KATAOKA NIZAEMON XV (片岡仁左衛門)
03/14/1944 -

aka KATAOKA TAKAO I (片岡孝夫)

               
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)

Play:Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Toyko
Performance Date: 06/04/76
Print Date: 07/1981
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#85/200)

Note: Takao also performed this role at the Minami-za, Kyoto, in March
1977.

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助)

Play: Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1981
Print Date: 03/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 6)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第二期大首絵シリーズの6)
Personal Collection (#29/36)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).   A smaller, simplified
version of the actor's face was also used on a 1998
holiday card.
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku (助六)
[Sukeroku Kuruwa no Hatsu Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/83
Print Date: 03/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 17)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 17
(第三期大首絵シリーズの17)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: A smaller, simplified version of the actor's face was also
used on a 1998 holiday card.
 

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛)

Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Tamiya lemon (民谷伊右衛門)

Play: Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談)
[Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan(東海道四谷怪談)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/83
Print Date: 06/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 22)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 22
(第三期大首絵シリーズの22)
Personal Collection (#9/36)

Note: A larger version of Onoe Tatsunosuke I's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).  A smaller, simplified version of
Kataoka Takao I's face was also used on a 1998 holiday card.
2 copies from the edition of 36 were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 

                   
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hana Muko
(道行旅路の花聟), between Acts 4 and 5 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/1988
Print Date: 07/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Personal Collection (#35/72)
 
 
 
 

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Play: Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act 7 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/1988
Print Date: 09/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#57/72)

Note: A smaller, simplified version of the actor's face was
also used on a 1998 holiday card.

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 13-25, 1991
Print Date: 1991
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Hikimado (引窓),
Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Matsuura no Taiko
(松浦の太鼓), and Yoshinoyama (道行初音旅) [Act III,
Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)].  It
starred Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫), Nakamura Kankurô V
(中村勘九郎), Ichikawa Sadanji IV (市川左団次; 市川左團次),
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), Nakamura Hashinosuke
III (中村橋之助), Kataoka Takatarô (片岡孝太郎), Ichimura
Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車),
Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅) and Kamimura Kichiya V.
 
 
 

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Tobizu Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉)

Play: Omatsuri (お祭り)
[Mata Koko-ni Kabuki no Hanadashi (再茲歌舞妓花轢)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/94  
Print Date: 03/1994
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 1)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1
(第十期大首絵シリーズの1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: A smaller, simplified version of the actor's face was also
used on a 1998 holiday card.
 

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)

Play: Yoshidaya (吉田屋) [Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/96
Print Date: 05/1996
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 2)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの2)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: A smaller, simplified version of the actor's
face was also used on a 1998 holiday card.
 
 
 

                 
1998 Holiday Card with portraits of
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫)

Print Date: c. 01/01/98
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: The holiday card uses reduced,
simplified images of Kataoka Takao
(left to right starting at the top row)
from the following prints:
 
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Sukeroku (助六), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/83);
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/96);
Tobizu Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉) in
Omatsuri (お祭り), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/94);
Tamiya lemon (民谷伊右衛門) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/83);
Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/81);
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵),
Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/88).
 
 
 

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)

Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/99
Print Date: 04/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 3)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 3
(第十三期集成シリーズの3)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kiso Yoshikata (木曽義賢)

Play: Yoshikata Saigo (義賢最期), Act II, Scene 2 of
Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/2000
Print Date: 08/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 15)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 15
(第十三期集成シリーズの15)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                &
 Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)

Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵) as Otomi (お富)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 8-21, 2002
Print Date: 2002
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori
(御存鈴ヶ森), Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛), Sushiya (すし屋) [Act III, Scene III of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)] and Futa Omote Mizu
ni Terutsuki (双面水照月).  It starred Kataoka Nizaemon XV
(片岡仁左衛門), Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), Bandô
Takesaburô V (坂東竹三郎), Kataoka Takatarô (片岡孝太郎),
Kataoka Ainosuke VI (片岡愛之助), Bandô Kichiya II (坂東吉弥;
坂東吉彌), Bandô Yajûrô, and Sawamura Sônosuke III
(沢村宗之助;  澤村宗之助).

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Tobigashira Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉)

Play: Omatsuri (お祭り)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 12/30/08
Print Date: 2013
Artist: Tachihara Inuki (立原位貫)
Personal Collection (#42/110)

Note: Given the lapse in time, one wonders if Inuki based this print on
photographs or a video.  Nizaemon XV also performed this role at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in October 2006 and at the Shôchiku-za, Osaka,
in January 2009.  Consequently, this print may have been based on
any of these productions, particularly the one at the Kabuki-za.
 
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kawachiya Yohê (河内屋与兵衛)

Play: Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku (女殺油地獄)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/09
Print Date: 2013
Artist: Tachihara Inuki (立原位貫)
Personal Collection (#42/110)

Note: A filmed version of the June 2009 production was
 released on May 24, 2013.
 

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛)

Play: Kamikakete Sango Taisetsu (盟三五大切)
Performance Place: Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/01/11
Print Date: 2013
Artist: Tachihara Inuki (立原位貫)
Personal Collection (#42/110)

Note: Nizaemon XV previously played this role at the Kabuki-za
in Tokyo in November 2008, and it is possible that this print is
based on that performance.
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門)

Play: Kuruwa bunshô Yoshidaya
(廊文章吉田屋; 廓文章  吉田屋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/13
Print Date: 2013
Artist: Tachihara Inuki (立原位貫)
Personal Collection (edition size unknown)

Note: If this print was made before the May 2013 Kabuki-za production,
then it would have been based on Nizaemon XV's performances at the
Kabuki-za in March 2008 or April 2009.
 
 
 

                 
Kataoka Takao (片岡 孝夫) as
Yosaburo (与三郎)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
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: Takao performed this role at the Kabuki-za in March
1982 and March 1986, and at the Shinbashi Enbujô in June
1991.