NANSÔ SATOMI
HAKKENDEN
(南総里見八犬傳)
aka HANA NO ANI TSUBOMI NO YATSUFUSA (花魁莟八総)
aka HAKKENDEN UWASA NO TAKADONO (八犬傳評判樓閣)
aka SATOMI HAKKENDEN (里見八犬傳)
SEPTEMBER 1899
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Makuwari Daiki (馬加大記)
Unknown as Kurayago (鞍弥吾)
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Inusaka Keno (犬坂毛野)
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)
Unknown as
Usui Sadaemon (臼井貞右衛門)
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Inuta Kobungo (犬田小文吾)
Unknown as
Sakata Kinemon (坂田金右衛門)
Unknown as
Watanabe Tsunahei (渡辺綱平)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/19/1899
Print Date: 04/24/1900?
Aetist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This print was made in 1900,
although the production depicted
was mounted in 1899. However, it
is possible that this print depicts
the set of a later Hakkenden play.
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Inukai Genpachi (犬飼現八)
Urabe Suezô (卜部季蔵) as Unknown
APRIL 1902
Ichikawa Somegorô IV
(市川染五郎) as
Inukawa Sôsuke (犬川荘助)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
(里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/23/02
Print Date: 04/1902
Aetist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This design was reused for
a performance at the Kabuki-za in
November 1902 with a different
cast.
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Musume Hamaji (娘濱路)
NOVEMBER 1902
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Inukawa Sôsuke (犬川荘助)
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Musume Hamaji (娘浜路)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
Aetist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
Note: This design is a recycled version of one used for a
performance at the Shintomi-za in
April 1902 with a different cast. The image of Danjûrô IX as
Inuyama Dôsetsu was also
used for a memorial print by Kunisada in 1903.
Plays: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝); Kanadehon Chûshingura (忠臣講釈);
Takatoki (高時);
Enoshima Sodachi Neoi no Chigogiku (江島育根生児菊); Setsugekka
Mitsugumi no Sakazuki
(雪月花三組杯觴)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/14/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
c. SEPTEMBER 1903
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團次郎) as Inuyama Dôsetsu
Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 09/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This is a memorial print.
Danjûrô IX performed the role of
Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo four times
in Tokyo: at the Shintomi-za in August
1978, at the Ichimura-za in April 1888,
and at the Kabuki-za in May 1892 and
again in November 1902.
AUGUST 1910
Plays: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝); Sannin Katawa (三人片輪); Shimizu
Ikakku (清水一角);
Shirôto Geshukuya (素人下宿屋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/10
Print Date: 08/09/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
DECEMBER 1914
Plays: Don'na (ドンナ); Hakkenden Sumida no Takadono (八犬傳墨田高樓);
Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝); Ama no Jaku (天邪鬼)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/14
Print Date: 12/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
1921
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection
Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Kichiemon I
performed this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in August
1910. The print series, however, is believed to be a
mitate-e.
1934
? as Fusehime (伏姫)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
(里見八犬傳; 里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1934
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
JANUARY 1953
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友 )
Play: Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Toyko
Performance Date: 01/02/53
Print Date: 01/1953?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
1958
Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
Fusehime (伏姫)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
(里見八犬傳; 里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/1958
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
Note: I can find no record of Tomoemon VII
performing this role in Tokyo. A similar but more
detailed version of this design is shown in the 2002
and 1991 Shunsen catalogs (and appears to be a
painting, not hanga-genga).
UNKNOWN DATES
? as
Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi
(犬飼現八信通)
Play: Nansô Satomi
Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Image courtesy of
MiniatureJapaneseWoodblocks.net
? as
Inukawa Sôsuke Yoshitô
(犬川荘助義任)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
(里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu
III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Inudoshi ni In mo (戌歳に因も):
Hakkenden Toyama Hora no Fuse-hime
(八犬傳富山洞の伏姫)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Edo Tako-e (江戸凧繪)
Image courtesy of Henk Herwig
Hakkenden Asakeno (八犬伝あさけの)
Play: Nansò Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬傳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tsujimura Jusaburô (辻村寿三郎)
Personal Collection (#88/100)
Wrapper for [Eight Dog
Heroes by Famous Actors]
Meiyu Hakkenden
(名優八犬傳)
Play:Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection
Note: These appear to be fanciful
depictions (mitate-e), as I have not
been able to find any production in
which these actors appeared
simultaneously.
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
as Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo
(犬山道節忠友)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as
Inuzuka Shino Moritaka
(犬塚信乃戌孝)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo (犬坂毛野胤智)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori
(犬田小文吾悌順)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi
(犬飼現八信通)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Inukawa Sôsuke Yoshitô (犬川荘助義任)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Nakamura Kichiemon I ( 中村吉右衛門) as
Inumura Kakutarô Masanori (犬村角太郎礼儀)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Inui Shinbei Hitoshi (犬江親兵衛仁)
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Inuyama Dôsetsu
Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友)
Play: Nansô Satomi
Hakkenden (南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection