KUSUNOKI-RYÛ HANAMI NO MAKUHARI
(樟紀流花見幕張)

aka HANAMIDOKI YUI NO MAKUHAN (花見時由井幕張)
aka MARUBASHI CHÛYA (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)
aka KEIAN TAIHEIKI (慶安太平記)
aka HANASHÔBU KEIAN JIKKI (花菖蒲慶安実記)
aka NANITAKA KEIAN TAIHEIKI (名高慶安太平記)

Unread as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Unread as Matsudaira
Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

Play: Marubashi Chûya
(丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/10/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: 04/28/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
  市川左団次) as
  Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎;  市川權十郎) as
   Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 

       
        Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
        Chûkan Jirôbei (中間次郎平)
    
        Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
        Chûkan Heisuke (中間平介)
       
        Ichikawa Enshô II (市川 莚升; 市川莚舛) as
        Nakamura Hanzô (中村半蔵)
    
        Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌) 
    
        Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

        Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
        (花菖蒲慶安実記)
        Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/02/02
        Print Date: 05/06/02
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
        (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 
 

                
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次)
as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
 
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;  市川權十郎)
as Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 
Plays: Sanada Uchi Ito no Kakehiki
(真田打糸綬); Sakigake Genpei Tsutsuji 
(魁源平躑躅); Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記); Iwato Kagura Sansha
no Nigiwai (岩戸神楽三社賑) 
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: 05/1902?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Kobikidô Shoten
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;  市川左団次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守) 
 
Plays: Yo ni Hibiku Taiko no Isahoshi (世響太鼓功); Momijigari (紅葉狩); Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
(源平布引滝); Nanitaka Keian Taiheiki (名高慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/09/06
Print Date: 09/09/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記); Horikawa (堀川); Narita Risei Homare no Yûten
(成田利生誉祐天); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/09
Print Date: 05/09/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ryôrijin Kisuke
(料理人喜介) and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢) in Ise Ondo Koi
no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃). 
 

[Costume Competition Sugoroku] Ishô Kei Nigao Sugoroku (衣裳競似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/21/11
Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)
Medium: Woodblock printed sugoroku
Personal Collection

Note: Published by Daimaru Gofukumise (大丸呉服店).
 

 
1. Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
           
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)

           

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
      
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/09/16
Print Date: 1916?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
 (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chuya (丸橋忠弥)
 
Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

           
            Ichikawa Chùsha VII  (市川中車) as    
            Izu no Kami (伊豆守)
 
            Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
            (花菖蒲慶安実記)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/05/20
            Print Date: 05/1920?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

           
Ôkabuki Engei Sugoroku (大歌舞伎 演藝双六)
Print Date: 04/05/21
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

23. Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
Artist: ?
                     

Envelope design for Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙)
[#1]
 
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
        市川左團次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo       
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

       
        Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守) 
       
        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo       
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙)  [#A]
        Personal Collection

       
        Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
        Nyôbô Osetsu (女房おせつ)
        
        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
        Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II also played Chûya at the Meiji-za in April
1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects
Sadanji II's April 1923 performance.
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya
(丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/29
Print Date: [1929]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Sadanji II first performed the role of Marubashi in
Tokyo at the Meiji-za in September 1906.  He reprised this
role at the Meiji-za in May 1909, at the Hongô-za in
October 1912, at the Kabuki-za in June 1916, at the
Shintomi-za in May 1920, at the Meiji-za in April 1923,
and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in May 1924.
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as Marubashi Chuya (丸橋忠弥)
 
Ichikawa Chùsha VII  (市川中車) as Izu no Kami (伊豆守)
 
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed hikifuda
Personal Collection


 
 
 
 
   

Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
 
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 
Play:  Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Date: 1955
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Series: [Woodblock Prints of Famous Stories of Kabuki]
Meikyôgen; Kabuki Mokuhangashu (名狂言  歌舞伎木版画集)  Series 3
 
 

Murata Masao I (村田正雄) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #9
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

       
        ? as Marubashi Chûya
        (丸橋忠彌)

        Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
        (花菖蒲慶安実記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II
        (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

        Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
        花菖蒲慶安実記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Sadanji II performed
        this role eleven times in Tokyo
        between September 1939 and
        October 1938.  Presumably
        one of those productions toured
        in Osaka.

       
        [Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)?] as
        Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎); [Nakamura
        Fukusuke V (中村福助)?] as Oschichi (お七);
        [Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)?] as Naojirô
        (直次郎); [Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎;
        尾上榮三郎)?] as Osono (お里); Ichikawa
        Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)) as
        Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎); [Ichikawa
        Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)?] as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

        Print Date: c. 1920s
        Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)

        Note: This set of uncut prints is not signed but
        stylistically resembles prints and paintings made
        by Shikô in the 1920s.  See, for example, Shikô's
        1924 print of Oschichi.
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Chûya (忠弥)

Play: Marubashi Chûya
(丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Sandanji II first
performed this role at the
Meiji-za in September 1906.
His final performance in
Tokyo was at the Tokyo Gekijô
in October 1938.       

               
                ? as as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
 
                Play: as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: ?
                Medium: Woodblock printed
                senshafuda
                Personal Collection

                Note: This battledore senshafuda may
                be from an unrelated series.

                           
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌) and
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 
        Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
        (花菖蒲慶安実記)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series:  **** Omokage (****面影)
        Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kisan (璣山)
 
 

Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記)
Print Date: ?
Series: ?
 Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)