NATSU MATSURI NANIWA KAGAMI
(夏祭浪花鑑)

aka NATSU MATSURI (夏祭)

Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as
Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 06/26/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
  Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)


  

 

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I ( 市川権十郎;
   市川權十郎) as
   Issun Tokubê (一寸徳兵衛)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I ( 市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Issun Tokubê (一寸徳兵衛)'

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as
Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 04/20/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This print was made in 1901,
although the production depicted
was mounted in 1900.
 
 
 
 

[Popular Costume Sugoroku Game] Furidashi Ishô Ninki Sugoroku (振出衣裳人気双六)

Print Date: 11/20/1912
Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)
Medium: Woodblock printed sugoroku
Image courtesy of Dr. Osamu Nagai

Note: Published by Daimaru Gofukumise (大丸呉服店).
 

            
            30. Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)
                     
            Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
            Print Date: 11/20/1912
            Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)

           
Ôkabuki Engei Sugoroku (大歌舞伎 演藝双六)
Print Date: 04/05/21
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

            
           17. Natsu Matsuri (夏祭)
            Print Date: 04/05/21
            Artist: ?
                     
          

                    
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/22
Print Date: 08/1922?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Kamakurayama Noboru no Asahina (鎌倉山昇朝比奈); Akichi Ura (空地裏); Tomo Yakko (供奴);
Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami  (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/01/22
Print Date: 08/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Danshichi Kurôbê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/16/1924
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯) 
Medium: Woodblock printed magazine print
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Danshichi Kurôbê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play:  Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/25
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#14)
*Personal Collection

Note: Enjaku II  first played the role of Danshichi Kurôbê in
this play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in August 1917.
 
 
 

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
        實川延若) as
        Danshichi Kurôbê (団七九郎兵衛)

        Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
        (夏祭浪花鑑)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 08/07/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯) 
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#C]
        Personal Collection

       
        Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門)
        as Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)

       
        Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
        (夏祭浪花鑑)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 08/07/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯) 
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#C]
        Personal Collection

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za,
Osaka
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/10/27
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: No. 12 of Nihon Meibutsu
Ôsaka Bunraku-za Ningyô Gashû
(日本名物 大阪文楽座人形画集)
Images courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

   Issun Tokubê (一寸徳兵衛)
'

   Tsuribune no Sabu (釣船の三婦)
'

   Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
'

Placement of characters on stage design
'

  Stage Design
'

                   
Cover for Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
[Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)]

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: 1936
Artist: Miyake Kôhaku (三宅凰白)
Series: Kohaku Kabuki-e (凰白歌舞伎絵)
Medium: Machine printed
Personal Collection

                   
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: 1936
Artist: Miyake Kôhaku (三宅凰白)
Series: Kohaku Kabuki-e (凰白歌舞伎絵)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: 1939
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
Series: [Models of Kabuki Actors] Haiyû Kagami (俳優鑑)
 
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô
Performance Date: 07/05/49
Print Date: 1955?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#12)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
June (6月): Danshichi ( 団七九)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: 1950
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: [Calendar of Kabuki Actors] Kabuki Sugata-goyomi
(歌舞伎姿暦)
*Personal Collection

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
Play:  Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/59
Print Date: 1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: A similar but reversed and more detailed
version of this design is shown in the 2002 and
1991 Shunsen catalogs (and appears to be a
painting).
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1981
Print Date: 05/1983
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (AP)
 
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: May 7-21, 1993
Print Date: 1993
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Natsu Matsuri Naniwa
Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑), Ukare Bôzu (浮かれ坊主), Shiokumi
(汐汲), Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎) [second part of Shin
Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa (新皿屋舗月雨暈)], and
Takatsuki (高杯).  It starred Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎),
Sawamura Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎;  澤村藤十郎), Nakamura
Kankurô V (中村勘九郎),  Nakamura Tomotarô (中村智太郎),
Nakamura Hirotarô (中村浩太郎), Nakamura Hashinosuke III
(中村橋之助), Bandô Kichiya II (坂東吉弥; 坂東吉彌), and
Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅).
 
 
 
 

? as Danshichi Kurobê ( 団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami 
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection

Note: If the actor is Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
實川延若), he performed this role at the Kabuki-za in
August 1917 and again in August 1925.              

 Ichimura Uzaemon (市村羽左衛門) as Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô (尾上菊五郎) as Giheiji (義平次)
 
Onoe Kikugorô (尾上菊五郎) as Issun Tokubê (一寸徳兵衛)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Although listed as a woodblock print, it is possible that this is
actually a painting.There was a production of this play with Uzaemon
XV and Kikugorô VI at the Kabuki-za in July 1940 which could be the
production depicted in this work.   It is not known at this time how
the auctioneer was able to identify the actors, but that information
may have been on the decorative wrapper that accompanied the
work. 
 
 
 
 

                                 
                [Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)] *** (***)
 
                Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
                Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 21)
                Image courtesy of Gallery East

[June]
   
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa
Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Series: Shibai Mitate
Jūni-Kagetsu
(芝居見立十二ヶ月)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
實川延若) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: During the Taishô era when
Eishô was active as a print designer,
Enjaku II performed this role in Tokyo
at the Kabuki-za in August 1917 and
August 1925.