HIKOSAN GONGEN CHIKAI NO SUKEDACHI
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱)

aka TAIKO SHINKENKI (大功真顕記)

                 
 
Plays: Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我對面); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Tobaya Jishi (鳥羽屋獅子);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山權現誓助太刀); Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Osono (おその)
 
Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai
no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣;
彦山権現誓助剱)
Performance Place: Meiji-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Osono (おその)
 
Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助刀)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Sawamura Sônosuke I
            (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
            Osono (おその)
 
            Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no
            Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助刀)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/02/19
            Print Date: 02/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
            Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助)
           
            Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
            (彦山権現誓助刀)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/02/1919
            Print Date: 02/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
           
           

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as
            Keyamura Rokusuke
            (毛谷村六助)
 
            Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai
            no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助劍)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/02/19
            Print Date: 02/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱); Jôruri Monogatari
(浄瑠璃物語); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/03/20
Print Date: 12/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani  Library
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助)

Play: Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act 9 of
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助劍)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/97
Print Date: 03/1997
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 6)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの6)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).