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)

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).
 
 

         
Play: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記)     
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Also on the bill were Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人), Heikegani (平家蟹), Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕), and Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者). 
The cast included  Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥), Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上 栄三郎), Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸), and Onoe Kikugorô VI 
(尾上菊五郎).
                
 
 
       

                   
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

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:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯) 
Medium: Woodblock printed       
pochibukuro
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

       
        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.

               
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.
 
 

                   
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.
 
 
 

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 
 
 
 

[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: ?

           
 
 
 
 

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
 

                   
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.
 
 
  

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.
 
 
 

                 
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.

                   
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.
 

                   
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).