KAMIKO JITATE RYÔMEN KAGAMI
(紙子仕立両面鑑)

aka DAIMONJIYA (大文字屋)

                    
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Nyôbô Omatsu (女房おまつ)

Kataoka Gatô  III (片岡 我當) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tayû Agemaki (太夫揚巻)

Play: Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/17/03
Print Date: 10/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

                
Kataoka Gatô  III (片岡 我當) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)
 
Plays:  Matsu no Sakae Chiyoda no Shintoku (松栄千代田神徳); Funa Benkei (船弁慶);
Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑); Koharu-ji Kabuki Nigiwai (小春時歌舞伎賑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/17/03
Print Date: 10/29/03
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The other figure is as yet unidentified.
 
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Sadatô Munetô (貞任宗任); Yagura Daiko Shusse no
Torikumi (櫓太鼓出世取組); Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13//11
Print Date: 01/13/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎), 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太), and  Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経) in Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我).
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI
(片岡仁左衛門) as
Daimonjiya Bantô Gonpachi
(大文字屋番頭権八)

Play: Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami
(紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Omatsu (お松)

Play: Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami
(紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ogawa Hyôe (小川兵衛)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Sukeemon (紙子仕立両面鑑)
 
Play: Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami
(紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/08/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Bandô Shûchô III  (坂東秀調) as
            Omatsu (おまつ)
           
            Play: Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami
            (紙子仕立両面鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 06/08/20
            Print Date: 06/1920?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection