Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎) as
Sagisaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
Play: Ninjô (刃傷), Act 3, Scene 2 of
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: 05/1911
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: In this production, different
actors covered certain roles in
certain performances.
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Hyakushô Yoichibê (百姓 与一兵衛)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I  as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I  as Kô no Moronô (高師直)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Tonase (戸名瀬)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chūshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵); Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
(お染久松浮名の讀賣)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/14
Print Date: 04/1914?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                    
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Ichimura Kamezô III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Kaoyo (顔世)
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Takano Moronao (高野師直)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵) as Momoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)
 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Okaru (おかる)
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Kataoka Ichizō IV (片岡 市蔵) 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:  12/04/24
Print Date: 12/1924?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph 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
 
 
 

                   
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官 )

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

 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Kô no Moronô (高師直)

Play: Act 3 of Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/86
Print Date: 09/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Acts from Kanadehon Chûshingura]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Kanadehon Chûshingura Roku-maku
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)

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

                 
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)
 
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Play: Ninjô (殿中刃傷), Act III, Scene 2 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

       
        Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as
        En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
       
        Note: Gadô IV played Hangan in a
        production at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
        Tokyo in June 1935.  It is possible that
        he also performed the role in Osaka
        around that time.