CHÛSHINGURA NENJÛ GYÔJI
(忠臣藏年中行事)

 

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: ?
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) [#9]
Personal Collection
 

                 
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.