Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)

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)

1901

JANUARY 1901

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)

Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
(増補玉藻前)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Kintôji Hidekuni (金藤次秀国)

   Onoe Eizaburô V
   (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)

   Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調) as
   Kôshitsu Hagi-no-kata (後室萩の方)

     Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
     Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)

     Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
     (増補玉藻前)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 01/13/01
     Print Date: 01/18/01
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Washizuka Hidekuni (鷲塚金藤次)

   Onoe Eizaburô V
    (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Yûjo Matsuyama (遊女松山)

Play: Nezumi Komon Harugi no
Hinagata (鼠小紋春着雛形)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/04/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Umeyama (梅山), in actuality Kôzô
(幸蔵)

     Ichikawa Kodanji V
     (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
     Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

     Play: Kongen Kusazuribiki
     (根元草摺引) [Shôfudatsuki Kongen
     Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)]
     Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 01/15/01
     Print Date: 01/1901
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)

MARCH 1901

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Fujii Mondayû (藤井紋太夫)

Play: Zokusetsu Bidan Kômonki
(俗説美談黄門記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/01
Print Date: 03/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kômon Mitsukunikô (黄門光国公)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Koshimoto Hakubai (こし元白梅)_

     Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
     Kuronuma Danuemon
(黒沼段右衛門)

     Play: Zokusetsu Bidan Kômonki
     (俗説美談黄門記)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
     Tokyo
     Performance Date: 03/20/01
     Print Date: 03/1901
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Metropolitan Central Library

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Kappa no Kichizô (河童吉蔵)

Ichikawa Shinjûrô (市川新十郎)
Nakama Guzuhachi (仲間ぐづ八)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Sakuma Genban (佐久間玄番)

Play: Daitokuji Shôkô (大徳寺焼香)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01
Print Date: 03/1901?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The 1901 date came from an
auction listing and has not been
verified. The scene concerns a
disagreement regarding Oda
Nobunaga's successor, but I have
not located a play at the Kabuki-
za in the relevant time period on
this subject.

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家)

   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
   (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
   Hashiba Hideyoshi (羽柴秀吉)

   Unknown as Sampôshimaru
   (三法師丸)

     Ichikawa Sadanji I
     (市川左団次市川左團次) as
     Asahina Yoshihide (朝夷義秀)

     Play: Wada Gassen Seichû Roku
     (和田合戦誠忠録)
     Performance Place: Mejii-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 03/05/01
     Print Date: 03/1901?
     Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Ichikawa Udanji
(市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Nitta Shiro Tadatsune
(仁田四郎忠常)

   Ichikawa Kodanji V
   (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
   Asama (浅間

APRIL 1901

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
Wakato Sakuzô (若徒作蔵)

Play: Sato no Haregi Momiji no
Uchikake (廓晴衣紅葉裲襟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/19/01
Print Date: 04/11/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 ; 澤村源之助) as
Takao Tayû (高尾太夫)

   Ichikawa Botan II
   (市川ぼたん) as
   Kamuro Momiji (禿もみぢ)

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
   Mogami Kichinojô (最上吉之丞)

     Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
     as Terute-hime (照手姫)

     Ichikawa Kudanji II
     (市川九団次; 市川九團次) as
     Akusô Unten (悪僧運天)

     Ichikawa Sadanji I
     (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
     Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)


     Play: Sekai no Hana Oguri
     Gaiden (世界花小栗外伝)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
     Tokyo
     Performance Date: 04/19/01
     Print Date: 05/02/01
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Metropolitan Central Library

Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
as Zeze no Shirôzô
(膳所の四郎蔵)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ryôshi Namishichi (漁師浪七)

Ichikawa Sumizô V
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Onigawara no Dôhachi
(鬼瓦の銅八)

Ichikawa Enshô II
(市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as
Kusuda Shumizu (楠田主水)

Nakamura Naritarô I
(中村成太郎) as
Tarô tsuma Asaka (太郎妻浅香)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Hosokawa Masamoto
(細川政元)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Yokoyama Tarô (横山太郎)

MAY 1901

Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
(楼門五山桐)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Print Date: 05/20/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Mashiba Hisayoshi (羽柴久吉)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sakai Saemon (酒井左衛門)

Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as
Unread (Sankô?)

Unread as Honda (本多)

Unread as ?

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
馬場美濃 (Baba Mino)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Unread

Play: Yo ni Hibiku Taiko no
Isahoshi (世響太皷功)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Print Date: 05/18/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Torii Shirozaemon?

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Unread

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉景勝)

? as Unknown

? as Unknown

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Jihizô (慈悲蔵)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Yokozô (横蔵)

Unread as ?

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
馬場美濃 (Baba Mino)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Unread

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/10/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: I have not found a con-
temporaneous stage perform-
ance with this particular cast.

            Unread as Konkara Dôji (こんがら童子)

            Unread as Fudô Myôô (不動明王)

            Unread as Seitaka Dôji (せいたか童子)

            Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
            (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
            Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人)

            Play: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku
            (那智滝祈誓文覚)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: 05/14/01
            Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
            Memorial Theatre Museum

            Note: I have not found a contemporan-
            eous Tokyo stage performance with this
            particular cast. There were productions
            with Danjûrô IX at the Naka-za in June 1889,
            at the Meiji-za in June 1996, and at the
            Kabuki-za in October 1902.

JULY 1901

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川元)

Play: Oke Hazama Narumi
Gundan (桶狭間鳴海軍談)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/13/01
Print Date: 07/1901
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Kôri Kônai (郡幸内)

Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
Katsura Yamadaemon (葛山弾右衛門)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Okazaki Masayuki (岡崎正行)

    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢 )

    Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
    Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)

    Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
    Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 07/13/01
    Print Date: 07/1901?

SEPTEMBER 1901

Sawamura Tosshi VII
(沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as
Hanzawa Rokurô (半沢六郎)

Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto
Gunki (壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Ichimura
-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/25/01
Print Date: 09/1901?
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library

Note: This design was
originally used in connection
with a May 1900 production
at the Meiji-za.

Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Akoya (あこや)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Hatakeyama Shigetada
(畠山重忠)

Sawamura Tosshô III(沢村訥升;
澤村訥舛;澤村訥升) as
Iwanaga Saemon (岩永左衛門)

OCTOBER 1901

Play: Kanbashiya Gishi no
Homare (芳哉義士誉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/01
Print Date: 09/1901
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as'
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石蔵之助)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Hosokawa Ecchû-no-Kami (細川越中守)

     Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
     Komatsuya Sôshichi (小松屋惣七)

     Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
   (恋湊博多諷)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 1901/10/06/01
     Print Date: 09/1901
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as'
Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Kojorô (小女郎)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Utsubo Tayû (靫太夫)

Play: Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (寿靭猿)
[Hanabutai Kasumi no Saruhiki
(花舞臺霞の猿曳)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/01
Print Date: 09/1901
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection

Onoue Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Daimyô (大名)

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Yakko Kippei (奴橘平)

     Play: Gen-Zanmi Yorimasa
     (源三位頼政)
     Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 10/02/01
     Print Date: 09/23/01
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

   Ichikawa Sadanji I
     (市川左団次市川左團次) as
     Hasebe Nobutsura ( 長谷部信連 )

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次市川左團次) as
Tôken Gonbê (唐犬権兵衛)

Play: Mizuno Omodaka Hare
Ginotô Ken (水澤瀉晴着唐犬)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/01
Print Date: 09/25/01
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection

Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Komurasaki Tayû (小紫太夫)

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎;市川權十郎) as
   Mizuno Jûrôzaemon (水野十郎左衛門)

NOVEMBER 1901

Play: Misao Kagami Bijin no Ikiume
(操鑑美人の生埋)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Oran (おらん)

                                                                           Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助)? as Kogane (小がね)

                                                                       Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as Ishiiyama Saya? (石井山三耶)

                                                                           Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Oran (おらん)

                                                                           Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as *川圃書?

                                                                           Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Edoya Hanni (江戸屋半ニ)?

                                                                           Play: Misao Kagami Bijin no Ikiume (操鑑美人の生埋)
                                                                           Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
                                                                           Performance Date: 11/01/01
                                                                           Print Date: 11/1901
                                                                           Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

Play: Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Tomoe (巴)

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助)
as Koto (?) (琴)

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kaô fujin (花王夫人)

Play: Mikenjaku (眉間尺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Susumu (?) (将)

Sawamura Tosshi VII
(沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as
Mikenjaku (眉間尺)

   Iwai Matsunosuke IV (岩井松之助) as
   Hiroshina (?) (莫那)

   Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
   as Rinnô (?) (輪王)

     Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
     (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
     Yashio (八汐)

     Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
     (伽羅先代萩)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 11/12/01
     Print Date: 11/01/01
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

    Note: This is a revised version of a
    design issued in March 1898. The far
    left panel was also reissued as a
    death print for Danjûrô IX in September
    1903.

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Menoto Masaoka (乳人政岡)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Sakae Gozen (栄御前)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Niki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (坂東家橘) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/12/01
Print Date: 11/1901
*Image courtesy of the Artelino.com