KEISEI HANGONKÔ
(傾城反魂香)

aka DOMO MATA (吃又)



OCTOBER 1906

                 
 
Plays: Ifû no Giyauretsu (異風之行列); Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺);
Keisei Hangonkô (けいせゐ反魂香); Gi wo Musubu Touen no Sakazuki (結義桃園觴);
Tsurigitsune Kuruwa no Kakewana (釣狐廓掛罠)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/06
Print Date: 10/03/06
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子) in
Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺).
 
 



MARCH 1914

                 
 
Plays: Kinokuni Bunza Daijin Mai (紀國文左大盡舞); Meihitsu Domo no Matahei (名筆吃又平);
Chikubushima (竹生島); Haru no Yoi (春の宵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/14
Print Date: 03/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




MARCH 1921


 
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki (雙蝶々曲輪日記); Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の戀); Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/07/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki (雙蝶々曲輪日記); Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の戀); Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasô (壽式三番叟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/07/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



JULY 1921

                 
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Ukiyo Matahei (浮世又平)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tosa Shôgen (土佐将監)
 
Plays: Yodo no Koi (淀の鯉); Muchi Narumono (無智なる者); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香);
Otsuya Goroshi (お艶殺し)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
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 Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) and  Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) in unknown roles.
 
 



1940



Ukiyo Matahei (浮世又平)

Play: Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香)
Print Date: 08/10/1940 (ed. 300)        `
Artist: Yamaguchi Sohei (山口草平)
Series: Chikamatsu Juni-kagatsu [Twelve Months of
Chikamatsu]  (近松十二月)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 


           
            Folder for Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香)

            Folder Date: 08/10/1940
            Artist: Yamaguchi Sohei (山口草平)?
            Image courtesy of Sugimoto Ryôkôdô


    


SEPTEMBER 1987

                 
Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎) as
Ukiyo Matahei (浮世又平)

Play: Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/87
Print Date: 10/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Figures of the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Roku Sugata
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六姿)
Personal Collection (#30/72)
 
 
 

               

               
Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎) as
Ukiyo Matahei (浮世又平)

Play: Domo Mata (吃又),
Act 3, Scene 1 of Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/87
Print Date: 09/1987
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal collection (#135/100)

Note: Mitsugorô IX performed this role as part of his shumei.
 
 
 
 

UNKNOWN DATE


Otoku (お徳)

Play: Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Although listed as a woodblock print, it is possible that this is
actually a painting.