HÔJÔ KUDAI MEIKA NO ISAOSHI
(北条九代名家功)

aka TAKATOKI (髙時)



NOVEMBER 1884


Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團次郎) as
Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)

Play: Hôjô Kudai Meika no Isaoshi (北条九代名家功)
Performance Place: Saruwaka-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/24/1884
Print Date: 02/1903
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Series: Ichikawa Danjûrô Engei Hyakuban
(市川団十郎演芸百番)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This print was issued posthumously.  Danjurô IX also
performed this role in Namo Takatoki Tengu no Sakamori
(名高時天狗酒宴) at the Shintomi-za in July 1887, in
Takatoki (高時) at the Kabuki-za in November 1902, and
in another play at the 井上邸 in April 1887. 
 
 
 

 

               

NOVEMBER 1902


Ichikawa Saruzô III (市川猿蔵) as
Tengu (天狗)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Tengu (天狗)

,
Play: Takatoki (高時)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 




  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Hôjô Takatoki (高時)
 

                    
  Ichikawa Shinjûrô III (市川新十郎) as
  Tengu (天狗)
 

    

     

                
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)
 
Plays: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝); Kanadehon Chûshingura (忠臣講釈); Takatoki (高時);
Enoshima Sodachi Neoi no Chigogiku  (江島育根生児菊); Setsugekka Mitsugumi no Sakazuki
(雪月花三組杯觴)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/14/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also features Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
(弁天小僧菊之助).
 
 




SEPTEMBER 1905

                 
Plays: Iwaya no Kagekiyo (岩窟景清);  Takatoki (高時); Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Yanone (矢の根); Tsukiyo no Sunadori (月夜漁); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/23/05
Print Date: 09/22/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




MARCH 1907

               

Play: Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi (堀川波の鼓) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/22/07
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. 84 (Apr. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




OCTOBER 1908

               
Takatoki (高時時)

Play: Takatoki (高時時)
Artist: Yasuda Yukihiko (安田靫彦)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1908)
Personal Collection
 
 




JUNE 1910

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Takatoki (高時);
Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七);
Wakamidori Sorazumiyoshi (若緑空住吉)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/12/10
Print Date: 06/13/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑), Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助)
as Danshichi Shima no Okaji (團七縞お梶) in Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七), and Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) in an as yet unidentified role. 
 





JULY 1913

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takatoki (高時)
 
Plays: Betsu Atsurae Kasane Katabira (別誂重帷子); Takatoki ( 高時);
Gokuzai Shiki Musume Ôgi (極彩色娘扇); Hito Mo To Susuki (ひともと芒); Nuno
Sarashi Tsuki Tamagawa (布晒月玉川)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/13
Print Date: 07/1913?
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 Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Terakoya Hyôsuke (寺子屋兵助) or Izutsu no
Shôgorô (井筒ノ庄五郎) in Gokuzai Shiki Musume Ôgi (極彩色娘扇); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Osai (おさい) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sasano Kenzô (笹野権三) in
Betsu Atsurae Kasane Katabira (別誂重帷子); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Ono Komachi no Rei (小野小町の霊) in Nuno Sarashi Tsuki Tamagawa (布晒月玉川).
 
 




               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Katagiri Katsumoto           Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijo (鬼女) in Momijigari (紅葉狩),
(片桐且元) in Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉), which opened at the Kabuki-       which opened at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in May 1905.
za in Tokyo in October 1910. 
                                                                                                                       Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Iwasaki Kazuhiko (岩崎一彦) in [Loving My 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takatoki (高時) in                Husband] Sôfuren (想夫憐),which opened at the Hongo-za on
Takatoki (高時), which opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in July             December 4, 1908.
1913.
                                                                                                                      Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kurzaka (栗作) in
? as ?                                                                                                           Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門), which opened at the Kabuki-za
                                                                                                                      in November 1912.
Onoe Usaburô II (尾上卯三郎) as ?
                                                                                                                      Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Karikaya Doshin
Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)                                                                (苅萱道心) Karukaya Doshin Tsukushi no Iezuto (苅萱桑門筑紫𨏍) at
Medium: Offset print?                                                                               the Kabuki-za on September 26, 1908.
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)                                                                    ? as ?
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 




SEPTEMBER 1914

               
Takatoki (高時)
 
Play: Takatoki高時
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 8, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Personal Collection
 
 




               
Takatoki (髙時)

Play: Takatoki (髙時)
Artist: Hirezaki Eihô (鰭崎英朋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center




JANUARY 1916


Horikoshi Fukusaburô 堀越福三郎) 
as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)

Play: Takatoki (高時)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/1916
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

FEBRUARY 1919






               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)
 
Play: Takatoki (髙時)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1919
Print Date: 03/01/19
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The artist is likely either Natori Shunsen (名取春仙) or
Mori Shunchô (森春鳥).  This print is similar to an earlier 1916 print
of Takatoki.
 
 




DECEMBER 1921



                 
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
 
 
 
 

 



APRIL 1922

                 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri  (樓門五三桐); Takatoki (高時); Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in
Sanmon Gosan no Kiri  (樓門五三桐);  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in Modoribashi (戻橋); 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋お半) and  Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Obiya Chôemon '(帯屋長右衛門) in Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Geki (松平外記) and  Onoe Matsusuke IV
(尾上松助) as Chichi Yorimo (父頼母) in Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷).
 
 
 



DECEMBER 1924

                    
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takatoki (高時)
 
Plays: Oukyo to Rosetsu (應擧と蘆雪); Takatoki (高時); Kashiko ki Baka (賢き馬鹿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/06/24
Print Date: 12/1924?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Maruyama Ôkyo (圓山應擧) and 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Komai Genki (駒井源琦) in Ôkyo to Rosetsu (應擧と蘆雪).
 
 
 



MARCH 1927

                       
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Takatoki (髙時)

Play: Takatoki (髙時)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/27
Print Date:  c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
2nd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
2-shû (舞台絵巻 第2集)
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
 
 
 

 
 


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
 
 
 



UNKNOWN DATE

                   
? as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)

Play: Takatoki (高時)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: ?