KAWANAKAJIMA KASSEN
(川中島合戦)

                 
 
Plays: Kawanakajima Kassen (川中島合戦); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Shinonome (東雲); Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島); Kioi Jishi Matsuri Nigiwai (勢獅子祭賑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/10/06
Print Date: 10/10/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koharu (小春) and  Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵) as Edoya Taihei (江戸屋太兵衛役) in Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島).   The middle
figure from Kawanakajima Kassen (川中島合戦) is unknown.
 
 

                    
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Uesugi Terutora Nyûdô Kenshin (上杉輝虎入道謙信)
 
Bandō Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Yamamoto Kansuke (山本勘助)
 
Plays: Kawanakajima Gassen (川中島合戦); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘); 
Yoshinoyama Michiyuki (吉野山道行);  Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/01/28
Print Date: 02/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in
Yoshinoyama Michiyuki (吉野山道行).