MEIKÔ KAKIEMON
(名工柿右衛門)

                 
 
Plays:  Shin Nanba Senki (新難波戦記); Kikubatake (菊畑); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Jitsugetsusei (日月星)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Print Date: 11/03/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakiemon (柿右衛門)

Play: Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/19
Print Date: 1920
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

Note: Nizaemon XI also performed this role at the Meiji-za in January
1917.  It is possible that this print reflects that performance.
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘);
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/19
Print Date: 11/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Plays: Ookurakyô (大蔵卿); Modoribashi (戻橋); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Futaribakama (二人袴)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                   
[1928 Calendar] Showa San Kotobuki Tatsu Nichiyô Kagami (昭和三寿辰日曜鑑)
 
January: Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致) and Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成) in a
Sogamono such as
Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)
February: ?
March: Ōtomo Kuronushi (大伴黒主) in Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪關扉)
April:  Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
May:  Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
June:   Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七) in Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
July: possibly Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平) and Okura (お軽) in  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
August: ?
September: ?
October:  Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門) in Meikô Kakimon (名工柿右衛門)
November: Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) in Shibaraku (暫)
December: Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門) in Kuruwa Bunshô Yoshidaya
(廊文章吉田屋; 廓文章  吉田屋)

Print Date: 01/1928
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Magazine: New Year's Appendix to Engei Shashin (演芸写真), Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jan. 1928)
Medium: Machine printing

Note:  Hasui designed 34 machine-printed covers for Engei Shashin (and its precedessor
Engei Shashin Chô) between October 1925 and July 1928.  Many of these issues contained
machine-printed forntispieces.  Since they were offset printed, they are outside the scope
of this website.  An exception, however, has been made for this calendar, which appears to
be unique in the Hasui canon.
 
 
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)

Play: Meikô Kakimon (名工柿右衛門)
Print Date: 10/16/1935
Artist: Kitazawa Rakuten (北沢楽天)
Personal Collection'

Note: This is a shini-e for Katoka Nizaemon XI,
who died on October 16, 1934.  Nizaemon XI
first performed the role of Kakiemon at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in November 1912.   He
reprised the role in Tokyo at the Meiji-za in
January 1917, at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1919, at the Ichimura-za in October
1922, at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1925, and
at the Meiji-za in October 1929.
 
 
 
 

       
        Gin'nan no rakuyô (銀杏の落葉)
        Haiku Sheet composed by Takayasu Gekko (高安月郊)

        Print Date: 10/16/1935
        Artist: Suga Tatehiko  (菅楯彦)
        Personal Collection

       
        Folder cover

        Print Date: 10/16/1935
        Artist: Unknown
        Personal Collection

       
        Inside flaps of folder

        Print Date: 10/16/1935
        Artist: Unknown
        Personal Collection

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎) in
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi  (與話情浮名横櫛)
and similar plays

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Onhahakô Yodo no Kata (淀の方) [Yodogimi (淀君)] in
Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月) and
similar plays

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門) in
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車)  as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in
Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛) in
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in Kanjinchô (勧進帳)

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Idahachi (伊太八) in Onoe Idahachi (尾上伊太八)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)  as Yayoi (弥生) in
Kagami Jishi  (鏡獅子) and similar plays

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijô (鬼女) in
Modoribashi (戻橋)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I  (中村吉右衛門) as
Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原) in
Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)

Title:  Dozô no Rakugaki (土蔵のらくがき)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI
(片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakiemon (柿右衛門)
 
Play: Meikô Kakimon (名工柿右衛門)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Series: 盛會御禮 
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the actor is not
identified this was a signature
role for Nizaemon XI, and the only
actor to perform this role in Tokyo
between November 1912 and
June 1925.
 
 
 

 Kataoka Nizaemon XI
 (片岡仁左衛門) as
 Kakiemon (柿右衛門)

 Play: Meikô Kakiemon
 (名工柿右衛門)
 Artist: ?
 Medium: Woodblock printed
 matchbook cover
 
 Note: Nizaemon XI performed
 this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-
 za in November 1912, at the
 Meiji-za in January 1917, at the
 Teikoku Gekijô in November
 1919, at the Ichimura-za in
 October 1922, at the Teikoku
 Gekijô in June 1925, and at
 the Meji-za in October 1929.
                                   
                      

Kataoka Nizaemon (片岡仁左衛門) as
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
 
Play: Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Nizaemon XI performed this role
in Tokyo six times between 1912 and
1929.  Nizaemon XIII performed this
role at the Toyoko Hall in Janaury 1961.

Kataoka Nizaemon XI
(片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakiemon (柿右衛門)

Play:  Meikô Kakimon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Nizaemon XI performed this role at
the Meiji-za in June 1917; at Teikoku
Gekijô in November 1919; at the
Ichimura-za in October 1921, and at
the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1925.