ÔICHÔ SAKAE KAGEKIYO
(大銀杏榮景清)

aka KAGEKIYO (KABUKI) (景清)

                 
 
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Sangokubusô Hisago no Gunbai (三国無双瓢軍扇); Modoribashi (戻橋);
Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑); Shinoda-zuma (信田妻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/12/08
Print Date: 11/13/08
Artist: ?
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 Kitsune Kuzu no Ha (狐葛の葉) in
Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑) and an unknown actor in an unknown role.
 

[Costume Competition Sugoroku] Ishô Kei Nigao Sugoroku (衣裳競似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/21/11
Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)
Medium: Woodblock printed sugoroku
Personal Collection

Note: Published by Daimaru Gofukumise (大丸呉服店).
 

         
          2. Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
          (悪七兵衛景情)
          
          Play: Kagekiyo (景情)
          Print Date: 10/21/11
          Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)

                   
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 03/1915
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print was included in Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 3 (March 1915) and may have been issued
separately as a stand-alone print around the same time.  It
was also published as part of a complete set in January 1916.
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Hosokawa Tadaoki no Tsuma (細川忠興の妻); Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝);
Kasane Monogatari (累物語); Kuruwa no Sayaate (廓鞘當); Kiku Ningyô (菊人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/16
Print Date: 11/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 1917
Artist: Kaneko Saburô (金子三郎)
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban Gajô (歌舞伎十八番画帖)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
 

               
Kagekiyo (古代景清の隈)

Role: Kagekiyo (景清)
Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Print Date: 07/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 7, No. 39
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Kagekiyo (景清の隈)


Role: Kagekiyo (景清)
Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Print Date: 08/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 8, No. 40
Personal Collection

Note:  There was a print in Vol. 1 designated as No. 40.  As
there is no print in the complete set designated as No. 42 or
No. 51, I can only assume that this is a misprint for No. 42
or No. 51.
 
 

                 
Modern Kagekiyo (現今の景清の隈)

Role: Kagekiyo (景清)
Play: Prison breaking secene of Kagekiyo (景清)
Print Date: 10/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 10, No. 41
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection

Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo
(大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban 
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 12/01/53
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Vol. 3, Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection (#114)
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/84
Print Date: 05/1984
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 2)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第三期大首絵シリーズの2)
Personal Collection (#1/45)

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

 
 
 
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Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
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).
 
 
 
 

               
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo
(大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 01/23/91
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi
(山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Series: Nôsatsu Kabuki
Jûhachiban #3
(納札歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
[Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)]
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/94
Print Date: 04-05/94
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Kagekiyo (景清)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#64/80)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
[Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)]
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/94
Print Date: 1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Grey Danjûrô [Gurê Danjuro (グレー団十郎)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection
 
Note: This copy was printed "hors série" on grey, rather than on
black, washi paper.
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情)

Play: Kagekiyo (景情)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/95
Print Date: 12/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
[Me, Ten Years Ago]  Jûnenmae no ga (十年前の我)

Print Date:  2002 (ed. 3)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print with oil based paints
Series: [Me Series (Design 1)] Ga no Rensaku no 1 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#2/3)
 
Note: All three copies are monotypes and have different colors.  The
picture in the background is based on Utagawa Toyokuni (歌川豊国) I's
print of Ichikawa Danjûrô V (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Akushichibyôe
Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清).
 
 
 
 

                 
[Me, Ten Years Ago]  Jûnenmae no ga (十年前の我)

Print Date:  2002 (ed. 3)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print with oil based paints
Series: [Me Series (Design 1)] Ga no Rensaku no 1 (我の連作の1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (#1/3)
 
Note: Color variant.  This copy now resides at the USC Pacific Asia Museum.

                 
Kagekiyo (景清) with Hatakeyama Shigetada (畠山重忠)
 
Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清) [or possibly
Buyû no Homare Shusse Kagekiyo (武勇誉出世景清)
Print Date: 2003
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 11)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection of New York
 
 

                   
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Series: Kouta Kabuki Jûhachiban (小唄 歌舞伎十八番)
Medium: lithograph or collotype
Personal Collection

Note: The original Shinsui painting upon which this print
is based is dated 1961, so the print would have to be made
on or after that date.  Seeing as the prints were accompanied
by a cassette tape of kouta music, the prints likely date to
the late sixties at the earliest and more likely the 1970s. 

                 
[Jailbreak] Rôyaburi (牢破り)
 
Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Print Date: c. 1996
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 15)
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection

                 
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo
(大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Tadamune
(鳥居忠宗)
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                   
Kagekiyo (景清)

Play:  Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban no Uchi (歌舞伎十八番之内)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

                       
            Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
             (悪七兵衛景清)

            Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo
            (大銀杏榮景清)
            Artist: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
            Personal Collection
                      

               
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
 

[Kabuki Jûhachiban  (歌舞伎十八番)] Sugoroku

Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sugoroku
Personal Collection

Note: Some of the panels bear a passing resemblance to the small size Kabuki Jûhachiban 
(歌舞伎十八番) prints Ota Gakô produced in 1931, but I do not feel that the resemblance
is sufficiently strong as to conclusively attribute the print to Ota.

            
            Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

            Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
            Artist: ?