GOSHO ZAKURA HORIKAWA NO YOUCHI
(御所櫻堀川夜討)

aka HORIKAWA NO YOUCHI (堀川夜討)

Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎 ) as
Gô-no-Kimi (郷の君)

Play: Goshozakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討) [Toyata Monogatari
 (藤弥太物語)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/1900
Print Date: 11/1900
Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as
  Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 



 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次  ) as
   Tôyata (藤弥太)
 

                
Plays: Amayo no Kane Yotsuya Kaidan (雨夜鐘四谷怪談); Ai Ureshi Yume Mutsugoto (逢嬉夢睦言);
Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所桜堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Engi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/03
Print Date: 09/04/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                    
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Hananoi (花の井)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Koshimoto Shinobu (腰元志のふ)
    
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Yonezô Jijû Tarô (侍従太郎)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討) [Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1904
Print Date: 10/15/04
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
   
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
 
Plays: Soga Danmari (曽我だんまり); Gotô Matabê (後藤又兵衛); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討); Shûshiki Sakura Ueno Hayasaki (秋色桜上野早咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/04
Print Date: 01/16/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Plays: Horikawa Youchi (堀川夜討); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪); Sangen Nagaya (三軒長家)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/22/05
Print Date: 05/22/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Plays: Koi no Utsuro (恋の洞); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討);
Eguchi no Kimi (江口の君); Shârokku, Hômuzu (シャーロック、ホームズ); On'na Shujin (女主人);
Santarô (三太郎); Hidari Kogatana (左小刀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   07/03/12
Print Date: 07/1912?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nihon Furisode Hajime (日本振袖始); Seken (世間); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討); Otagaisama (お互様); Tsuri On'na (釣女)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Shinmyô Owasa (針妙おわさ)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所桜堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 1921
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

Note: Utaemon V also performed this role at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo, in
February 1920.  It is therefore possible that this print reflects Utaemon
V's 1920 performance.
 

                 
Plays: Kugyô (公暁); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討);
Kirishitan Yashiki (切支丹屋敷); Suisha no Hitoyo (水車の一夜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/16/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                   
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as
Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使), Act IV of
Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討; 御所櫻堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/26
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#19)
*Personal Collection

Note:  Ichizô IV first played this role in Tokyo at the Engi-za
 in December 1910.  He would again play this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in July 1921 and at the Meiji-za in February
1924.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print on his 1921
or 1924 performances.
 
 
 

Plays: Ikiutsushi Asagao Nikki (生写朝顔日記); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記);
Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所桜堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/06/26
Print Date: 08/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                 
?  as Shinmyô Owasa (針妙おわさ)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所桜堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Tokyo?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵)
Personal Collection

Note: Without the original folder, it is not possible to provide a
definitive entry for this print.   It could depict Bandô Shûchô III
(坂東秀調), who performed the role at the Azuba Meiji-za in
February 1924.
 
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Hosokawa Chi Daruma (細川血達摩); Imoseyama Michiyuki (妹背山道行);
Honganji Engi (本願寺縁起); Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥); Horikawa Youchi (堀河夜討);
Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門); Katsudô Kyô Jidai (活動狂時代);
Shôchikubai Yushima no Kakegaku (松竹梅湯島掛額)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
Print Date: 12/1927?]
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 

               
Benkei - Face Making Up (辨慶の隈取)

Role: Benkei (辨慶, 弁慶)
Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所櫻堀川夜討); Hashi Benkei (橋辨慶)
Print Date: 01/25/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 2, No. 20
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1983
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Series: Kyoto (京都)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Benkei figures in a number of kabuki plays. 
Based on the character's wig and makeup, the print
possibly depicts a scene from Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使),
Act IV of Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討; 御所櫻堀川夜討).
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)  [Act III of
Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/92
Print Date: 11/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 3)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第七期大首絵シリーズの3)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使) [Act III of
Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/99
Print Date: 11/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 8)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 8
(第十三期集成シリーズの8)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Furisode Benkei (振袖弁慶)
 
Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)
[Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)
Print Date: 2015
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 16)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection Tokyo

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