ONOE KIKUGORÔ VII (尾上菊五郎)
10/02/1942 -
 

aka ONOE KIKUNOSUKE IV (尾上菊之助)
aka ONOE USHINOSUKE V (尾上丑之助)

            
Onoe Kikunosuke IV (尾上菊之助) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Tôyoko Hall, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1967
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: [Kabuki Bills Hanagata Sannosuke Celebra-
tion Meiji 100th Anniversary Billing First Meeting]
Nôsatsu Kabuki Hanagata Sannosuke Iwai Meiji
Hyakunen Nôsatsu Shokai (納札
歌舞伎花形三之助 祝明治百年納札初会)

Note: Kikunosuke IV also performed this role in
Tokyo on a different bill at the Tôyoko Hall in
Feburary 1967.   Consequently, it is possible that
this print reflects the later performance.
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 11/30/74
Print Date: 09/1977
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#10/200)

Note: Kikugorô VII also performed the lion dance in "Hanabusa Shûjaku
no Jishi" (英執着獅子) at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo, in February 1975, but
the character in that play is a princess, not a lady’s maid.

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1979
Print Date: 05/1979
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Miuraya Komurasaki (三浦屋抱小紫)

Play: Sono Kouta Yume no Yoshiwara (其小唄夢廓)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/81
Print Date: 02/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 5)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第二期大首絵シリーズの5)
Personal Collection (#2/36)
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Kiyohime no Rei (清姫の霊)

Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Ôdate Samagorô (大館左馬五郎)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1981
Print Date: 05/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 8)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第二期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (#20/36)
 
 

            
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Shiranami Gonin Otoko (白浪五人男)
[Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishikie (青砥稿花紅彩畫)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1988
Print Date: 06/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Personal Collection (#31/72)
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)

Play: Genjidana (源氏店) , Act III of
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/90
Print Date: 05/1990
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VIII (Design 2)]
Daihachi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第七期大首絵シリーズの2)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Grand Theater,
Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 14-24, 1990
Print Date: 1990
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Renjishi (連獅子),
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛),
Chatsubo (茶壺), and Shiranami Gonin Otoko (白波五人男). 
It starred Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎), Bandô
Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎), Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
(河原崎権十郎;  河原崎權十郎), Bandô Hikosaburô
(坂東彦三郎), Bandô Yasosuke V (坂東八十助),
Nakamura Shibajaku VII (中村芝雀), Bandô Shûchô V
 (坂東秀調), Bandô Shônosuke (坂東正之助), Onoe
Kikuzô VI (尾上菊蔵), and Ichimura Tsuruzô (市村鶴蔵).

Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/93
Print Date: 09/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 7)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第七期大首絵シリーズの7)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
    

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/95
Print Date: 03/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 5)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第十期大首絵シリーズの5)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note:  A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print contains larger versions of
the following actors' faces (left to right
starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵)

Play: Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵), Act 2 or Act 3 of
Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome (曽我綉侠御所染)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/99
Print Date: 02/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 1)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 1
(第十三期集成シリーズの1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Play: Kuruma Biki (車引), Act III, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 11/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 9-23, 2000
Print Date: 2000
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Yoshinoyama
(道行初音旅),[Act III, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon
Zakura (義経千本桜)], Shi-no-Kiri  (四の切) [Act IV,
Scene 2 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)],
Teppô Watashi (鉄砲渡し) [Act V, Scene 1 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura  (假名手本忠臣蔵)], Futatsudama (二つ玉)
[Act V, Scene 2 of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)],
Kanpei Harakiri (勘平腹切) [[Act VI of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵)], and Ômi no Okane (近江のお兼).  It starred
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎), Sawamura Tanosuke VI
(沢村田之助), Nakamura Shibajaku VII (中村芝雀), Onoe
Kikunosuke V (尾上菊之助), Ichikawa Danzô IX (市川団蔵;
市川團蔵), Bandô Shônosuke (坂東正之助), and Onoe
Matsusuke (尾上松助).
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanako (花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note:  Kikugorô VII portrayed Hanako in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in October 1973 and May 1981, at the Kokuritsu
Gekijô in March 1985, at the Kabuki-za in January 1992, at
the Meiji-za in June 1995, and at the Kabuki-za in January
1998.

               
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishikie (青砥稿花紅彩畫)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kikugorô VII performed this role in Tokyo at least 15
times between October 1973 and March 2010.

Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)
 
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa
(助六曲輪菊)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VII performed this role in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in November 1973,
at the Kokuritsu Gekijô in January 1977,
and at the Kabuki-za in November 1989.