FUTATSU CHÔCHÔ KURUWA NIKKI
(双蝶々曲輪日記)

                 
 
Plays: Kawanakajima Kassen (川中島合戦); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Shinonome (東雲); Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島); Kioi Jishi Matsuri Nigiwai (勢獅子祭賑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/10/06
Print Date: 10/10/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koharu (小春) and  Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵) as Edoya Taihei (江戸屋太兵衛役) in Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島).   The middle
figure from Kawanakajima Kassen (川中島合戦) is unknown.
 
 

               
Hikimado (引窓)

Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/10/09
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 79 (Nov. 15, 1906)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Date Masamune (伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iroha Shinsuke (いろは新助)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Print Date: 03/12/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane
(熊谷次郎直実), Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Yoshitsune (義経),  Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Midaroku ( 弥陀六), and  Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎;
實川延二郎) as Sagami (相模) in Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記).
 
 

               
[March at the Meiji-za]
Sangetsu no Meijiza (三月の明治座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 142 (Apr. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the March bill were Date Masamune
(伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); and Iroha Shinsuke
(いろは新助).
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Shirabyôshi Kami-ô (白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記); Gojôbashi (五条橋);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);  Hanakura Tai Amigasa (花競対編笠)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Print Date: 04/10/12A
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue
(梶原源太景季),  Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Chidori (千鳥), and  Ichimura
Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka (梶原平次景高) in Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひら仮名盛衰記).
 
 

               
[April at the Kabuki-za]
Kabukiza no Shigatsu (歌舞伎座の四月)

Play: Gojôbashi (五条橋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 143 (May 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The other plays on the April bill were Shirabyôshi Kami-ô
(白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記);  Futatsu
Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); and Hanakura Tai
Amigasa (花競対編笠).
 
 

               
Nuregami no Chôgorô (濡髪の長五郎)
 
Play: Hikimado (引窓), Act VIII of Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1917)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Yohê (与兵衛)

Play: Hikimado (引窓), Act VIII of Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 12/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Nikkô Yômeimon (日光陽明門); Ibaraki (茨木);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲日記); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子) in  Ibaraki (茨木); Onoe
Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kurihara Tôtômi (栗原遠江) in Nikkô Yômeimon (日光陽明門); Sawamura
Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Atsumori (敦盛) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実) in Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); and Sawamura Sôjûrô
VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) in an unknown role.
 

 
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki (雙蝶々曲輪日記); Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の戀); Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/07/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki (雙蝶々曲輪日記); Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の戀); Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/07/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Plays: Kaikai no Jyokotoba (開會の序詞); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki  (鬼一法眼三略絵巻);
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi (碁太平記白石噺); Takatoki (高時); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(與話情浮名横櫛); Ehon Taikôki  (繪本太閤記); Modoribashi (戻橋); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/28-30/21
Print Date: 12/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Shichi Kiochi (七騎落);  Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); Takatoki (高時); 
Tsuzura Ori (九十九折); Wakanoura (和歌の浦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/04/27
Print Date: 03/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Shichi Kiochi (七騎落);  Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); Takatoki (高時);
Tsuzura Ori (九十九折); Wakanoura (和歌の浦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/04/27
Print Date: 03/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Nan Yohê (南与兵衛)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Nuregami no Chôgorô (濡髪の長五郎)
 
Plays:  Tsukiyukihana Nagori no Bundai (雪花名残文台); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Yakudoshi (厄年)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/02/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Omiwa (お三輪) in
Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); and  Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵), Bandô Hikosaburô
VI (坂東彦三郎), Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎), and an unidentified actor in unknown roles.
 
 
 

                   
From top left to lower right:
 
1. Tanaka Kôka (田中耕花): Motome (求女) in
Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
2.  Machida Shian (町田紫庵): ? in ?
3.  Takarada Nao (宝田直): Sekibê (関兵衛) in
Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積戀雪関扉)
4.   *mi Tashushi (*見立志): Sumizome (墨染) in
Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積戀雪関扉)
5.  Kitada Haruhiko (北田晴彦): Oiwa (お岩) in
Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
6.  Inoue Matsuyoshi (井上松芳): Goemon (五右工門) in
Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五山桐)
7.  Uchikawa Eihô (内川英峰): Hanaregoma Chôkichi
(放駒長吉) in Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記)
8.  Tsuda Kôraku (津田行楽):  ? in ?
9.  Higuchi Soyama (樋口蘇山): Urazato Tokijirô
(浦里時次郎) in Akegarasu (明烏)
10. Shirai Kôyuki (白井皎雪): ? in ?
11. Mitamura Kaoru (三田村薫): Tadanobu (忠信) in
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
12. Minami Kichijirô (南吉次郎): Urazato (浦里) in
Akegarasu (明烏)

Print Date: 10/1933
Artiss: Various
Personal Collection

Note: Most of these artists are known matchbook cover/
adveritsing label artists.  In light of the title cartouche, it
is possible that this is the first panel of a triptych that
cumulatively contains 36 actor portraits.  The seal on
this print is the same as one found on two woodblock
printed postcards that resemble two 1925 prints by
Miyake Hanayama, and is likely a publisher seal.

 
 
 

                   
Hanaregoma Chôkichi
(放駒長吉)

Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa
Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記)
Print Date: 10/1933
Artist: Uchikawa Eihô (内川英峰)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a close up of the
image from the oban sheet.

                   
Hanaregoma Chôkichi
(放駒長吉)

Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa
Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記)
Date: 10/1933
Artist: Uchikawa Eihô (内川英峰)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
Personal Collection

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Nanpô Jûjibê (南方十次兵衛)

Play: Hikimado (引窓), Act VIII of 
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1980
Print Date: 09/11/80
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 1)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1 (第二期大首絵シリーズの1)
Personal Collection (#21/45)

Note: 2 copies from the edition of 45 were destroyed by the artist.

 
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 13-25, 1991
Print Date: 1991
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Hikimado (引窓),
Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Matsuura no Taiko
(松浦の太鼓), and Yoshinoyama (道行初音旅) [Act III,
Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)].  It
starred Kataoka Takao, Nakamura Kankurô V (中村勘九郎),
Ichikawa Sadanji IV (市川左団次; 市川左團次),
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), Nakamura Hashinosuke
III (中村橋之助), Kataoka Takatarô (片岡孝太郎), Ichimura
Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車),
Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅) and Kamimura Kichiya V. 
Hikimado is Act VIII of Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記).
 
 
 

Nakamura Ganjirô I
(中村鴈治郎) as
Nan Yohê (南与兵衛)
     
Play: Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: Ganjirô Tôri Kyogen
Nigaoe Jû-shu Part 1
(玩辞楼当利狂言
似顔絵十種 其一)
Image courtesy of Serge
Astieres
 
Note: Ganjirô I performed
this role in Toyko at the
Kabuki-za in October 1906,
at the Shintomi-za in March
1918, at the Kabuki-za in
March 1927, and at the
Shinjuku Daiichi Gekijô in
July 1936.

       
        Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車)
        as Ohaya (おはや)
 
        Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa
        Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kaisha performed this
        role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-
        za in March 1918 and at the
        Kabuki-za in March 1927.

        

                                  
                    Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Chôgorô (長五郎)
 
                    Onoe Kikugoro V (尾上菊五郎) as ?
 
                    Ichikawa Sadanji I  (市川佐団次; 市川佐團次) as ?   
 
                    Plays: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); ?; ?
                    Performance Place: ?
                    Performance Date: ?
                    Print Date: 01/01/16
                    Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)?
                    Medium: Three color print
                    Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                    Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916)
                    Personal Collection