HOTOTOGISU KOJÔ NO RAKUGETSU
(沓手鳥孤城落月)

Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我當; 片岡我当) as
Yodogimi (淀君) and
Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu
(沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kado-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 05/13/05
Print Date: 05/1905
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Although attributed to Sadanobu II, this print is
possibly an early print by Sadanobu III.
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月); Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝);
Sandaibanashi Totoya no Chawan (三題噺魚屋茶碗)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/06
Print Date: 03/26/06
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 Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yaegaki Hime (八重垣姫) in Honchô
Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝).
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Utaemon V first played the role of Yodigimi in this
play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in November 1918.  He
also played the character in a play called Kiri Hitoha
( 桐一葉) at the Kabuki-za in October 1919 and at the
Hongo-za in October 1924, in a play called Ôsakajô
(大阪城) at the Kabuki-za in January 1921, in a play
called Seki-ga-Hara at the Kabuki-za in April 1925, and
in a play called Yodogimi Odawarajin (淀君小田原陣)
at the Kabuki-za in April 1926.  It is possible that this
print reflects Utaemon V's performance in one of those
other productions.
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play:  Yodogimi Odawarajin (淀君小田原陣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#13)
Personal Collection

Note: Utaemon V first played the role of Yodo no Kata
(淀の方) in Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
at the Hongo-za in Tokyo in November 1913, at the Kabuki-za
in October 1916, April 1919, and June 1925; at the Shintomi-
za in May 1921, and at the Meiji-za in February 1924.  He
also played the character in a play called Yodogimi (淀君) at
the Kabuki-za in November 1918, January 1921, and October
1925; in a play called Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉) at the Kabuki-za
in October 1919 and at the Hongo-za in October 1924; in a
play called Ôsakajô (大阪城) at the Kabuki-za in January
1921; and in a play called Seki-ga-Hara (関ヶ原) at the
Kabuki-za in April 1925.   It is possible that this print
depicts any of these performance, especially the one at the
Kabuki-za in October 1925 if the print was published
before April 1926.
 
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play:  Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/35
Print Date: 1937
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodo no Kata (淀方; 淀の方)
 
Play:  Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu
(沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/59
Print Date: 1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: A similar but  more detailed version of this
design is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen
catalogs (and appears to be a painting).
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎) in
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi  (與話情浮名横櫛)
and similar plays

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Onhahakô Yodo no Kata (淀の方) [Yodogimi (淀君)] in
Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月) and
similar plays

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門) in
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車)  as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in
Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛) in
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in Kanjinchô (勧進帳)

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Idahachi (伊太八) in Onoe Idahachi (尾上伊太八)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)  as Yayoi (弥生) in
Kagami Jishi  (鏡獅子) and similar plays

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijô (鬼女) in
Modoribashi (戻橋)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I  (中村吉右衛門) as
Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原) in
Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)

Title:  Dozô no Rakugaki (土蔵のらくがき)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
as Yodogimi (淀君)

Play:  Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu
(沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Utaemon V performed this role in
Tokyo at least ten times between 1913
and 1939 .   He also played the character
in a play called Kiri Hitoha ( 桐一葉) at
the Kabuki-za in October 1919 and at the
Hongo-za in October 1924, in a play
called Ôsakajô (大阪城) at the Kabuki-za
in January 1921, in a play called Seki-ga-
Hara at the Kabuki-za in April 1925, and
in a play called Yodogimi Odawarajin
(淀君小田原陣) at the Kabuki-za in
April 1926.