KANADEHON CHÛSHINGURA (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
aka CHÛSHINGURA (忠臣蔵)


Act XI: Uchiiri (討ち入り)
(The Raid)

 



NOVEMBER 1907


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 05/06/08
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 









 
DECEMBER 1909

               
Suketakaya Takasuke (助高屋高助) as
Ôboshi Kuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 13 (Dec. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Although not clear, this is believed to be Suketakaya Takasuke I.
 
 




MARCH 1911


Kayano Sanpei (萱野三平)

Òishi Chikara (大石主税)

Òishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)

Subject: Chùshingura  (忠臣蔵)
Senjafuda made for the Gishi-ren group)
Print Date: 03/11/11
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Oikawa collection 
 



DECEMBER 1912

               
[Horibe Yahei of the Raid]
Uchiiri no Horibe Yahei (討入の堀部彌兵衛)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




MAY 1915


Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za. Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 1916
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art#
 
 
 

MAY 1916




Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/06/16
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Hara Shobo
 
 
 
 

 

1982

                   
Ôishi Chikara (大星力弥)

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



2012

                 
Neko no Chûshingura (猫の忠臣蔵)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 2012
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: Senmen Nagashi (扇面流し) #3
Personal Collection (#13/30)
 
 
 
 

UNKNOWN DATES

                   
Gishi (義士)

Play:  Uchiiri (討入), Act  XI of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 

                   
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Play: Honmô Hikiage (本望引揚),
Act 12 [sic: 11] of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection