ICHIKAWA
BOTAN II (市川ぼたん)
09/29/1894 - 05/10/1947
aka ICHIKAWA ENSHO III (市川莚升; 市川莚舛)
Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as
Osono (おその)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 06/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Amakawaya Gihei (天川屋儀平)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
Gihei-ko (義平子)
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as Decchi (丁稚)
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as
Hashi Tazaemon-jô (?)
(橋太左エ門尉)
Play: Kamakurayama Sakura no
Nidozaki
(鎌倉山蒲桜重咲; 鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Ichikawa Shachimaru I
(市川志やち丸;
市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸) as
Ani-kun Kuma Wakamaru (?)
(兄君隈若丸)
Ichikawa Sadanji (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
(蒲の冠者範頼蒲冠者範頼)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
Otôto-kun Kô Wakamaru (?)
(弟君光若丸)
Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
市川升若) as
Minase Gozen
水名瀬御前
Front Row L-R:
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次
Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
市川莚舛)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎)
Middle Row L-R:
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥;
澤村訥舛; 澤村訥升)
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎)
Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九団次;
市川九團次)
Ichikawa Fukuzô II (市川福蔵)
Back Row L-R:
Bandô Mitsutarô I (坂東三津太郎)
Ichikawa Yonezô I (市川米三)
Ichikawa Tsutanosuke I(市川蔦之助)
Nakamura Kansuke II (中村翫助)
Event: Akashi [V] Hikitate no Zu
(明石引立ノ図)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1900
Print Date: 10/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
Front Row:
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次)
Middle Row L-R:
Ichikawa Sadenji I (市川左伝次)
Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん)
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
Back Row L-R:
Sawamura Ujûrô III (沢村宇十郎;
澤村宇十郎
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎)
Ichikawa Saisuke I (市川左伊介;
市川左伊助)
Ichikawa Kohanji II (市川小半次)
Front Row L-R:
Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石)
Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
Second Front Row L-
Ichikawa Danjirô (市川団次郎;
市川團次郎)
Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵)
Ichikawa Gonza I (市川権三)
Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸)
Middle Row L-R:
Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 澤村源之助)
Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
市川升若)
Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女)
Back Row L-R:
Seki Utasuke II (関歌助)
Ichikawa Enzaburô I (市川莚三郎)
Ichikawa Kôtarô I (市川好太郎)
Ichikawa Saiji I (市川左伊次)
Ichikawa Sakizô I (市川左喜蔵)
APRIL 1901
Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
Wakato Sakuzô (若徒作蔵)
Play: Sato no Haregi Momiji no
Uchikake (廓晴衣紅葉裲襟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/19/01
Print Date: 04/11/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 ; 澤村源之助) as
Takao Tayû (高尾太夫)
Ichikawa Botan II
(市川ぼたん) as
Kamuro Momiji (禿もみぢ)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Mogami Kichinojô (最上吉之丞)
Nakamura Naritarô I
(中村成太郎) as
Kamei Rokurô (亀井六郎)
Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Shinchû Nagon Tomomori
(新中納言知盛)
Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 as
Ni-i Ama (二位尼)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ほたん)
as Kiyowaka-kun (清若君)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Minamotono Yoshitsune
(源義経)
Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
as Benkei (弁慶)
Sadenji (左伝次) as
Kataoka Hachirô (片岡八郎)
Play: Ikari Tomomori (碇知盛)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/02
Print Date: 04/05/02
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
Note: There is print by Kunisada
III of this production, suggesting
that he may have been the artist
of this print.
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Minase Rokurô (南瀬六郎)
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Yura Hyôgonosuke (由良兵庫助)
Nakamura Kashô I (中村歌昇) as Tsukuba Gozen (筑波御前)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as Tokujumaru (侑寿丸)
[Tomochiyomaru （友千代丸）]
Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Print Date: 01/10/03
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan