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).






DECEMBER 1917

                 
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.
 





MAY 1922


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