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)  

Dates Unknown
 
 

? as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)
 
? as Koharu (小春)
 
? as Magoemon (孫右衛門)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?

Onoe Eizaburô VI
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Komachi-hime (小町姫)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
[Yoshimine (良峯)] Shôshô
Munesada (少将宗貞)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) as
Sumizome (墨染)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Ôtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主)
 
Play: Seki no To (関の扉)
[Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(積戀雪関扉)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1903-1911
*Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a reissue of a 1897
print with the actors' cartouches
recarved and appears to be a
mitate-e.  The original print was
published on June 17, 1897 and
reflects a February 1897 per-
formance at the Kabuki-za in
Tokyo that starred Ichikawa
Danjûrô IX as Kuronushi.  This
print also bears a June 17, 1897
publication date, presumably
because the publisher didn't
bother or forgot to alter the
publication date.  However,
seeing as Komazô VIII did not
assume that name until May
1903, this print could not have
been produced in 1897.  (More-
over, Kichiemon I would have
been an 11-year old child actor
at the time.)  Komazô VIII
portrayed Kuronushi in a prod-
uction at the Kabuki-za in March
1909 and Kichiemon I portrayed
Munesada in productions at the
Kabuki-za in June 1904 and
October 1910, but none of the
other actors in this print appeared
with either of them.  Moreover, the
role of Komachi-hime seems
more of a role for Eizaburô V
(who changed his name in March
1903) than for Eizaburô VI.  Minor
color variations are known.
 
  
 

Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助)
as Shihei-kô (時平公)

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門)
as Sugiômaru (杉王丸)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)
as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3,
Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju
Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1903-1911
*Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a reissue of a 1902
print with the actors' cartouches
recarved and appears to be a
mitate-e. The original print was
published on June 10, 1902. 
This print also bears a June 10th
publication date but omits the
year of publication.  Seeing as
Komazô VIII did not assume that
name until May 1903, this print
could not have been produced in
1902.  Komazô VIII portrayed
Umeômaru in productions at the
Kabuki-za in November 1903
and December 1906, but only
certain of the other actors in this
print appeared with him.  Minor
color variations are known.