NINJÔ BANASHI BUNSHICHI MOTTOI
(人情噺文七元結)

aka BUNSHICHI MOTTOI (文七元結)
 
 

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Tedai Bunshichi (手代文七)

Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi
(人情噺文七元結)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/11/02
Print Date: 09/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Sakan Chôbê (左官長五郎)
 

                
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智滝祈誓文覚); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Kokkei Niwaka Ataka (滑稽俄安宅新関)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/11/02
Print Date: 10/12/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakan Chôbê (左官長兵郎)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Imohori Chôja (芋堀長者);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Mitsu Ningyô (三人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
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 Karaki Masaemon
(唐木政右衛門) in Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六).
 

            
Bunshichi (文七)

Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結)
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 100)
Artist: Idô Masao (井堂雅夫)
Series: Bunraku (文楽)
Personal Collection (EP)
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakan Chôbei (左官長兵)
      
Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi
(人情噺文七元結)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI portrayed Chôbei
eight times between 1911 and 1944.

                    
    [Bunraku Puppet Head of Bunshichi Head]
    Bunraku Bunshichi Kashira (文楽  文七かしら)

    Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結)
    Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
    Artist: Suguro Koichi
    Image courtesy of Artelino.com