ONOE KIKUNOSUKE II (尾上菊之助)
1868 - 06/28/1897
JANUARY 1891
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
[Balloon Rider Spencer]
Fûsen-jô Supensâ
(風船乗スペンサー)
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助) as
Sanyûtei Baichô (三遊亭梅朝)
Play: Yomi Fûsen Nori Uwasa no
Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/07/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
Note: Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
was a famous rakugo performer,
and many of his stories were
adapted into kabuki plays.
Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as
Fukutomi Manuemon (福富万右衛門)
Sawamura Shozan II (沢村曙山) as
[Shimizuya's Daughter Omura]
Shimizuya Musume Omura
(清水屋娘おむら)
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)
as [Fukutomi's daughter Otama]
Fukutomi no Musume Otama
(福富の娘お玉)
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
SEPTEMBER 1903
Kineya Katsusaburô II (杵屋勝三郎)
Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Sanyûtei Enchô
(三遊亭圓朝; 三遊亭円朝)
Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文)
Danshûrô Enshi I (談洲楼燕枝)
Print Date: 09/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Morita Kan'ya XII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥)
Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥)
Chiba Katsugorô (千葉勝五郎)
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)
Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫)
In lower foreground:
Horikoshi Fukusaburô
(堀越福三郎; 嗣子福三郎)
Suketakaya Takasuke IV (助高屋高助)
Bandô Kakitsu I (坂東家橘)
Nakamura Nakazô III (中村仲蔵)
Iwai Hanshirô VIII (岩井半四郎)
Suketakaya Kodenji I
(助高屋小伝次; 助高屋小傳次)
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助)
Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調)
Ichikawa Shinzô V (市川新蔵)
Ichikawa Ebizô VIII (市川海老蔵)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VI
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
Ichikawa Monnosuke V (市川門之助)
Kawarasaki Kunitarô III
(河原崎国太郎; 河原崎國太郎)