GOBAN TADANOBU
(碁盤忠信)

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu (佐藤四郎兵衛忠信)
   
Plays: Nobi (野火);  Yoshitsune Koshigoejô (義経腰越状); Goban Tadanobu (碁盤忠信); 
Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima (小夜時雨天網島); Kinmô Kitsune (金毛狐)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/11
Print Date: 11/01/1911
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 Ichikawa Sai'nyû I (市川齊入) as Gotobê (五斗兵衛) in Yoshitsune
Koshigoejô (義経腰越状); Ichikawa Udanji II (市川右団次; 市川右團次) as Miurasuke Yoshizumi
(三浦介義澄) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamo no Mae (玉藻の前) in Kinmô Kitsune
(金毛狐);  and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koharu (小春) and  Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛) in Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima
(小夜時雨天網島).
 
   

                 
 
Plays: Goban Tadanobu Genji Ishizue (碁盤忠信源氏礎); Dondoro (どんどろ); Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara
(奥州安達原); Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku (一刀流成田掛額); Hashi Benkei  (橋弁慶)
Performance Place: Kiraku-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 07/15/13
Print Date: 07/15/13
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞) 
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Sashô II (市川左升; 市川左舛) as ?, Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Abe no Sadatô (安倍貞任), Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as Hachiman Tarô Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家), Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as ?, Ichikawa
Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Sodehagi (袖萩), and  Ichikawa Ichijûrô  IV (市川市十郎) as Abe no Munetô
(安倍宗任) in Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara (奥州安達原).
 
 

                 
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Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次;  市川左団次) as Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu (佐藤四郎兵衛忠信)
 
Plays: Goban Tadanobu (碁盤忠信); Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生寫朝顔日記);
Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語); Mitsu no Tomoe Yukino Yobanashi (三巴雪夜話)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/16
Print Date: 12/1916?
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 Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Miyuki (深雪) in Shôutsushi Asagao
Banashi (生寫朝顔日記); and Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Utazawa Omon (歌澤おもん)
and  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yoshigorô (吉五郎) in Mitsu no Tomoe Yukino Yobanashi
(三巴雪夜話).
 
 

 
Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu
(佐藤四郎忠信)

Play: Goban Tadanobu
(碁盤忠信)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
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