NATSU SUGATA ONNA
DANSHICHI
(夏姿女團七)
JUNE 1910
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Danshichi Shima no Okaji
(團七縞お梶)
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Takatoki (高時);
Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七);
Wakamidori Sorazumiyoshi (若緑空住吉)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/12/10
Print Date: 06/13/10
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 Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑), Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as Hôjô
Takatoki (北條高時) in Takatoki (高時), and Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) in an as yet
unidentified role.
JULY 1917
Plays: Kamakura no Hito Yo (鎌倉の一夜); Tsunbo Zatô (つんぼ座頭); Madamu
Batafurai (蝶子夫人);
Natsu Matsuri On'na Danshichi (夏祭女團七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/17
Print Date: 07/1917?
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 Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Taro
Kaja (太郎冠者)
and Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Sakon Saburô (左近三郎) in Tsunbo Zatô
(つんぼ座頭).
JULY 1949
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Danshichi Shima no Okaji (團七縞お梶)
Play: Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏姿女團七)
Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1949
Print Date: 07/1949?
Aritst: Sasajima Kihei (笹 島喜平)
Medium: Colored woodblock print, likely with
hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Tokizô III would reprise this role at the Toyoko Hall
in June 1958. I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print
reflects that later performance.