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
 
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Play:  Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji (忠臣藏年中行事)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Nizaemon XI also performed this role in
Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Kabuki-za in April 1921.
Given that 1921 and 1928 appear to be rather early and late,
respectively, for a Hanayama print, it is possible that the
print reflects an intermediate  performance outside of Tokyo.

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
 
 
 

                   
Bandô Jusaburô III
(坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎;  阪東寿三郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1950
Print Date: 03/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version ofFigures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji III (市川左団次) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/52
Print Date: 1955?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#9)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Nakamura Uzaemon XV (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)
Print Date: 10/20/68
Artist: Takahashi Yukio/Nakamura Tokie I (中村時枝)
Series: [Twelve Months of Famous Actors]
Meiyû Jyûni-Kagetsu (名優十二 ヶ月)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                   
Òishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)

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

 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Act 4 of Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/86
Print Date: 11/1986
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 II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 

                   
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Shiro Akewatashi (城明渡し), Act IV,
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
 
 

           
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

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番)
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