UTAGAWA KUNISADA III (歌川国貞) 

  aka Baidô Hôsai (梅堂豊斎); Baidô Kunimasa IV (梅堂国政); Kôchôrô Hôsai (香朝楼豊斎)

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: 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
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)
 
 
 
 

                
Plays:  Nezumi Komon Harugi no Hinagata  (鼠小紋春着雛形); Gion Sairei Shinkôki  (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Fûsen Nori Uwasa no Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/09/91
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

JUNE

Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as Itagaki Taisuke (板垣退助)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Aihara Naosuke (相原尚聚)
 
Play: [The True Story of Mr. Itagki’s Misfortune]
Itagiki-kun Sônan Jikki (板垣君遭難実記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 

Iwata Shônosuke (岩田庄之助) as Itagaki Taisuke (板垣退助)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Aihara Naosuke (相原尚聚)
 
Play: [The True Story of Mr. Itagki’s Misfortune]
Itagiki-kun Sônan Jikki (板垣君遭難実記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
Note:There was a subsequent production that opened on
October 21, 1891.   Iwata Shônosuke's name is written next to
the name of Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) in the cartouche
of this print, suggesting that he replaced Aoyagi Sutesaburô in
the role in this later production.
 
 
 
 

AUGUST

Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉 丑太郎) as
[Leon] Rewon (レヲン )

Play: [Inspiring Tale of Statesmaship]
Keikoku Bidan (経国美談)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/31/91
Print Date: 08/1891
Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  [Pelopidas] Peropidasu (ペロピダス

SEPTEMBER

Nakamura Yanosuke (中村弥之助) as
Shafu Kenzô (車夫権三)
 
Iwata Shônosuke (岩田庄之助) as
Shôya Heizaemon (庄屋平左衛門)
 
 
Play: [Saga Rioting Record]
Saga Bôdô-ki (佐賀暴動記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/91
Print Date: 09/20/91
Personal Collection
 

  Tanaka Chôkichi (田中長吉) as
  [Younger Brother Ginzaburô]
  Otôto Ginzaburô (弟銀三郎)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Saitô Kinji (斎藤金次)

Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉丑太郎) as           
[Mother Osaga] Haha Osaga
(母おさが)
 
Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as
Kôdô Shinpei (江堂新平)   

Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as
Kôdô Shinpei (江堂新平)
 
 
Play: [Saga Rioting Record]
Saga Bôdô-ki (佐賀暴動記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英)
collaborated with Kunisada III on this
print.
 

  Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅次郎) as
  Eguchi Jûsaku (江口十作)

   Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
   Saitô Kinji (斎藤金次)
 
   Mori Sankichi (森三吉) as
   [Police Officer] Keikan (警官)