ICHIKAWA MONNOSUKE VI (市川門之助)
1862 - 08/20/1914

aka ICHIKAWA METORA II (市川女寅)

NOVEMBER 1901

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
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
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)
 

1902

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎 ; 市川團十郎) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Ichikawa Yonejûrô IV (市川米五郎) as  Yumechokichi (夢蝶吉)
 
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Tag0to-hime (田毎姫)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji I ( 市川左団次; 市川左團次) as  Orochimaru (大蛇丸)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as Amide (網手)
 
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as  Takasago Yûminosuke (高砂勇美三郎)
 
Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1902
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten

Note: I have not been able to locate a Tokyo performance of Jiraiya with this cast.   Several
cast members, however, appear in prints by Kunisada III and Kunichika circa 1884-1885.
 
 
 
   

JANUARY 1903

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Musume Okura ( 娘おくら)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Efu Rinnosuke (恵府林之助)

Play: Ningen Banji Kane no Yo no Naka (人間万事金世中)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03
Print Date: 12/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

Left Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread; Unknown as Unread;
Unknown as Unread

Left Panel, Middle Row: Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門); Unknown as Unread

Left Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈);
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Middle Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread;
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎);
Unread as Unknown, Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Unread

Middle Panel, Bottom Row: Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成);
Onoe ô EizaburVI (尾上栄三郎;  尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
   
Right Panel, Top Row: Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎) as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経);
Unread as Unknown; Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将); Unknown as Unread
Right Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太); Unknown as Unread
 
Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Kabuki21.com
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎)
as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
(工藤左衛門祐経)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

Unknown as
Unread














Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue
(吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 06/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

  Unknown as Unread
 
  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
  Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Unread

  Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎;
  尾上榮三郎) as
  Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)

  Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
  as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)

  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎)

Onoe Eizaburô VI
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Tachimochi (太刀持)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Daimyô Bô (大名某)

Play: Suô Otoshi (素襖落)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/03
Print Date: 05/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as
Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)

  Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
  Hime Goryô (姫御寮)

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Nyôbô Tonami (女房戸浪)

Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

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

   Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
   Shundô Genba (春堂玄蕃)
 

JANUARY 1904

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Hananoi (花の井)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Koshimoto Shinobu (腰元志のふ)
    
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Yonezô Jijû Tarô (侍従太郎)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討) [Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1904
Print Date: 10/15/04
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Yatôta (弥藤次?)

Play: Tekikoku Kôfuku
(敵国降伏)
Performance Place: Meijii-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1904
Print Date: 05/1904?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
 
 

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Koukichi Shiya? (弘吉剌?)

Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵)
as Unread (?烈)

APRIL 1907

Sawamura Tosshi III
(沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as 
Wakaya Sanzaemon
(若屋三左衛門)

Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as
Nyôbô Omastu (女房お松)
 
Ichikawa Metora II  (市川女寅) as
Matsuyama Tayû (松山太夫)

Ichikawa Udanji I
(市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Wan'ya Kyûbê (椀屋久兵衛)

Ichikawa Unosuke I (市川右之助) as
Menu Mitsubuto (面賣三太)

Play: Wankyû (椀久)
Performance Place: Meijii-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/23/07
Print Date: 06/20/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

 
 

                   

Print Date: 12/28/11, Appendix to Engei Gahô Vol. 6
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
 
  

  Ichikawa Monnosuke VI (市川門之助)
                      
        

MARCH 1912

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.

 
Ichimura Monnosuke VI (市川門之助) as
Usugumodayû (薄雲太夫)
           
Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/15/12