KAJIWARA HEIZÔ HOMARE NO ISHIKIRI
(梶原平三譽石切)

aka MIURA NO ÔSUKE ÔBAI TAZUNA (三浦大助紅梅たづな)
aka NA MO TACHIBANA HOMARE NO ISHIKIRI (名橘誉石切)
aka KAJIWARA HEIZÔ KÔBAI TAZUNA (梶原平三紅梅靮)
aka KAJIWARA HEIZÔ KITAI NO ISHIKIRI (梶原平三希代試)
aka KAJIWARA HEIZÔ TAMESHI NO WAZAMONO (梶原平三試名劔)
aka ISHIKIRI KAJIWARA (石切梶原)

                 
 
Plays: On'na Kabuki (女歌舞伎); Kajiwara Heizô Tameshi no Wazamono (梶原平三試名劒);
Suzu-ga-mori (鈴ヶ森); Ten no Amijima Shigure no Kotatsu (天網島時雨炬燵); Noriaibune (乗合船惠萬歳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/16
Print Date: 02/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
           
Play: Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
(名橘誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/1919
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
 
 
           
           

            
            Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
            Matano Gorô (俣野五郎)
           
            Play: Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
            (名橘誉石切)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/08/1919
            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
           
           

                 
Plays:  Midareyaki (みだれ焼); Na ni Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘譽石切);
Hatsukohi Ji Chigusa no Nuregoto (初戀路千種濡事); Yari Odori Hana no Danmaku (鎗踊花段幕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kajiwara Kagetoki ( 梶原平三景時)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原}
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role in Agehachô
Homare Kajiwara Kajiwara (揚羽蝶誉梶原) at the Shintomi-za
in January 1923 and in Kajiwara Heizô Homare Ishikiri
(梶原平三誉石切) at the Hongô-za in January 1927.  I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of these other
performances.
 
 
 
 

                               
                Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
                Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原) 

                Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原}
                Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 05/09/24
                Print Date: 05/1924?
                Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
                Medium: Lithograph?
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                Note: In the 1920s when Shikô was actively designing prints,
                Kichiemon I also performed this role in Agehachô
                Homare Kajiwara Kajiwara (揚羽蝶誉梶原) at the Shintomi-za
                in January 1923 and in Kajiwara Heizô Homare Ishikiri
                (梶原平三誉石切) at the Hongô-za in January 1927.  I cannot
                rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of these other   
                performances.
 
 
 
 

Plays: Nakoso no Seki (なこその関); Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘誉石切); 
Funa Benkei (船弁慶); Kozaru Shichinosuke (小猿七之助)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/02/32
Print Date: 01/1932?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Nakoso no Seki (なこその関); Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘誉石切);
Funa Benkei (船弁慶); Kozaru Shichinosuke (小猿七之助)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/02/32
Print Date: 01/1932?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Seitarô as Kozue (梢)

Kataoka Hiderô (片岡**) as Rokurôdayû (六郎太夫)

Nakamura Ojaku as Kajiwara Heizo (梶原平三)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原), Act 3 of
Miura no Ôsuke Ôbai Tazuna (三浦大助紅梅たづな)

Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番);
also reissued as part of the series Kabuki Jûni Dai
(歌舞伎十二第) in 1952
*Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Bandô Keizô I (坂東慶三) as
Matano Gorô Kagehisa 俣野五郎景久)

Ichikawa Danzô VIII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) as
Ôba Saburô Kagechika (大庭三郎景親)
 
Ichikawa Somegorô V (市川染五郎) as
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
 
Nakamura Kichinojô I (中村吉之丞) as
Aogaishi Rokurôdayû (青貝師六郎太夫)

Nakamura Matagorô II (中村又五郎) as
Musume Kozue (娘梢)
 
Play: Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri
(梶原平三譽石切)
[Act III of Miura no Ôsuke Ôbai Tazuna]
Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/1949
Print Date: 02/1949?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color on verso
 Image courtesy of MyJapaneseHanga.com
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)

Play:  Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri
(梶原平三譽石切; 梶原平三誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/53
Print Date: 08/1956
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: The print could be considered a memorial
print as Kichiemon I died in September 1954.
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon  II (中村吉右衛門) as
Kajiwara Heizo Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)

Play: Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 09/1980
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (A/P)
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Ganjirô I
(中村鴈治郎) as
Kajiwara Heizo Kagetoki
(梶原平三景時)
     
Play: Kajiwara Heizô Homare
no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)
Performance Place: Osaka
Kabuki-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 06/1934
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: Ganjirô Tôri Kyogen
Nigaoe Jû-shu Part 1
(玩辞楼当利狂言
似顔絵十種 其一)
Image courtesy of Serge
Astieres
 
 

                               
            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)
 
 
 

                 
[Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)]
[Stonecutter] Ishikiri (石切)
 
Play: Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三譽石切)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 15)
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection

? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: This likely depicts Kajiwara Heizô
Kagetoki (梶原平三景時) in Ishikiri
Kajiwara (石切梶原).