Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play:  Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/48
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Hanako in Tokyo at
the Shintomi-za in September 1912.  He reprised the role in Tokyo
on at least 17 subsequent occasions.  Although his  appearance at the
Tokyo Gekijô in January 1948 was his last appearance in this role in
Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of
these other productions.
 
 
 
 

                   
[Makeup for the spirit of Kiyo-hime (清姫)]

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 11/1948
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori Awase (歌舞伎隈取合)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku (こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: This was a collaboration with Torii Tadamasa, Tomita Chiaki, Takane Kôji, Natori
Shunsen, Kubota Kinsen, Miyao Shigeo, Jinbo Tomoyo, Shimizu Miezô, and Mori Shunchô.
The panels by Kamoshita follow.
 
 
 

                   
Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺),
Panel 3 of Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku
(こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Artist: Kamoshita Chôko (鴨下晁湖)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 07/1951
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: To the extent that a keyblock was used for
this print, it is a different keyblock that that used
for the 1951 version.
 
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 10/1988
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Personal Collection

Note: This is a later printing in a smaller size made
under the auspices of the Kushigatachô Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.
 
 
  

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#4)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Utaemon VI first performed the role of Hanako in
connection with his shûmei at the Kabuki-za  in April and
May of 1951.  (He had, however, played the role previously
under the names of Nakamura Shikan VI and  Nakamura Fukusuke VI.)
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門)  as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1953
Print Date: c. 1970s
Artist: Hasegawa Noboru (長谷川昇)
Personal Collection (#46/100)

Note: Utaemon VI also performed Musume Dôjôji at the
Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo, in March 1953, so it is
conceivable that the original painting underlying this
print was based on that performance.
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/55
Print Date:  11/1955
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Utaemon VI performed this role at his
shûmei at the Kabuki-za in April and May 1951. 
He also performed the role at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in March 1953, and at the Kabuki-za in
November 1953.  It is possible that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 
 

            
Onoe Kikunosuke IV (尾上菊之助) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Tôyoko Hall, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1967
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: [Kabuki Bills Hanagata Sannosuke Celebra-
tion Meiji 100th Anniversary Billing First Meeting]
Nôsatsu Kabuki Hanagata Sannosuke Iwai Meiji
Hyakunen Nôsatsu Shokai (納札
歌舞伎花形三之助 祝明治百年納札初会)

Note: Kikunosuke IV also performed this role in
Tokyo on a different bill at the Tôyoko Hall in
Feburary 1967.   Consequently, it is possible that
this print reflects the later performance.
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五郎) as Hanako (花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 10/20/68
Artist: Takahashi Yukio/Nakamura Tokie I (中村時枝)
Series: [Twelve Months of Famous Actors]
Meiyû Jyûni-Kagetsu (名優十二 ヶ月)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
  
 
 

                   
Kiyohime (清姫)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 1974
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 100)
Image courtesy of Eldred's

              
Kanoko (鹿子) [Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)]

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 1976
Artist: Al Hirschfeld
Series: Kabuki
Medium: Lithograph (#169/275)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                
Musume (娘) [Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)]

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺) or a version thereof
Print Date: 1976
Artist: Al Hirschfeld
Series: Kabuki
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation

                 
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Hanako (花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/1978
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection

Note: Utaemon VI performed this role in Tokyo fifteen times
between April 1951 and April 1978.  It is possible that this
print reflects one of those prior performances.
 
 .

                   
[Dancer: The Temple of Dôjôji] Kiyohime (清姫)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 1979
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 30)
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Kiyohime no Rei (清姫の霊)

Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Ôdate Samagorô (大館左馬五郎)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1981
Print Date: 05/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 8)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第二期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (#20/36)
 
 
 

                 
Hana (花)

Play: Dôjôji (遺成寺)
Print Date: 01/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#11/72)

Note: 6 copies from the edition of 72 were destroyed by the artist.
 

                 
Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Shirabyōshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyōganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/94
Print Date: 09/1995
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#7/~45)

Note: A version (less than 20) was also printed in
aniline colors.
 

   

                 
Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Shirabyōshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyōganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/94
Print Date: 09-10/1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Dojôji bôshi odori (道成寺帽子踊り)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#22/50)

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Oshimodoshi (押戻)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 01-04/1995
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#6/80)

Note: This print would seem to have been based on a
special gala performance or a prior broadcast of
Uzaemon XVII's performance.  Uzaemon XVII's last
performance as Oshimodoshi that I could find was at
the Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo, in August 1992 before
Binnie arrived in Tokyo.  He also performed the role
on several previous occasions, including at the
Kabuki-za, Tokyo (February 1976 and December
1969), the Kokuritsu Gekijō, Tokyo (March 1971),
and the Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (January 1960).
 
 
 

                   
Shirabyōshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 1999
Artist: Torii Kiyomitsu (鳥居清光)
Medium: A.P. Lithograph
Image courtesy of Gallery Sobi Pallas
 
 

Musume Dojoji (娘道成寺)
Ex Libris Joop Sliep
 
Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Print Date: 03/2014
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Medium: Mezzotint
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as 
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
     
Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Furuya Shin (古家新)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎 素描集)
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role
in Tokyo eighteen times between
September 1912 and January 1948.
 
 
 
        

               
Oshimodoshi (押戻) - Uke

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com

       
        ? as Oshimodoshi (押戻)

        Play: Musume Dôjôji
        (娘道成寺)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as Shirabyôshi Hanako
        (白拍子花子)

        Play: Musume Dôjôji (道成寺)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

       
        Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)

        Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
        Print Date:  ?
        Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
        Courtesy of Mmaraahmed.com

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV, V, VI, or VII (中村福助) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kisan (璣山)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

? as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection

               
Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Hanako (花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection

Note: Tamasaburô V portrayed Hanako in Tokyo at Shinbashi
Enbujô in February 1977, February 1979, and April 1982, and
at the Kabuki-za in June 1984, December 1986, December 1994,
and January 2003.
 
 
 
  

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanako (花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note:  Kikugorô VII portrayed Hanako in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in October 1973 and May 1981, at the Kokuritsu
Gekijô in March 1985, at the Kabuki-za in January 1992, at
the Meiji-za in June 1995, and at the Kabuki-za in January
1998.

                   
Shirabyōshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Play: Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Miyashita Hisashi (宮下壽紀)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                   
[Dojoji dancer]
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Play:  Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The displayed image is a silk screen reproduction of the
original stencil print design and shown as a reference until an
image of the actual stencil print can be located.
 
 

                    
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Hanako in
Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in September 1912.  His final
performance in Tokyo was at the Tokyo-za in January
1948.  Without knowing the date of the print, it is
difficult to know the precise performance depicted.  There
are, however, costume similarities to a photograph from a
December 1938 production at the Kabuki-za.  Since
Kiugorô VI died in July 1949, it is likely the print was
made on or before 1949, or perhaps as a memorial print.

 

                   
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Date: ?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Personal Collection

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  This appears to be a design for the
porftfolio cover or insert thereto.

Hanako (花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Artist: Suga Tatehiko (菅楯彦)
Image courtesy of www.myjapanesehanga.com
 
 
 

                 
Hanako (花子)
 
Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: c. 1990s
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 100)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                 
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Image courtesy of the Omi Gallery

Shirabyōshi Hanako
(白拍子花子)
 
Dance: Musume Dôjôji
(娘道成寺)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamakawa Shûhô
(山川秀峰)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochikuburo
Series: [Ten Aspects of Dance]
Buyô Jyû-shû no Uchi
(舞踊十種之内) Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 

            
           Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
           as Shirabyôshi (白拍子)
           [Hanako (白拍子)]

           Play: Kyōganoko Musume Dôjôji
           (京鹿子娘道成寺)
           Artist: ?
           Medium: Woodblock printed
           matchbook cover
 
           Note: Kikugorô VI first performed
           the role of Hanako in Tokyo at the
           Shintomi-za in September 1912. 
           His final performance in Tokyo was
           at the Tokyo Gekijô in January 1948.
 
 

       
        Shirabyōshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
        Play: Kyōganoko Musume Dôjôji
        (京鹿子娘道成寺)
        Print Date: ?
            Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection