JIRAIYA GÔKETSU MONOGATARI
(児雷也豪傑譚語)

aka JIRAIYA (児雷也)
aka JIrAIYA GONICHI MONOGATARI (児雷也後日物語)

UNKNOWN MONTH 1893

Yamaguchi Sadao (山口定雄) as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: Fukano-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 1893
Print Date: 1893?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a shingeki
play, not the kabuki version.

  Yamaguchi Sadao (山口定雄) as
 Geisha Hideyoshi (芸妓秀吉)

JANUARY 1902

Furukawa Roppa (古川 緑波) as
Kodama (小玉)

Yamaguchi Sadao (山口定雄) as
Otowa (おとわ)

Play: Yakusha Katagi (俳優気質)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/02
Print Date: 12/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre
of Japan

Note: The depiction of Ichikawa Danjûrô
VIII (市川団十郎 市川團十郎) as Jiraiya
(児雷也) in Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
(児雷也豪傑譚語) in the upper left panel
is by Utagawa Kunihiro (歌川国広).
 
  
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎 ; 市川團十郎) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Ichikawa Yonejûrô IV (市川米五郎) as  Yumechokichi (夢蝶吉)
 
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Tag0to-hime (田毎姫)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji I ( 市川左団次; 市川左團次) as  Orochimaru (大蛇丸)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as Amide (網手)
 
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as  Takasago Yûminosuke (高砂勇美三郎)
 
Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1902
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten

Note: I have not been able to locate a Tokyo performance of Jiraiya with this cast.   Several
cast members, however, appear in prints by Kunisada III and Kunichika circa 1884-1885.
 
 
 
   

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Plays:  Jiraiya Gonichi Monogatari (児雷也後日物語); Wada Gassen Onna Maizuru (和田合戦女舞鶴);
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi (奥州白石噺); Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/03
Print Date: 01/03/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Hangaku (板額) in Wada Gassen
Onna Maizuru (和田合戦女舞鶴)
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari 
(児雷也豪傑物語; 児雷也豪傑譚話) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/05/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Takasago Yûminosuke (高砂勇美之助)

Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari 
(児雷也豪傑物語; 児雷也豪傑譚話) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/05/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)

           
Ôkabuki Engei Sugoroku (大歌舞伎 演藝双六)
Print Date: 04/05/21
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

19. Jiraiya (自雷也 [児雷也])
Print Date: 04/05/21
Artist: ?
                     

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚語)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

Note: While the actor is correct, it is possible that the
wrong print from the series is shown above.  Prior to
the publication of this print, Uzaemon XV performed
this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in July 1918.
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/92
Print Date: 12/1992
Personal Collection (#27/90)

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎)  as
Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎)

Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/92
Print Date: 12/1992
Personal Collection (#27/90)

Note:  A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
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).
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Udanji II as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play:  Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: I cannot locate a performance of
Jiraiya starring Udanji II.