MIYAJIMA NO DANMARI
(宮島のだんまり)
MAY 1910
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ukifune (浮舟)/Kesataro
(袈裟太郎)
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Sekihara Kami Aoha (関原神葵葉);
Narukami (鳴神);
Suô Otoshi (素襖落); Fune-he Uchikomu Hashima no Shiranami (船打込橋間白浪);
Shinsekai-gai Nigiwai (新世界街賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/10
Print Date: 05/05/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
in Narukami (鳴神) and Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) and Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) in unknown roles.
APRIL 1918
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Hikozaemon Musashi
Abumi (彦左衛門武蔵鐙);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in
Modoribashi (戻橋); Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôkubo Hikozaemon (大久保彦左衛門) in Hikozaemon
Musashi Abumi
(彦左衛門武蔵鐙); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nangô Rikimaru
(南郷力丸), Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧), and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎) in Benten Musume Meo no
Shiranami (辨天娘女男白浪).
NOVEMBER 1921
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Hokkesan no Kesatarô (法華山の袈裟太郎)
Play: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島のだんまり)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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