Play: [Peony Lantern] Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 27 (Aug. 1, 1902)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 

               

Play: [Peony Lantern] Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 27 (Aug. 1, 1902)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Peony Lantern] Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
 
Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Artist: Mori Seizan (森青山)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1908)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Play: [Peony Lantern] Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Artist: Hirezaki Eihô (鰭崎英朋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎)
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Yoshiwara Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Endô Moritô (遠藤盛遠) and
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kinugawa (衣川) in Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚).
 

               
Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as Omine (おみね0
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵)

Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 09/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

                    
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yamamoto Shijô (山本志丈)
 
Plays:  Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠); Rankyoku (亂曲); Yodogimi to Goemon (淀君と五右衛門)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/23
Print Date: 07/1923?
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 Bandô Jusaburô III (阪東壽三郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Ishikawa Goemon
(石川五右衛門) and Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Migita Mitsunari (右田三成) in
Yodogimi to Goemon (淀君と五右衛門).
 
 
 

               
Morita Kan'ya XIII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥) as Hagiwara Shinzaburô (萩原新三郎)

Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/23
Print Date: 08/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Plays: Kaidan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹灯篭); Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Takadababa Homare Adauchi (高田馬場誉仇討)
Performance Place: Daikoku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/06/26
Print Date: 07/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵)
 
Plays: Katteguchi (勝手口); Bô Shibari (棒しばり); Nagauta Hayashi (長唄囃子);
Kaidan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Shichimai Tsuzuki Hana no Sugatae
(七枚続花の姿絵); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人); Onnagori Oshie no Mazebari
(御名残押絵交張); Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/03/26
Print Date: 09/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) and Bandô
Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) in unknown roles in unknown plays.
 

Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松助) as Tomozô (伴蔵)
           
Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1950
Print Date: 1951
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [July]
Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 

                   
[A Peony Garden Lantern] Botan Dorô (ぼたん燈ろう)

Play: Kaidan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠)
Print Date: 1973
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 70)