ICHIKAWA DANJÛRÔ XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)
08/06/1946 - 02/03/2013

  aka ICHIKAWA EBIZÔ X (市川海老蔵)
aka ICHIKAWA SHINNOSUKE VI (市川新之助)

            
Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI (市川新之助) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵)
 
Play: Kyôkaku Gosho no Gorozô  (侠客御所五郎蔵)
Performance Place: Tôyoko Hall, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1967
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: [Kabuki Bills Hanagata Sannosuke Celebra-
tion Meiji 100th Anniversary Billing First Meeting]
Nôsatsu Kabuki Hanagata Sannosuke Iwai Meiji
Hyakunen Nôsatsu Shokai (納札
歌舞伎花形三之助 祝明治百年納札初会)
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI (市川新之助) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳; 勸進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/68
Print Date: 03/1968?
Artist: Ota Gako (太田雅光)
Personal Collection

Note: Shinnosuke VI also performed this role in
Tokyo at the Toyoko Hall in October 1967.  It is
possible that this print reflects that performance. 
He would next perform the role at his shûmei at
the Kabuki-za in November 1968 when he took
the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵).
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura 
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1969
Print Date: 1969
Artist: Ota Gako (太田雅光)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

 
 

               
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura 
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1969
Print Date: 1969
Artist: Ota Gako (太田雅光)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Mounted box version.   The print was photographed under
conditions that make the skin tone and background appear to be
somewhat yellowed. 

 
 

               
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1969
Print Date: 01/1976
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#45/200)

Note: Ebizô X performed this role as part of his shumei.
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Kiyohime no Rei (清姫の霊)

Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Ôdate Samagorô (大館左馬五郎)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1981
Print Date: 05/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 8)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第二期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (#20/36)
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 1983
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Image courtesy of Serge Astieres

Note:  Ebizô X performed this role in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in November 1981.  It is possible that he
also performed the role in Kyoto around that time.
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/84
Print Date: 05/1984
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 2)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第三期大首絵シリーズの2)
Personal Collection (#1/45)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎)  as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 05/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#24/54)

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Uirô Uri (外郎売)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 10/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#25/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô (鎌倉権五郎)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 11/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#18/54)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 01-04/1994
Print Title: Shibaraku (暫)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Artist: Paul Binnie
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#35/80)

Note: This print would have been based on the
broadcast recording of Danjûrô XII's performance
at the Kabuki-za in June 1985, as it was Danjûrô
XII's only regular performance in that role prior
to the creation of the print in 1994 other than as
part of a U.S. tour in the summer of 1985.
 
 
   

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)]

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 106/1994
Print Title: Genroku mie (元禄見得)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Artist: Paul Binnie
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#25/25)

See the Note to the preceding print.

               
Ichikawa Danjurô XII (市川団十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/1985
Print Date: 04/1985
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#47/200)

Note: Danjurô XII performed this role as part of his shumei.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku (助六)
[Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)\]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/85
Print Date: 06/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) performing the
nirami (にらみ) pose during the kôjô announcement

Event: Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei hirô kôjô
(市川團十郎襲名披露口上)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/85
Print Date: 07/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)  as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/85
Print Date: 09/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#11/54)

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致)

Play: Ya no Ne (矢の根)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo  
Performance Date: 1986/01
Print Date: 1994/10
Print Title:Yanone (矢の根)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#8/80)

Note: This print would have been based on a broadcast
recording of Danjûrô XII's performance at the Kabuki-za
 in January 1986, as .Danjûrô XII did not thereafter play
this role during the time that Binnie lived in Japan.
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami ((菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1988　　
Print Date: 03/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊辨慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Grand Theater,
Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 14-23, 1989
Print Date: 1989
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Domo Mata [Act III,
Scene 1 of Keisei Hangonkô (城反魂香)], Kagami Jishi
(鏡獅子), Keisei Awa no Naruto (傾城阿波の鳴戸) and
Kanjinchô (勧進帳).  It starred Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎), Nakamura Senjaku (中村扇雀);
Nakamura Tomotarô (中村智太郎), Nakamura Hirotarô
(中村浩太郎), Kataoka Ichizô V (片岡市蔵), Ichikawa
Unosuke III (市川右之助), Kataoka Jûzô VI (片岡十蔵),
and Sawamura Yoshijirô V.
 
 

                           
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Gedatsu (解脱)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/92
Print Date: 07/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 1)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1
(第七期大首絵シリーズの1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
 
Play: Gedatsu (解脱)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/92
Print Date:  2020
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Five Styles of Banzai-Ukiyoe]
Banzai Ukiyoe-ha Go Sugata (万歳浮世絵派五姿) #4
*Personal Collection (#18/30)

Note: The actor portraying Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) as
painted by Kunisada is Ichikawa Danjûrô V (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎). 
The other figure is Kôkei's own modern day depiction of Ichikawa
Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Kagekiyo.  Danjûrô XII also
portrayed Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo in a production of Kagekiyo (景情)
at the Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo, in January 1994.



 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/92
Print Date: 12/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#27/90)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/93
Print Date: 12/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sukeroku (助六)
           
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Misono-za, Nagoya
Performance Date: 10/01/93
Print Date: 09/1994
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Sukeroku (助六)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#8//80)

Note: This appears to have been Danjûrô XII's only known appearance in
this role during the time that Binnie lived in Japan prior to the creation of
this print.  Otherwise, Danjûrô XII's most recent performance as Sukeroku
in Tokyo appears to have been at the Kabuki-za in May 1992.  Danjûrô XII
also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in January 1988 and in April and
June 1985 and, as Ichikawa Ebizô X, performed the role multiple times as
far back as November 1969.  This print is likely based on a broadcast
recording of one of these prior performances.
        

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
[Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)]
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/94
Print Date: 04-05/94
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Kagekiyo (景清)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#64/80)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
[Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)]
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/94
Print Date: 1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Grey Danjûrô [Gurê Danjuro (グレー団十郎)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection
 
Note: This copy was printed "hors série" on grey, rather than on
black, washi paper.
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎)   
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/94
Print Date: 09-10/1994
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Kanjinchô Benkei (勧進帳弁慶)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#6/80)
       

                                  
                 Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
`                Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)

                 Play: Kenuki (毛抜), Act III of Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura
                 (雷神不動北山櫻) [Act II in modern productions]
                 Performance Place: ?
                 Performance Date: ?
                 Print Date: 04/1994
                 Artist: Paul Binnie
                 Print Title: Kenuki (毛抜)
                 Medium: Kappazuri print
                 Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
                 Personal Collection (#10/80)
                
                 Note: This print would seem to have been based on a special gala
                 performance or a prior broadcast recording of Danjûrô XII's
                 performance.  Danjûrô XII's last regular performance as
                 Kumedera Danjô prior to the creation of this print that I could
                 find was at the Minami-za, Kyoto, in October 1992 before Binnie
                 arrived in Tokyo.  Danjûrô XII also performed the role at the
                 Kokuritsu Gekijō, Tokyo, in June 1991 and at the Kabuki-za,
                 Tokyo, in September 1990 and, as Ichikawa Ebizô X, at the
                 Kokuritsu Gekijō, Tokyo, in June 1982 and July 1973.
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/95
Print Date: 05/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 6)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第十期大首絵シリーズの6)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/95
Print Date: 02-03/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danjûrô - Shibaraku (団十郎 - 暫)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#16/100)
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/95
Print Date: 02/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danjûrô - Shibaraku (団十郎 - 暫)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a color test print.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Toraya Tôkichi (虎屋東吉)/Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play: Uirô Uri (外郎売)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 8-25, 1996
Print Date: 1996
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Uirô Uri (外郎売),
Sushiya (すし屋) [Act III, Scene III of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)], Tenaraiko (手習子), Kumagai Jin'ya (熊谷陣屋)
[Act III, Scene III of Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)],
and Sagi Musume (鷺娘). It starred Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎), Onoe Kikugorô VII
(尾上菊五郎), Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III (河原崎権十郎;
 河原崎權十郎), Sawamura Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎;
澤村藤十郎), Nakamura Shibajaku VII (中村芝雀),
Ichimura Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), Ichikawa Unosuke III
(市川右之助), Kataoka Jûzô VI (片岡十蔵), and Ichikawa
Shinnosuke (市川新之助).
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Sasaki Takatsuna (佐々木高綱)

Play: Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/96
Print Date: 07/1996
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 3)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの3)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo?
Performance Date: 02/01/97?
Print Date: 06-07/1997
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danjûrô - Benkei ( 団十郎 - 弁慶)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#17/100)

Note:  As Danjûrô XII also performed the role of Benkei
in this play at the Shinbashi Enbujo, Tokyo (02/01/96)
and at a special performance at the Kabuki-za in October
1995, it is possible that one of these performance might
have been used by Binnie for this print.
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo?
Performance Date: 02/01/97?
Print Date: 06-07/1997
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danjûrô - Benkei ( 団十郎 - 弁慶)
Personal Collection

Note:  Test proof.

Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Ôsaka Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 04/02/98
Print Date: 1998
Artist: Lynn Matsuoka (リン 松岡)
Print Title: Danjuro XII - Shibaraku
Medium: Lithograph (ed. 50)
 
Note: It is possible that this print was based on Danjûrô XII's performance at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in November 1995.
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/99
Print Date: 10/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 7)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 7
(第十三期集成シリーズの7)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Kuruma Biki (車引), Act III, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 11/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 12/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print is found inside specially bound copies of Tsuruya
Kôkei: The Complete Woodblock Prints 1978-2000 (2000).  T

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 12/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#103/200)

Note: This is either a color variant or a copy where the white face
pigment has chemically reacted wit the pink backing paper.

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)
 
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵) as
Ojô Kichiza (お嬢吉三)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô X (坂東三津五郎) as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play: Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 5-20, 2003
Print Date: 2003
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Narukami (鳴神), Yakko
Dôjôji (奴道成寺), and Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪).  It starred Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) , Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵),
Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎), Bandô Shûchô V (坂東秀調),
Kataoka Roen VI (片岡芦燕), Ichimura Kakitsu IX (市村家橘) and
Ichikawa Unosuke III (市川右之助).
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Tomomori (知盛)

Play: Daimotsu no Ura (大物浦), Act II, Scene 4 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection

Note: Danjûrô XII portrayed the role in Tokyo at the Kokuritsu
Gekijô in November 1991 and November 2001, and at the
Kabuki-za in May 1995.

                 
Ichikawa Danjurô XII (市川団十郎) as
Yuranosuke (由良之助)
           
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: Danjuro XII performed this role at the
Kabukize in February 1986, April 1988, and
February 1991, as well as at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in November 1989.