ECHIGO JISHI
(越後獅子)

aka OSOZAKURA TENIHA NO NANA MOJI (遅桜手爾葉七字)
aka KAKUBÊ JISHI (角兵衛獅子)

                 
 
Plays: Sukotchi Dansu (スコッチダンス); [Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi ([勤王史蹟]七卿落);
Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記); Sôma no Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo Jishi (新演劇貞操);
Tamamo- no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Print Date: 09/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Plays: Rokuhara Eiga Monogatari (六波羅栄華物語); Yoshitsune Senbon Sakura (義経千本桜);
Yamomegarasu (病鴉); Fujitomoe (藤鞆絵); Kiku Jidô (菊慈童); Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  10/05/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 

Plays: Rokuhara Eiga Monogatari (六波羅栄華物語); Yoshitsune Senbon Sakura (義経千本桜);
Yamomegarasu (病鴉); Fujitomoe (藤鞆絵); Kiku Jidô (菊慈童); Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  10/05/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center 

 
Play: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Nagauta (長唄)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

               

                Play: Kakubei Jishi (角兵衛獅子)
                Print Date: c. 1932-1933
                A    rtist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
                Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
                Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
                Music Style: Tokiwazu Bushi (常磐津節)
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

[Echigo Lion]  Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
 
Dance: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Print Date: 1936
Artist: Yamakawa Shûhô (山川秀峰)
Series: [Fifty Dances] Odori Gojyûban (踊り五十番)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                 
Kakubê Jishi (角兵衛獅子)

Play: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)　
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
 
 
 

                   
Kakubêi Jishi Otohachi
(角兵衛獅子音八)

Play: Echigo Jishi
(越後獅子)
Print Date: 09/27/42
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: Kokusui Butô-sen
Tsuki no Maki
(国粋舞踏選 月の巻)
*Personal Collection