BANCHÔ SARAYASHIKI
(番町皿屋敷)
 

                 
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II 
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
Aoyama Harima (青山播磨)
 
Play: Banchô Sarayashiki
(番町皿屋敷)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/08/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Okiku (おきく; お菊)

Play: Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/37
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)  (#21)
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unpublished design.  Shôchô II died on August 19, 1940 at
age 55.  He first played the role of Okiku in Tokyo at the
Hongô-za in February 1916.  Although Shôchô III's final
Tokyo appearance in this role was at the Tokyo Gekijô in
November 1937, it is possible that Gakô based this print
on one of Shûchô III's prior performances.
 
 
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: May 8-25, 1997
Print Date: 1997
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Banchô Sarayashiki
(番町皿屋敷), Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Hagoromo (羽衣),
Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩), and Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人).  It starred Nakamura Shikan VII ((中村芝翫),
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎), Nakamura Baigyoku V
(中村梅玉), Kataoka Gatô V (片岡我當; 片岡我当), Nakamura
Matsue VI (中村松江), Nakamura Tôzô VI (中村東蔵), Kataoka
Roen VI (片岡芦燕), Nakamura Shinjirô, Kataoka Shinnosuke
(片岡**), Nakamura Tamatarô (中村智太郎), and Nakamura
Utae (中村歌江).