Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
Umi Mikoto (海尊)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎) as
Gôno-kun (郷ノ君)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
Suruga (駿河)
 
Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
Kataoka (片岡)
 
Shizuma Kojirô (静間小二郎) as
Kamei (亀井)
 
Play: Ataka no Seki Yoshitsune Mondô
(安宅関義経問答)
Performance Place: Torigoe-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/22/1892
Print Date: 12/01/1892
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 
 

  Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉丑太郎) as
  Benkei (弁慶)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Yoshitsune (義経)

Kimura Shûhei (木村周平) as
Togashi (富樫)
'
 Fukui Mohei (福井茂兵衛) as
 Toppi Dai (突飛太)

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 
  

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Benkei (弁慶)
           
Play: Ataka (安宅の関)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                    
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #5
Personal Collection

Note: The folder says the play is Ataka
Benkei (j安宅辨慶).  Chûsha VII also
performed this role in an April 1921
production at the Shintomi-za, so it is
possible that this print relates to that
performance. 
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kiheitai (奇兵隊); Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎);
Narukami (鳴神); Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Mizu to Tori (水と鳥); Koma Uri (獨樂賣); On'na to Kage (女と影);
Makudara no Mariya (マクダラのマリヤ); Gohiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/26-28/23
Print Date: 03/1923?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museu
 
 

                 
Tosabo the Taro-Washer (洗の土佐坊の隈)

Role: Tosabo (土佐坊)
Play: Imo Arai Kanjincho (芋洗い勧進帳)
[Gohiiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)?]
Print Date: 11/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 11, No. 47
Personal Collection
 
 

                    
Plays:  Ataka no Seki (安宅関); Botchan ( 坊っちゃん); Katsupore (かつぽれ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/30
Print Date: 07/1930?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 

                   
Frontispiece? with Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Togashi (富樫), among others
 
Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅)
Print Date: c. 1931-1934
Artist: Matsuno Sôfû (松野奏風)
Series: Nô Sugata (能寿賀多)
 
 
 
 

                 
[Puppeteer with Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)]

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関) [Gohiiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)]
Print Date:  1956
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (石井柏亭)
Title: "Benkei" - Atakagaseki (勧進帳(安宅関)) [Kanjinchô (Ataka no Seki)]
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Gohiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/94
Print Date: 06/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danshirô - Benkei (段四郎 - 弁慶)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#17/100)

                 
                  Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as Benkei (弁慶)

                  Play: Gohiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)
                  Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                  Performance Date: 07/03/94
                  Print Date: 06/1996
                  Artist: Paul Binnie
                  Print Title: Danshirô - Benkei (段四郎 - 弁慶)
                  Image courtesy of Sarugallery.com
                 
                  Note: Test proof
 
 

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as     
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Chûsha VII performed
this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
Gekijo in December 1919, at
the Shintomi-za in April 1921, at
the Asakusa Shôchiku- za in
May 1924, and the Meiji-za in
February 1929.

                         
        ? as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

        ? as Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

        ? as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

        Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: 1941
        Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番);
        also reissued aspart of the series Kabuki Jûni Dai
        (歌舞伎十二第) in 1952
        *Courtesy of Artelino.com