Plays: Jûni Doki Kaikei Soga  (十二時會稽曽我); Sakigake Genpei Tsutsuji (魁源平躑躅);
Adesugata On'namaiginu (艶容女舞衣); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/06
Print Date: 01/03/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Soga Gorô (曾我五郎), Nakamura Shikan
V (中村芝翫) as Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎), and  Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as Kudô Suketsune
(工藤祐経) in Jûni Doki Kaikei Soga  (十二時會稽曽我).
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Tonosama Kanji (殿様勘次); Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記); Kaji (借児);
Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/07/10
Print Date: 07/10/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
disguised as the farmer Tajû (太十) in Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
and a second actor in unknown roles.
 

                 
Ichikawa Yonezô V 9市川米蔵) as Usugumo (薄雲)
 
Ichikawa Sai'nyû I (市川齊入) as Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Otogirisô (弟切草);  Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/12
Print Date: 05/12/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Karaki Masaemon
(唐木政右衛門) and Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Sawai Matagorô (沢井股五郎;
澤井股五郎) in Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六).
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Usugumo (薄雲)
 
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭禮信仰記);
Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Matsubara Onio (松原鬼王), Onoe
Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成), and  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致) in Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙);
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Gonpachi (権八) in Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), and
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Kinoshita Tôkichi (木下藤吉) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki
(祇園祭禮信仰記).
 
 

Play: Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛の糸)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Tokiwazu Bushi (常磐津節)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Metamorphosis] Henka  (変化) 
[Spider Spirit) Kumo no Sei (蜘蛛の精)

Play: Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦)
Print Date: 1977
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

Note: It is possible that the print depicts the Earth Spider
(Tsuchigumo) in Tsuchigumo (土蜘)

                   
[Pushing-Back] Oshimodoshi (押し戻し)
Sakata Shumenojô Kintoki (坂田主馬之丞金時) and
Usui Yukienojô Sadamitsu (碓井靭負之丞貞光)
 
Play: Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦)
Print Date: 1977
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)

? as Usugumodayû (薄雲太夫) in
Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦) or a similar play
 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Wan'ya Kyûbê (椀屋久兵衛) in
Wankyû Sue no Matsuyama (椀久末松山)
 
Tanpay (単平) as Sakuramaru (桜丸) in Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)
Image courtesy of Dr. Osamu Nagai

Note: Ganjirô I starred in the premiere of Wan'ya Kyûbê at the Naka-za in Osaka in
March 1906.  He would later perform the role in Toyko at times when Nagai Seijirô
would have been active at the Shintomi-za in February 1913 and again in November
1920, though this print likely depicts some regional theatre performance.