Note: Takubê Jôshi (宅兵衛上使) is Act VIII of Taiheiki Chushin Kôshaku (太平記忠臣講釈).

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Nyôbô Orie (女房おりゑ)

Ichikawa Kimitarô (市川君太郎) as Segare Ôichi (悴太市)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Yazama Jûtarô (矢間重太郎)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Yazama Kinai (矢間喜内)

Play: Chûshin Kanagaki Kôshaku (忠臣仮名書講釈)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Akirame (あきらめ); Taiheiki Chushin Kôshaku (太平記忠臣講釈); Asahina Tsurigitsune
(朝比奈釣狐); Yo no Mori (夜の森); Chin Chikurin (珍竹林)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/13
Print Date: 02/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎) in
Asahina Tsurigitsune (朝比奈釣狐).
 
 

                   

Plays: Ansei Kibun Tsukuda no Yoarashi
(安政奇聞佃夜嵐); Momijigari (紅葉狩);
Takubê Jôshi (宅兵衛上使)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/15/14
Print Date: 09/15/14
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
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Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazama Kinai (矢間喜内)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Yazama Jûtarô (矢間重太郎)
 
Plays: Yuki no Yûbe (雪の夕); Ike (池); Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku (太平記忠臣講釈); Uirô (ういらう)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/05/22
Print Date: 09/1922?
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 Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as Toraya Tôkichi (虎屋東吉)/Soga
Gorô (曾我五郎) in Uirô (ういらう); and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mômoku no Sô (盲目の僧)
in Ike (池).
 
 
 

Plays: Hototogisu Date no Kikigaki (早苗鳥伊達聞書); Shizuka (静); Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku
(太平記忠臣講釈); Tatakai wa Korekarada (戦はこれからだ); Otokodate Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Program: Hototogisu Date no Kikigaki (早苗鳥伊達聞書); Shizuka (静); Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku
(太平記忠臣講釈); Tatakai wa Korekarada (戦はこれからだ); Otokodate Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library