CHÛSHINGURA NENJÛ GYÔJI
(忠臣藏年中行事)

 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kira Kôzukesuke (吉良上野介)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助) and Kayano Sanpei (茅野三平)
 
Plays: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata (戻駕色相肩); Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji (忠臣蔵年中行事);
Tsuri On'na (釣女);  Sengokujidaishi no Ichipêji (戦国時代史の一頁); Tsubosaka Reigenki (壺坂霊験記);
Rabu Tetsugaku (ラヴ哲学); Hikari to Iro (光と色) (dance)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/25
Print Date: 12/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
        
Play: Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji
(忠臣藏年中行事)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô,
Tokyo   
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: Masugawa Chikamine
(ます川周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Sôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#D]
Personal Collection
 
Note: The envelope for this pochibukuro
might be the one for Set #9 is shown
in the Chikamine entry for April 1926.
While this actor is listed in the table of
contents for that set, he is listed in the
role of Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵).
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Play:  Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji (忠臣藏年中行事)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Nizaemon XI also performed this role in
Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Kabuki-za in April 1921.
Given that 1921 and 1928 appear to be rather early and late,
respectively, for a Hanayama print, it is possible that the
print reflects an intermediate  performance outside of Tokyo.