MOCHIZUKI
(望月)

aka IMAYÔ MOCHIZUKI (今様望月)
aka SHINKYOKU MOCHIZUKI (新曲望月)

                
Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)
 
Hanawaka (花若)

Play: Mochizuki (望月)
Print Date: 07/05/98
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Picture of Noh Plays] Nôgaku Zue (能楽図絵) [#90]
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 

 

                 
Plays: Miyakoôji Isamu Harugoma (都大路勇者春駒); Mochizuki (望月); Hanakawado Kioi no Manaita
(花川戸橋侠俎); Jûnidan  (十二段);  Hatsugasumi Iro mo Sumiyoshi (初霞彩住吉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/05
Print Date: 01/1905
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 

                 
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)
 
Plays: Hiyoku no Tsuru Senzai Soga (比翼鶴千歳曽我); Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono 
(大杯觴酒戦強者); Shinkyoku Mochizuki (新曲望月); Kitsune Shizuka no Keshô Kagami (狐静化粧鏡);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/07
Print Date: 05/07/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) I as Ii Kamon-no-Kami
Naotaka (井伊掃部頭直孝) in Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者); Nakamura
Shikaku I (中村芝鶴) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in Kitsune Shizuka no Keshô Kagami (狐静化粧鏡); and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (傾城梅川) and Jitsukawa Enjirô I
(実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) I 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).
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)  as Ozawa no Gyôbu (小澤刑部)
 
Play: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯); Imayô Mochizuki (今様望月);
Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/09
Print Date: 02/27/09
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 Nitta Yoshitoki (新田義時)
in Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯), and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôishi Kuranosuke
(大石内蔵助) in the play of the same name.
 

                 
 
Plays: Shima Chidori Tsuki (島鵆月白浪); Hachijin Shugo no Honjô (八陣守護城);
Fûryû Kuruwa-tsû (風流曲輪通); Toba-e Masu Ochi (鳥羽絵升落);
Mochizuki no Yoru no Tama Usagi (望月夜玉兎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/13/10
Print Date: 09/15/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsushima Senta (松島千太) and
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Akashi no Shimazô (明石の島蔵) in Shima Chidori Tsuki (島鵆月白浪)
and an unknown actor in an unidentified role.
 

                 
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Mochizuki Saemon (望月左衛門)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)
 
Plays: Shikorobiki (錣引); Tôdai Yawa (東台夜話); Mochizuki (i望月); Ekirei (駅鈴);
Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki (近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/20/12
Print Date: 09/20/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                
Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)

Play: Mochizuki (望月)
Print Date: 10/1924
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [One Hundred Nô Plays]
Nôgaku Hyakuban (能楽百番) [#50]
*Image courtesy of the Art Research Center,
Ritsumeikan University
 


 

                
Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)

Play: Mochizuki (望月)
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures] Nôga Taikan (能画大鑑), Vol. 4, #39
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 
 

                 
Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房) disguised as a lion dancer

Play: Mochizuki (望月)
Print Date: 01/1955
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: Noh Play Explanation and Stores Series 3
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                
Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)
 
Hanawaka (花若)

Play: Mochizuki (望月)
Print Date: ?
Series: ?
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Image courtesy of the Library of
Università Pontificia Salesiana