Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ono Kudayû (斧九太夫)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okura (おかる)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Play:  Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/27
Print Date: 11/1927?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

Sawamura Tosshi VIII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子)  as Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Ichikawa Enshô III (市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as Kaoyo (顔世)
 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Takano Moronao (高野師直)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵) as Momoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)
 
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as Okaru (おかる)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調)  as En'ya Hangan (塩谷判官)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/1928
Print Date: 11/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/28
Print Date: 11/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as Ashikaga Tadayoshi (足利直義)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XII (片岡仁左衛門) as Kaoyo (顔世)
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Takano Moronao (高野師直)
 
Matsumoto Koshiro VII (松本幸四郎) as Momoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)
 
Matsumoto Koshiro VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
? as ?
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若)  as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as En'ya Hangan (塩谷判官)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XII (片岡仁左衛門) as Okaru (おかる)Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/10/36
Print Date: 03/1936?
Artist: Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)  as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Okaru (おかる)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as En'ya Hangan (塩谷判官)
 
Plays:  Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/38
Print Date: 10/1938?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 

                   
Kô no Moronô (高師直)

Play:   Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:  [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1963
Artist: Hanabusa Hideki (花房英樹)
Series: Bunraku-za Ningyô Hanga-shû
(文楽座人形版画集), #5
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Hangan (判官)
 
Moronô (師直)
 
Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1967
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Title: Chushingura I
Image courtesy of
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
 
 
 

                   
Momonoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭助)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)
 
 
 
 

                   
Kira Kôzuke-no-Suke (吉良上野介)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)
 
Note: This character is labeled by hand as
Moronô but appears to be Kira Kôzuke-no-
Suke. 
 

 

                   
Ashikaga Tadayoshi (足利直義)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)

 

                   
Ishidô Umanojô (石堂右馬之丞)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)

 
 
 

                   
Kaoyo (顔世)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)

                   
Kô no Moronô (高師直)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)
 
Note: This character is labeled by hand as
Kôzuke-no-Suke but bears the crest
normally associated with Moronô.

 

                   
Kaoyo Gozen

Play:  Daijo/Kabuto Aratame (大序/兜改め),
Act I of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:  ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 

                   
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Kô no Moronô (高師直)
     
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

                 
Kaoyo Gozen (顏世御前)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
 
Note:  In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."

 
 
 

                   
? as ?
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Moronô (師直)
 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
Okaru (お軽; おかる)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as ?
 
? as ?
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za Shigezo
Performance Date:  ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com