ÔISHI KURANOSUKE
(大石内蔵助)
FEBRUARY 1909
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)
Play: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯); Imayô
Mochizuki (今様望月);
Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/09
Print Date: 02/27/09
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as Ozawa no Gyôbu
(小澤刑部) in Imayô Mochizuki (今様望月) and Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Nitta
Yoshitoki (新田義時) in Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯).
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Oyoshi (およし)
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Chuzaemon (吉田忠左衛門)
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô
Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
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
Aoyama Harima (青山播磨),
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hôkoma Shirôbei (放駒四郎兵衛), and
Ichikawa Shôchô
II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊) in Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷); and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (梅川) in Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来). The
other figure is unknown.
Plays: Jyuraku no Yume (聚樂の夢); Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内藏助);
Tsuyu (露);
Kamogawa Zutsumi no Satsujin (加茂川堤の殺人)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/06/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Jyuraku no Yume (聚樂の夢); Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内藏助);
Tsuyu (露);
Kamogawa Zutsumi no Satsujin (加茂川堤の殺人)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/06/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum