ONOE KIKUGORÔ VI (尾上菊五郎)
08/26/1885 - 07/10/1949

 




OCTOBER 1921

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kozaru Shichinosuke  (小猿七之助)

Play: Ami Moyô Kikuno Edozome (網模様菊江戸染)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/04/21
Print Date:  10/1921?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the date seems early for a Hanayama
print, this is the only Tokyo performance I could find
of  Kikugorô VI in this role.  It is possible that the
print reflects a later performance at a theatre outside
of Tokyo.




NOVEMBER 1921


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tenjiku Tokube (天竺徳兵衛)
 
Play: Tenjiku Tokube (天竺徳兵衛)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Kikugorô VI
performed this role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in July 1906,
and at Teikoku Gekijô in August 1918.
 
 
 

MAY 1922



         
Play: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記)     
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Also on the bill were Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人), Heikegani (平家蟹), Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕), and Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者). 
The cast included  Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥), Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上 栄三郎), Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸), and Onoe Kikugorô VI 
(尾上菊五郎).
 
 
       


MARCH 1923



Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (阿倍保名; 安倍保名)

Play: Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/23
Print Date: 03/1923?
Artists: Mori Shunchô/Natori Shunssen (森春鳥/名取春仙)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #14
Personal Collection

Note: This print designed by Shunsen's pupil Mori Shunchô
(森春鳥) with assistance by Shunsen.  I cannot rule  out the
possibility  that this print depicts Kikugorô VI as Yasuna in
a production of Kosode Monogurui (小袖物狂ひ) at the
Ichimura-za in February 1922.









MAY 1924

 
 


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji
 (京鹿子娘道成寺 )
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

               



             



               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji  (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: 1924?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum




UNKNOWN MONTH 1924


The Ghost - Kabukiza

Print Date: 1937
Artist: Cyrus Baldridge
Medium: Drypoint etching
Personal Collection

Note: Baldridge's autobiography indicates that he saw Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) in 1924 perform a ghost role, so that is presumably the actor
depicted in this etching.




MAY 1925


 
 
 



                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/25
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) (#2)
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV first played the role of Motoemon in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in July 1914.  Prior to his 1925
performance, he also performed this role at the Ichimura-za
in October 1919.  Depending on the precise publication date
of this print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
after Kikugorô VI's 1914 or 1919 performances.
 
 


               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1925
Print Date: 05/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
 
 
 



Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
as Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura
(敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/25
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
  

               


L: Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as Komatsuya Sôshichi
(小松屋宗七);
R: Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
as Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: L: Hakata Kojorô Nami
Makura (博多小女郎浪枕);
R: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura
(敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: L: ?; R: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: L: ?; R: 05/03/25
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: I have found a record of Kan'ya
XIII performing the role of
Komatsuya Sôshichi at the Teikoku
Gekijô in in April 1928, but this seems
to be too late in time given some of the
other performance dates for other
senshafuda in this series.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

               

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI ( 尾上菊五郎) as Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1925
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵), No. 3

Note: Without the original folder, the information for  this listing is subject to
revision.  However, this portrait closely resembles a bromide of Kikugorô VI
in the 1925 Shinbashi production.
 
 
 



JUNE 1925

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play:  Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI also played Yasuna in a production at
the Teikoku Gekijô in March 1923 and at the Meiji-za in
April 1928.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those performances. 
 
 
 

SEPTEMBER 1925




Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kichisa (吉三)

Play: Kichisama Mairu Yukari no
Otozure (吉様参由縁音信)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/10/25
Print Date:  1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #4
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

 

APRIL 1926

 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平) 
       
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo      
Performance Date: 04/1926
Print Date:  1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#D]
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

OCTOBER 1926


[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site.  The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.
 
 
 
 

                   
                     Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
                     Omiwa (お三輪)
          
                     Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
                     (妹背山婦女庭訓; 妹背山女庭訓)
                     Performance Place: Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
                     Performance Date: 10/06/26
                    Publication Date: 1927
                    Artist: ?
 
 
 

FEBRUARY 1927

 

   


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yojirô (与次郎)

Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki (近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll - 1st Collection]
Butai Emaki dai 1-shû (舞台絵巻 第1集)
Personal Collection
 
     


OCTOBER 1927

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as 
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎)

Play:  Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1927
Print Date:  10/1927?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection




FEBRUARY 1929

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play:  Act V of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/29
Print Date: [1929]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Kanpei in
Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in June 1905.  He reprised this role
at the Kabuki-za in November 1907, at the Ichimura-za in
November 1910, at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1926,
and at the Hongô-za in April 1926.  For a similar, but later
portrait, see the entry for November 1947.
 



1930-1931


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; 御祭佐七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七; 江戸育御祭佐七)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: [1930-1931]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The only record I can find of Kikugorô VI
performing  this role in Tokyo was at the Ichimura-za in
June 1914.  Presumably, this print is based on a later
performance outside of Tokyo, such as in Yokohama.
 



MARCH 1931



Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
as Kamuro (禿)
            
Dance: Hane no Kamuro (羽根の禿)
Performance Place: Tokyo Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1931
Print Date: 07/1932?
Artist: Midori Haruka? (碧翠春華)
Medium: woodblock print with hand-coloring
Personal Collection
           
Note: This copy bears a pencil inscription on the back
which suggest that the print was made in July 1932.  A
keyblock print and additional versions with different hand-
coloring are also in the Karl collection. 
 



OCTOBER 1934

                   
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.



NOVEMBER 1934

                   
Hirakana Seisuiki Senjin Mondo, Shôwa Kyûnen Jûgatsu Kabuki-za (ひらかな盛衰記の先陣問答, 昭和九年十一月歌舞伎座)

Play: Senjin Mondo (先陣問答), Act 2 of Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/34
Print Date: 11/1934
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Image courtesy of Mike Peters

Note: Although Hasui may not have known the actors when he designed the set, the cast in this production included Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
as Chidori (千鳥), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Enju (延寿), and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue  (梶原源太景季).
 
 



1941

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play:  Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1941
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番);
also reissued as part of the series Kabuki Jûni Dai
(歌舞伎十二第) in 1952
*Courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: These actors performed their respective roles in a
production at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in January 1934. 
That production likely toured Osaka around that time.




JUNE 1943

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
[Matsukaze (松風)]?

Play: Shiokumi (汐汲)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/43
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed in Shiokumi in Tokyo at the
Ichimura-za in May 1923.  He reprised his role in Tokyo at the
Shintomi-za in September 1926 and May 1928, at the Tokyo
Gekijô in April 1932, and at the Kabuki-za in December 1936. 
Although his appearance at the Kabuki-za in June 1943 was
his last appearance in this role in Tokyo, it is possible that this
print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.
 
 
 
 

1944


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yôjirô

Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1944
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 



OCTOBER 1945

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興][鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1945
Print Date: 11/30/51
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#1)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kikugorô VI first played the role of Yayoi in this
play in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in January 1914. 
Although Kikugorô VI's final Tokyo appearance in this role
was in October 1945, it is possible that Gakô based this
print on one  of Kikugorô VI's prior performances.   Some
authorities give the date for this print as 1948 or 1952. 
The date used is the date on the folder for the white
sleeve variant until and unless a difference folder date
surfaces for one of the purple sleeve versions.
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興][鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1945
Print Date: 11/30/51
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#1)
Image courtesy of Serge Astieres

Note: Color variant.  See first entry for further details.
 
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興][鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1945
Print Date: 11/30/51
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#1)
Image courtesy of Serge Astieres

Note: Color variant.  See first entry for further details.
 
 
 



NOVEMBER 1945

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play:  Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Yayoi in Tokyo
at the Ichimura-za in January 1914.  He reprised the role in
Tokyo on at least 21 subsequent occasions.  Although his
appearance at the Teikoku Gekijô in November 1945
was his last appearance in this role in Tokyo, it is possible
that this print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of these other
productions.



                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play:  Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 11/1945?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Yayoi in
Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in January 1914.  He reprised
the role in Tokyo on at least 21 subsequent occasions. 
Although his appearance at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1945 was his last appearance in this role in
Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts Kikugorô
VI in one of these other productions.  Depending on
the actual publication date of the print, it is possible
that it was intended as a memorial print.
 
 
 
 
 



                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play:  Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 1950?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:  The keyblock print at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum identifies the actor as Kikugorô VI, who died on
July 10, 1949.   A final version of this design printed in color
has not been located and may not exist.  This print was likely
commissioned as a  memorial print.  Kikugorô VI first
performed the role of Yayoi in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in
January 1914.  He reprised the role in Tokyo on at least 21
subsequent occasions.  Although his appearance at the
Teikoku Gekijô in November 1945 was his last appearance
in this role in Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts
Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.
 
 
 
 

 



                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shishi no Sei (獅子の精)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 1950?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Image courtesy of Hanga.com

Note:  A keyblock print at the Tsubouchi Memorial
Theatre Museum identifies  the actor as Kikugorô VI,
who died on July 10, 1949.   This print was likely
commissioned as a memorial print.  Kikugorô VI
first performed the role of Yayoi in Tokyo at the
Ichimura-za in January 1914.  He reprised the role in
Tokyo on at least 21 subsequent occasions. 
Although his appearance at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1945 was his last appearance in this role
in Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts
Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.
 
 
 
 

NOVEMBER 1947

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play:  Act V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/28/47
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note:  This was Kikugorô VI's last appearance in
this role in Tokyo.  Kikugorô VI died on July 10,
1949, so depending on the publication date of
this print, it is possible that it was intended as a
memorial print.  Like most of Shunsen's hanga-
genga, it was likely made in the late 1950s. 
However, this was a signature role for Kikugorô
VI, who first performed the role Ichimura-za in
June 1905, and reprised the role in Tokyo on at
least 9 subsequent occasions.  It cannot be ruled
out that the print was made prior to the end of
WWII and/or that it may actually depict some
pre-War performance.  The design is extremely
similar to the print released by Watanabe in 1929.
  



JANUARY 1948

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play:  Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/48
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Hanako in Tokyo at
the Shintomi-za in September 1912.  He reprised the role in Tokyo
on at least 17 subsequent occasions.  Although his  appearance at the
Tokyo Gekijô in January 1948 was his last appearance in this role in
Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of
these other productions.
 



APRIL 1948

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Fuji Musume (藤娘)

Play:  Fuji Musume (藤娘)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/48
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Fuji Musueme in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in March 1937. and subsequently reprised
the role at the Kabuki-za in May 1939, January 1942, January 1943,
and October 1943,  and at the Tokyo Gekijô in February 1947. 
He gave his final performance in the role at the Kabuki-za in
Osaka in March 1949.  It is possible that this print depicts
Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.
 
 



JANUARY 1949

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play:  Yasuna  (保名)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/49
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance
Appearances] (菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed his own version of this
role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in February 1922.  He
reprised the role in Tokyo on at least 13 subsequent
occasions, and gave his final performance in the role at the
Kabuki-za in Osaka in March 1949.  Although his
appearance at the Shinbashi Enbujô in January 1949 was
his last appearance in this role in Tokyo, it is possible that this
print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.
 
 



                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play: Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/49
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#32)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Kikugorô VI died on July 10, 1949 at
age 65.  He first played the role of Yasuna in Tokyo at the
Ichimura-za in February 1922.  Although  Kikugorô VI's
final Tokyo appearance in this role was at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in January 1949, it is possible that Gakô  based
this print on one of Kikugorô VI's prior performances.
 
 

OCTOBER 1968

                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Depraved Priest

Play: Ukare Bozu (浮かれ坊主)
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)
 
 
 
 
  
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
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
 
 
 
 
  
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Matsuomaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
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
 
 
 
 
  
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Hanako (花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
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)
 
 
 
 
  
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play: Yasuna (保名)
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)
 
 
 
 
  
 
 



                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome (曾我綉侠御所染) .
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