KAGAMIYAMA CHIGUSA NO NISHIKI
(鏡山千草錦)

aka KAGA SÔDÔ (加賀騒動)
aka KAGAMIYAMA NISHIKI MOMIJIBA (鏡山錦栬葉)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團次郎) as
Oda Ôi (織田大炊)

Play:  Kagamiyama Nishiki Momijiba (鏡山錦栬葉)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/29/1879
Print Date: 10/1903
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 Kagamiyama Wakaba no Momiji 
(鏡山若葉☆) at the Chitose-za in May 1889 and
Kagamiyama Chigusa no Nishiki (鏡山千草錦) at the
Kabuki-za in November 1899.
 
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎 ) as Sae Sado ( 左枝佐土)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ataka Gôemon (安宅郷右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎) as  Ôta Ôi (太田大炊)
 
Play: Kagamiyama Chigusa no Nishiki (鏡山千草錦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/1899
Print Date: 05/1900
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
Note: The artist is possibly Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周),
or someone who used an earlier print by Kunichika as
inspiration.
 
  
 

 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Oda Ôi/Oda Tasui  (小田大炊)
 
Play: Kagamiyama Chigusa no Nishiki
(鏡山千草錦) [Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/14
Print Date: 11/14/14
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #1]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                    
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ataka Gôemon (安宅郷右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôta Ôi (太田大炊)
 
Plays: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋);
Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ono Komachi (小野小町)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/23
Print Date: 06/1923?
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 Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nishina Rin'nosuke
(仁科林之助), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hebitsukahi Okinu (蛇つかひお絹), and  Onoe
Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Toyokichi (豊吉) in Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋); Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱) in Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Ono Komachi (小野小町).