ÔMI GENJI SENJIN YAKATA
(近江源氏先陣館)

aka MORITSUNA JIN'YA (盛綱陣屋)

                 
Plays: Horikawa Youchi (堀川夜討); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪); Sangen Nagaya (三軒長家)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/22/05
Print Date: 05/22/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前), Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵) as Tosabô (土佐坊), and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune
(源義経)in Horikawa Youchi (堀川夜討).
 
 

                 
 
Play: Kyôgashima Musume no Ikenie (経島娘生贄); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sanzen Ryô Omoni no Shûku Tsugi (三千兩重荷宿継); Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来);
Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/09
Print Date: 10/03/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Koeda (小枝) and  Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵)) as Kiyomori (清盛) in Kyôgashima Musume no Ikenie (経島娘生贄).
 

                 
 
Plays: Kamakura Bukan (鎌倉武鑑); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Kyôkanoko
Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺); Horikawa (堀川); Kômen Hagi no Tamagawa (後面萩の玉川)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/11
Print Date: 11/03/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
in Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺).
 
   

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed envelope
[Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]


 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)


Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Bimyô (微妙)
 
Plays: Katakiuchi Shiraishi Banashi (敵討白石噺); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫); Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
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 Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺清心) in
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫).
 
 

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Wada Hyôe (和田兵衛)
 
Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/15/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

            
            Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
            Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

           
            Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
            (近江源氏先陣館)
            Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
            Performance Date: 02/15/20
            Print Date: 02/1920?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Image courtesy of Art Research Center,
            Ritsumeikan University

                    
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Kagaribi (篝火)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋),
Act VIII of Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館 )
Performance Place:Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller attributed this print to
Natori Shunsen, but seal does not look
like any known Shunsen seal.
 
 

 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Plays: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋);
Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ono Komachi (小野小町)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/23
Print Date: 06/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ataka Gôemon (安宅郷右衛門)
and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôta Ôi (太田大炊) in Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nishina Rin'nosuke (仁科林之助), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Hebitsukahi Okinu (蛇つかひお絹), and  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Toyokichi (豊吉) in Ryôgoku
no Aki (兩国の秋); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Ono Komachi (小野小町).
 
 
 

Plays:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆);
Imashimegusa Inga Banashi (誡種因果噺); Kosode Monogurui (小袖物狂ひ);
Utamakura Genji no Edozome (歌枕源氏紫);  Gojôbashi (五条橋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/38
Print Date: 06/1938?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Bandô Jûzaburô (坂東重三郎) as
Wada [no Hyôe Hidemori] (和田)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番)
Courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/1951
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#2)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Ebizô IX first played the role of Moritsune in this
play in Tokyo at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô in October 1948,
and it is possible that Gakô based this print on that  performance.
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Danjuro XI (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋), Act VIII of
Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1962
Print Date: c. 1970s
Artist: Hasegawa Noboru (長谷川昇)
Personal Collection (#16/100)
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵) as
Takatsuna Nyôbô Kagaribi (高綱女房篝火)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋)
[Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/84
Print Date: 01/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Busts of Female Role Specialists]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Mimyô (盛綱母微妙)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋)
[Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/84
Print Date: 02/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Busts of Female Role Specialists]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Moritsuna (盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1991
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
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as
Takatsuna Tsuma Kagaribi (高綱妻篝火)

Play: Moritsuna Jinya (盛綱陣屋)
[Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (盛綱陣屋)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/99
Print Date: 03/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 2)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 2
(第十三期集成シリーズの2)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

Nakamura Ganjirô I
(中村鴈治郎) as
Sasaki Moritsuna
(佐々木盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: Ganjirô Tôri Kyogen
Nigaoe Jû-shu Part 1
(玩辞楼当利狂言
似顔絵十種 其一)
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô I performed this
role in Tokyo four times
between May 1890 and May
1928 (and presumably
multiple times in Osaka as
well) .
 
 
 
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            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as
            Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

            Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
            (近江源氏先陣館)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
            (長谷川貞信)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
            Personal Collection

            Note: This print may not be by
            Sadanobu III.  Kichiemon I
            played this role in Tokyo at the
            Hôgaku-za in September 1924
            and at the Hongô-za in February
            1926. However, it likely reflects
            a performance in Osaka or
            Kyoto. 

           
            [Bunraku Puppet Head of Wada Hyôe]
            Bunraku Ôkubi -  Wada Hyôe (文楽大首 - 和田兵衛)

            Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata( 近江源氏先陣館)
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
 
 
 
 

                   
                    Nakamura Kichiemon I
                    (中村吉右衛門) as
                    Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
                    Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
                    (近江源氏先陣館)
                    Performance Place: Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 09/06/24
                    Print Date: 1924?
                    Aritst: ?
                    Medium: Woodblock printed
                    senshafuda
                    Personal Collection
 
                    Note: See one of the undated Hasegawa
                    Sadanobu pochibukuro for a related design.

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Utagawa Chikasada (歌川周貞)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
Note: During the 1910s and 1920s, Kichiemon I
performed this role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za on
Gekijô in March 1918, at the Hôgaku-za in September
1924, and at the Hongô-za in February 1926,