NIJÔ-JÔ NO
KIYOMASA
(二條城の清正)
FEBRUARY 1935
Nakamura Moshio IV (中村もしほ) as
Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣秀頼)
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
Play: Nijô-jô no Kiyomasa (二條城の清正)
Performance Place: Osaka Kabuki-za
Performance Date: 02/01/35
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban (忠孝歌舞伎十八番);
also reissued as part of the series Kabuki Jûni Dai
(歌舞伎十二第) in 1952
*Personal Collection
MAY 1950
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII 中村勘三郎) as
Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣秀頼)
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
Sawamura Tosshô IV (沢村訥升;澤村訥舛) as
Kita-no-Mandokoro (北政所)
Play: Nijō-jō no Kiyomasa (二條城の清正)
Performance Place: Misono-za, Nagoya
Performance Date: 05/1950
Print Date: 05/03/50
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Woodblock printed program cover
Personal Collection
Note: Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII 中村勘三郎) celebrated his
shumei at the Misono-za in Nagoya with a troupe led by
his brother Nakamura Kichiemon I. Other plays on the bill
included Akegarasu Yume no Awayuki (明鳥夢泡雪),
Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記), Narukami (鳴神),
Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子), and Banzuiin Chobê ((幡随長兵衛;
幡随院長兵衛).
DECEMBER 1950
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,
Kamoshita Chôko,
Takane Kôji, Kubota Kinsen, Miyao Shigeo, Jinbo Tomoyo, Shimizu
Miezô, and Mori
Shunchô. A panel by Shunsen follow.
Play: Nijô-jô no Kiyomasa (二條城の清正), Panel 18 of
Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku
(こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection
JANUARY 1951
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kiyomasa (清正)
Play: Nijôjô no Kiyomasa (二条城の清正; 二條城の清正)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyho
Performance Date: 01/01/51
Print Date: 01/51?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection
Note: The two folds suggest that this might have been a
kuchi-e or a magazine insert.