KATSURAGAWA RENRI NO SHIGARAMI
(桂川連理柵)

aka OHAN CHÔEMON KATSURAGAWA RENRI NO SHIGARAMI (おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
aka OHAN CHÔEMON (お半・長右衛門)

 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋おはん)

    
    



Play: Katsuragawa Renri no
Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/27/02
Print Date: 03/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 
 

Onoe Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Nyôbô Okinu (女房おきぬ)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)
as Obiya Chôemon '
(帯屋長右衛門)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)  as
Shûto Hansai (舅繁斎)

     
      Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
      Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋おはん)

      Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘)
      as Decchi Chôkichi (でつち長吉)



     Play: Katsuragawa Renri no
     Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
     Tokyo
     Performance Date: 03/27/02
     Print Date: 03/1902
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
     (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Central Metropolitan Library

Onoe Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Nyôbô Okinu (女房おきぬ)
'
Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵) as
Obiya Chôemon (帯屋長右衛門)

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
 (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Inkiyo Hansai (いんきよ半斎)
 
 
 

                
Plays:  Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚); Hanabusa Shishi  (英獅子);
Fukitori Tsuma (吹取妻); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Obi no Ayakatsura no Mizu (帯文桂川水)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/27/02
Print Date: 03/28/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  The cover depicts Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)  as Inakasha Karoku
(田舎者鹿六) in Fukitori Tsuma (吹取妻), and as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in Zôho Momoyama
Monogatari (増補桃山譚).
 
 

                   
Plays: Ishida Mitsunari (石田三成); Modobashi (戻橋);
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/13
Print Date: 03/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Shirabyôshi Hanako
(白拍子花子)/Shirabyôshi Sakurako (白拍子櫻子) in Ninin
Dôjôji (二人道成寺), and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邊綱) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸)
as the Demon of Mount Atago (disguised as Sayuri (小百合)
in Modobashi (戻橋).  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) also alternated as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)/Shirabyôshi Sakurako
(白拍子櫻子).
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shûto Hansai (舅繁斎)
 
Plays: Sôga no Danmari (曾我のだんまり); Yotsugi Sôga (世継曾我); Katsuragawa Renri no
Shigarami (桂川連理柵); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Dôchù Hizakurige (道中膝栗毛);
Senshô Odori (戰勝踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/15/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari
(曾我十郎祐成) and an unknown actor in an unknown role.
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋お半)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Obiya Chôemon '(帯屋長右衛門)
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri  (樓門五三桐); Takatoki (高時); Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in
Sanmon Gosan no Kiri  (樓門五三桐);  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in Modoribashi (戻橋);
and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Geki (松平外記) and  Onoe Matsusuke IV
(尾上松助) as Chichi Yorimo (父頼母) in Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷).
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan
(信濃屋娘おはん; 信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Ohan Chôemon Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Azabu Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/24
Print Date: 1928
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
;(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#31)
Personal Collection

                   
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan
(信濃屋娘おはん; 信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Ohan Chôemon Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Azabu Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/24
Print Date: 1928
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Personal Collection

Note: Color variant.
 
 
  

                   
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan
(信濃屋娘おはん; 信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Ohan Chôemon Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Azabu Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/24
Print Date: 10/1988
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Personal Collection

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

Plays: Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Yakko Dako Sato no Harukaze (奴凧廓春風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/25
Print Date: 01/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Ehon Taikôki (絵本太功記); Meihitsudomo no Matahei (名筆吃又平);
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);  Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/31/26
Print Date: 071926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Play: Ohan Chôemon (お半・長右衛門)
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: Gidayû Bushi (義太夫節)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art\
 
 

                   
Ohan (おはん)

Choemon (長右衛門)

Play:  Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami  (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place:  [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1963
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu IV (長谷川貞信)
Series: Bunraku-za Ningyô Hanga-shû
(文楽座人形版画集), #?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan (信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Obiya (帯屋), Act II of
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/2000
Print Date: 03/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 11)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 11
(第十三期集成シリーズの11)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com