Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Moronô (師直)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Samurai Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
            Hangan (判官)
 
            Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/18
            Print Date: 11/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
            (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

               
                Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
                Moronô (師直)
          
                Kanadehon Chûshingura
                (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 11/01/18
                Print Date: 11/1918?
                Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
                (歌川国貞)
                Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
                (千代 栄劇彩)
                Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 

                   
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
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   
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)."