Chôchidori Sato no Harukoma (蝶千鳥廓春駒); Dontsuku (どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/21
Print Date: 01/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Akamatsu Nyûdô Mitsusuke
(赤松入道満祐) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Tônai Saburô Moriharu
(藤内三郎盛治) in Yuki On'na Gomai Hagoita (雪女五枚羽子板); and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as Shujin Bô (主人某) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者) in
Suô Otoshi (素襖落).

APRIL 1921

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yahê (弥兵衛)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okô (お幸)

Plays: Horibe Myôkaini (堀部妙海尼); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
(碁太平記白石噺); Noriaibune (浄瑠璃乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinobu (信夫) in
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi (碁太平記白石噺); and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibo Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶), and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
in Kanjinchô (勸進帳).

JUNE 1921

Plays: Midareyaki (みだれ焼); Na ni Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘譽石切);
Hatsukohi Ji Chigusa no Nuregoto (初戀路千種濡事); Yari Odori Hana no Danmaku (鎗踊花段幕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover depicts Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
in Na ni Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘譽石切); and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌), Onoe
Matsusuke IV (尾上松助), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in unknown
roles.

OCTOBER 1921

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Onatsu (おなつ)

Plays: Honchô Ôshôkun (本朝王昭君); Onatsu Kyôran (おなつ狂乱); Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri
(名月八幡祭)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/21
Print Date: 10/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tawaraya Sôtatsu (俵屋宗達),
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (烏丸光広), and Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Gakusô Keiun (學僧慶雲) in Honchô Ôshôkun (本朝王昭君); and Bandô
Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Uosô (魚惣), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Chijimiya Shinsuke (縮屋新助), and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Geisha Miyokichi (芸者美代吉) in Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri (名月八幡祭).

NOVEMBER 1921

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takiyasha-hime (滝夜叉姫)

Play: Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Baikô VI
performed this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijo in
September 1912, though the play was called neither Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者) nor Masakado (将門).

            Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Zatô Sawaichi (座頭沢市)

            Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Nyôbô Osato (女房お里)

            Plays: Taiko no Oto Chiyû Sanryaku (太鼓音智勇三略); Tsubosaka Reigenki (壺坂霊験記);
            Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/21
            Print Date: 11/1921?
            Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
            Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
            Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

            Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sakai Saemon (酒井左衛門)
            and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康) in Taiko no
            Oto Chiyû Sanryaku (太鼓音智勇三略); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Banto Gobei
            (番頭五兵衛), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Haiya Saburôbê (灰屋三郎兵衛),
            and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Keizan-ko (慶山公) in Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨).

JANUARY 1922

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Mizuki Tatsue (水木辰江)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Bandô Sannokichi (坂東三濃吉)

Plays: Urami no Omote (怨恨の面); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記); Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番叟);
Shichiya no Kura Kokoro no Irekae (質屋土蔵魂入替)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/22
Print Date: 01/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Satsuki (早月) and Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as Takechi Jubei Mitsuhide (武智十兵衛光秀) in Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記); Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sanbasô (三番叟) in Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番叟); and Morita
Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kongming [Zhuge Liang] Taiko no Sei (孔明陣太鼓の精) in Shichiya
no Kura Kokoro no Irekae (質屋土蔵魂入替).

APRIL 1922

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合)

Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Takatoki (高時); Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)
in Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinanoya
Ohan (信濃屋お半) and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Obiya Chôemon '(帯屋長右衛門) in
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Matsudaira Geki (松平外記) and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Chichi Yorimo (父頼母) in
Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷).

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Maizuru (舞鶴)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)

Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kosodemaku Yamato Nishikie (小袖幕大和錦繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/17/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artists: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This was an entertainment for the Tokyo City Welcome Party for His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales. The middle panel was designed by Kubota Beisai (久保田米星). The cover also
depicts Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Kôtô (勾當) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Yura Hyôgonosuke (由良兵庫助) in Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); and Sawamura Sôjûrô
VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶), and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Togashi Saemon
(富樫左衛門) in Kanjinchô (勸進帳).

MAY 1922

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Tamamushi no Tsubone (玉虫局)

Plays: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記); Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人); Heikegani (平家蟹);, Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕); Shinobi Yoru Koi no
Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The cover depicts Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as Kôsan Oshô (洸山和尚) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Tadanao-kyô (忠直卿) in Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki
(忠直卿行状記); and Bandô Mitsugorô VII
(坂東三津五郎) as Manbê (万兵衛) and Onoe
Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kurobê (九郎兵衛)
in Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人).

JUNE 1922

Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Ishidô Umanojô (石堂右馬之丞)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ono Kudayû (斧九太夫)

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okaru (お軽)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助 )

Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵); Tabi Sugata Omoi no Kake Ine
(旅姿思掛稲); Tsuyu no Harema Sora ha Sumiyoshi (入梅晴間空住吉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

OCTOBER 1922

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hanshichi no Oba (半七の叔母)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Iwami (石見)

Plays: Shinnyo (真如); Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥); Nagamachi On'na no Harakiri (長町女腹切);
Yakko Dôdôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/22
Print Date: 10/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Yaegiri of the Hagino
Family] Hagino-ka no Yaegiri (萩野家の八重桐) in Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥); Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Rônin Gotô Genjirô (浪人後藤源次郎) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Rônin Isogai Kazuma (浪人磯貝數馬) in Shinnyo (真如); and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Shirabyôshi Sakurako jitsu ha Kyôgen-shi Sakon (白拍子桜子実ハ狂言師左近) in
Yakko Dôdôji (奴道成寺).

NOVEMBER 1922

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Fuji No Tsuma Suminoe (富士の妻住の江)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Toin Nagazane (洞院長實) '

Plays: Shibaraku (暫); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Fuji Daiko (富士太鼓);
Higan no Yûbe (彼岸の夕); Yûgiri Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô (夕霧伊左衛門廓文章)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/22
Print Date: 11/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:: The cover depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kiyohara no Takehira (清原武衡)
and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) in
Shibaraku (暫); Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in Yûgiri
Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô (夕霧伊左衛門廓文章); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Denbei (傳兵衛)
and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as O-Ume (お梅) in Higan no Yûbe (彼岸の夕).

JANUARY 1923

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rokujô Shôshô Tadaaki (六條少将忠顕)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Narita Kosaburô Takashin (成田小三郎尭心)

Plays: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年);
Shiraito Mondo (白糸と主水); Modori Kago Iro Koi Aigata (戻駕色相肩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/23
Print Date: 01/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Mondo (主水) in
Shiraito Mondo (白糸と主水); and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yoshioka] Kijirô
(吉岡鬼次郎) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Okyô (お京) in Kiichi Hôgen
Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).

APRIL 1923

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘蛛の精)

Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Tsuchigumo (蜘蛛); Saki Kisô Yuki no Ume ga Ka
(咲競雪梅香); Hideyoshi to Sorori (秀吉と曾呂利)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Saruhashi Uemon (猿橋右門),
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nanao Kinshirô (七尾金四郎), and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助) in Saki Kisô Yuki no Ume ga Ka (咲競雪梅香);
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koshimoto Chidori (腰元千鳥) in Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Mitsunari (三成) in
Hideyoshi to Sorori (秀吉と曾呂利).

JUNE 1923

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nishina Rin'nosuke (仁科林之助)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hebitsukahi Okinu (蛇つかひお絹)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Toyokichi (豊吉) in Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋)

Plays: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋);
Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ono Komachi (小野小町)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/23
Print Date: 06/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ataka Gôemon (安宅郷右衛門) and
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôta Ôi (太田大炊) in Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Ichimura Uzaemon
XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱) in Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Ono Komachi (小野小町).

OCTOBER 1924

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otsuma (お妻)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as O-Rin (お臨)

Plays: Kamikaze (神風); Momiji no Eneshi no Shirahari (紅葉宴衛士白張);
Otsuma Hachirobê Ryôgoku Kôdan (おつま八郎兵衛兩國巷談); Mei Ranfan (梅蘭芳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/25/24 - 11/04/24
Print Date: 10/1924?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kôno Rokurô Michiari
(河野六郎通有), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as ?, and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Hôjô Sagam-no-Kami Tokimune (北條相模守時宗) in Kamikaze (神風).

NOVEMBER 1924

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Rokubei (六兵衛)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sakakibara Takao (榊原高尾)

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Takagi Shizuma (高木志津馬)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Muneharu (宗春)

Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sakakibara Takao (榊原高尾); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 11/1924?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Masaoka (政岡) and
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩).

FEBRUARY 1925

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection

Note: The same design was used for an earlier production at
the Kabuki-za in 1915 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.

        Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
        Agemaki (揚巻)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六所縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) #2
        Personal Collection

APRIL 1925

        Onoe Baiko VI (尾上梅幸) as
        Otomi (おとみ)

        Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no
        Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/01/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: MKamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
    `   Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #1
        Personal Collection

            Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (おとみ)

            Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
            (与話情浮名横櫛)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/01/25
            Print Date: 04/1925?
            Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
            Medium: Lithograph
            Personal Collection

            Note: Baikô VI, Uzaemon XV, and Matsusuke IV also
            appeared in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in June
            1927. It is possible that this print reflects Baikô VI's
            performance in that production.

MAY 1925

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Michitose (三千歳)

Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/25
Print Date: 05/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Baikô VI also performed this role opposite
Uzaemon XV in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1926, but this print more closely resembles a
photograph from the 1925 production.

JUNE 1925

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Sayuri (小百合)

Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#4)
Personal Collection

Note: Baikô VI first played the role of Sayuri in Tokyo at
the Kabuki-za in October 1904. Depending on the precise
publication date of this print, it is possible that Shunsen
modeled this print after one of Baikô VI's performances
at the Teikoku Gekijô in March 1913, April 1918, or
April 1922.

JULY-AUGUST 1925

Onoe Baiko VI (尾上梅幸) as
Koito (小糸)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#C]
Personal Collection

    Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸)

    Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
    (江戸育お祭佐七)
    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 07/01/25
    Print Date: 07/1925?
    Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
    Medium: Lithograph
    Personal Collection

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Oiwa-sama (お岩様)

Play: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵), No. 4
Personal Collection

NOVEMBER 1926

[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site. The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.

            Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as
            Michitose (三千歳)

            Play: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai
            (河内山と直侍)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/26
            Publication Date: 1927
            Artist: ?

FEBRUARY 1927

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
as Okaru (おかる)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Kanpei (勘平)

Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路花聟) between Acts IV and
V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
1st Collection] Butai Emaki dai
1-shû (舞台絵巻第1集)
Personal Collection

JULY 1929

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺))

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭恋寝刃; 伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/29
Print Date: [1929]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Baikô VI first performed the role of Okon in
Tokyo at the Tokyo Gekijô in October 1909. He reprised
the role at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1920.

MAY 1932

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki (茨木)

Play: Ibaraki (茨木)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/1932
Print Date: 1933
Artist: Kikuchi Zenjirô (菊池善二郎; 菊池善次郎)
Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 7 (January 1, 1933)
Personal Collection

Note: Baikô VI performed this role in eleven prior productions
in Tokyo between March 1912 and September 1929.

OCTOBER 1933

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Togakushi no Kijo (戸隠の鬼女)

Play: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/33
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#14)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design. Baikô VI died on November
8, 1934 at age 65. He first played the role of Togakushi
no Kijo in this play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in June 1903.
Although Baikô VI's final Tokyo appearance in this role
was in October 1933, it is possible that Gakô based this
print on one of Baikô VI's prior performances.

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Togakushi no Kijo (戸隠の鬼女)

Play: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/33
Print Date: 1953
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿その一) (#9)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Baikô VI first played the role of Togakushi no Kijo in
this play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in June 1903. Although
Baikô VI's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in
October 1933, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Baikô VI's prior performances.

OCTOBER 1934

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Onatsu (お夏; 緒夏; おなつ)

Play: Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂乱)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/34
Print Date: 1935
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection (#159/500)

Note: This print was commissioned after Baikô VI's death.
It is possible that it was issued in the same wrapper as the
Baikô VI shini-e shown below. Baikô VI first performed
the role of Onatsu in September 1914 at the Teikoku
Gekijô in Tokyo. He is also known to have performed the
role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in October 1921,
October 1925, and June 1930. It is possible that this
print is based on one of those earlier performances.

NOVEMBER 1934

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) Shini-e (Death Print)

Print Date: 1935
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Onoe Baikô VI was born on the 15th day of the tenth
lunar month of 1870 and died on November 8, 1934.

Wrapper for the Baikô VI Shini-e

Print Date: 1935
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is possible that the print of Baikô VI as Onatsu was also issued with this wrapper

Hirakana Seisuiki Senjin Mondo, Shôwa Kyûnen Jûgatsu Kabuki-za (ひらかな盛衰記の先陣問答, 昭和九年十一月歌舞伎座)

Play: Senjin Mondo (先陣問答), Act 2 of Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/34
Print Date: 11/1934
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Image courtesy of Mike Peters

Note: Although Hasui may not have known the actors when he designed the set, the cast in this production included Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
as Chidori (千鳥), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Enju (延寿), and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季).