KESAKAKE MATSU NARITA NO RIKEN
(法懸松成田利剣)

aka IRO MOYÔ CHOTTO KARIMAME (色彩間苅豆)
aka KASANE (累)

                 
 
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Hosokawa Tadaoki no Tsuma (細川忠興の妻); Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝);
Kasane Monogatari (累物語); Kuruwa no Sayaate (廓鞘當); Kiku Ningyô (菊人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/16
Print Date: 11/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱); Jôruri Monogatari
(浄瑠璃物語); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/03/20
Print Date: 12/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani  Library
 
 
 

                   

Play: Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller atrributed the authorship to
Kiyotada IV.  Also on the bill were Gion
Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), Iro Moyô
Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆), and Kami
no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組).  
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
portrayed Yukihime in Gion Sairei Shinkôki.
 
 
 
   

Plays: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Kishiyanagi Oboro Hitokage
(岸柳朧人影);  Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆); Nikudan Sanyûshi (肉弾三勇士)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/06/32
Print Date: 03/1932?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Plays: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Kishiyanagi Oboro Hitokage
(岸柳朧人影); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆); Nikudan Sanyûshi (肉弾三勇士)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/06/32
Print Date: 03/1932?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Play: Kasane (かさね)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Kiyomoto Bushi (清元節)
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Kasane no Budai, Shôwa Kyûnen Jûgatsu Kabuki-za (かさねの舞台昭, 昭和九年十月歌舞伎座)

Play: Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/34
Print Date: 10/1934
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)

Note: Although Hasui may not have known the actors when he designed the set, Yoemon (与右衛門) was portrayed by Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) and Kasane (かさね) was portrayed by Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) in this production.
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Toyotomi Sandaiki (豊臣三代記); Kataoka Ichizô [V] Shûmei Hirô/Kôōjô (片岡市蔵襲名披露/口上);
Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki  (鬼一法眼三略巻);
Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂乱); Yuki no Wataridori (雪の渡り鳥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/34
Print Date: 10/1934?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Plays:   Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆);
Imashimegusa Inga Banashi (誡種因果噺); Kosode Monogurui (小袖物狂ひ);
Utamakura Genji no Edozome (歌枕源氏紫);  Gojôbashi (五条橋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/38
Print Date: 06/1938?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                   
July (7月): Kasane (かさね)

Play: Kasane (かさね) [Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame
(色彩間刈豆)] 
Print Date: 1950
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: [Calendar of Kabuki Actors] Kabuki Sugata-goyomi
(歌舞伎姿暦)
^Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Yoemon (与右衛門)

Play: Kinegawa Tsutsumi (木下川堤) scene of
Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1951
Print Date: 09/1951
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Yoemon (与右衛門)

Play: Kinegawa Tsutsumi (木下川堤) scene of
Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1951
Print Date: 10/1988
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Personal Collection

Note: This is a later printing in a smaller size made
under the auspices of the Kushigatachô Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.
 
 
  

                 
Nakamura Uzaemon XV (中村歌右衛門) as Yoeman (与右衛門)

Play: Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
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
  
 
 

                   
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Meido Kasane (腰元かさね)

Play: Kasane (かさね)
[Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間刈豆)] 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/94  
Print Date: 11/1994
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 4)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第十期大首絵シリーズの4)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com