Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
'Musume Konami (娘小浪)




Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 06/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
  
   Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as
   Oishi (お石)


 

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
  市川小團次) as Rikiya (力弥)

                   
Act VII: Rikiya (力弥)  and Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
Act IX: Komusô (虚無僧), Tonase (戸名瀬), and Konami (小浪)

Play: Acts VII (Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋)) and
IX (Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居)) of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1901
Artist: Ogata Gekkô ((尾形月耕)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
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Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1. 
 
 
 

            
            Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
            Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)    
           
            Play: Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of
            Kanadehon Chûshingura(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/16/12
            Print Date: 01/01/13
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
 
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nasa no Yogoro
(那須与五郎), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yaheibyôe Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清),
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamushi (玉蟲), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Takakoto (玉琴) in Heikegani (史劇平家蟹). 

                 
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
 

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Konomi (小浪)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/22/17
Print Date: 10/06/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2
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Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Konomi (小浪)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
as Tonase (戸名瀬)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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          Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
          Tonase (戸名瀬)
 
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 09/22/17
          Print Date: 10/1917?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
          (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
        (千代 栄劇彩)  #10
          Personal Collection
                       

         
          Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
          Honzô (本蔵)
 
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 09/22/17
          Print Date: 10/1917?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
          (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
          (千代 栄劇彩)  #10
          Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
                       

 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Honzô (本蔵)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/24
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#8)
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Note: Nizaemon XI first played this role at the Kabuki-za
in October 1917 and reprised the role at the Kabuki-za in
October 1921.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print
on one of those earlier performances.
 
 

               
Ichikawa Enshô III (市川莚升) as Ohoshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

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: 07/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 31) (三十六家選 (その三十一))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1927)
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