Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門)
Play: Fuwa (不破)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門)
Play: Fuwa (不破)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
Play: Ya-no-ne (矢の根)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Narukami (鳴神)
Play: Act IV of Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura
(雷神不動北山櫻)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
*Personal Collection
Kan U (関羽)
Play: Urûzuki Ninin Kagekiyo (閏月仁景清)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Fudô Myôô (不動明王)
Play: Tsuwamono Kongen Soga (兵根元曾我)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Gagoze Akaemon (元興寺赤右衛門)
Play: Nanatsu Men (七つ面)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Kuretake (呉竹)/Kasuga (春日)
Play: Isshin Gokai no Tama (一心五界玉) [Uwanari (嫐)]
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)
Play: Kenuki (毛抜), Act 3 of Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura
(雷神不動北山櫻)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Play: Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
*Personal Collection
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)
Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Mino Tagenji Takeru (箕田源二猛) and
Ôtomo Daijin Kachimaro (大伴大臣褐麿)
Play: Zôhiki (象引) [Keisei Ôshôkun (傾城王昭君)]
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
*Personal Collection
Tawara no Kotôta (俵藤太and
Taira no Yoshikado (平良門)
Play: Kamahige (鎌髭)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)
Play: Gedatsu (解脱)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
*Personal Collection
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)
Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Hebiyanagi no Sei (蛇柳の精)
Play: Jayanagi (蛇柳)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
*Personal Collection
Toraya Tôkichi (虎屋東吉)/Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)
Play: Uirô Uri (外郎売)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: 04/01/31
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban (歌舞伎十八番)
Personal Collection
Envelope for Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番) (small size)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Personal Collection
Note: The following set of small size Kabuki
Jûhachiban appear to have been issued in
order to promote the sale of the larger book
set. They were issued in two versions. This
is the wrapper for the set of loose prints.
Another set (the set illustrated below) was
bound accordion-style. The two versions are
identical, except the artwork for the table of
contents is different, and the presence and
location of seals on the prints sometimes
varies. A set of test prints, some partially in
color also exists in the collection, but are not
shown.
Table of Contents for
Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size, loose version)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Personal Collection
Table of Contents for
Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size, bound version)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Personal Collection
Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門)
Play: Fuwa (不破)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Soga Gorô Tokimune
(曾我五郎時致)
Play: Ya-no-ne (矢の根)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Narukami (鳴神)
Play: Act IV of Narukami Fudô
Kitayama Zakura
(雷神不動北山櫻)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Kan U (関羽)
Play: Urûzuki Ninin Kagekiyo
(閏月仁景清)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Fudô Myôô (不動明王)
Play: Tsuwamono Kongen Soga (兵根元曾我)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Gagoze Akaemon (元興寺赤右衛門)
Play: Nanatsu Men (七つ面)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Kuretake (呉竹)/Kasuga (春日)
Play: Isshin Gokai no Tama
(一心五界玉) [Uwanari (嫐)]
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)
Play: Kenuki (毛抜), Act 3 of
Narukami Fudô
Kitayama Zakura
(雷神不動北山櫻)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Play: Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)
Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo
(大銀杏榮景清)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Mino Tagenji Takeru
(箕田源二猛) and
Ôtomo Daijin Kachimaro
(大伴大臣褐麿)
Play: Zôhiki (象引)
[Keisei Ôshôkun (傾城王昭君)]
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Tawara no Kotôta (俵藤太and
Taira no Yoshikado (平良門)
Play: Kamahige (鎌髭)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)
Play: Gedatsu (解脱)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa
(鎌倉権五郎景政)
Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Hebiyanagi no Sei (蛇柳の精)
Play: Jayanagi (蛇柳)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Toraya Tôkichi (虎屋東吉)/
Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)
Play: Uirô Uri (外郎売)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: 04/1931?
Series: Kabuki Jûhachiban
(歌舞伎十八番)
(small size)
Personal Collection
NOVEMBER
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)
Play: Shigure Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Act II of
Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/31
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#15)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design. Ganjirô I died on February 1, 1935 at
age 76. He first played the role of Kamiya Jihê in this play
in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in October 1906 (he had played
it in Osaka as far back as February 1885). Although
Ganjirô I's final Tokyo appearance in this role was at the
Kabuki-za in November 1931, it is possible that Gakô
based this print on one of Ganjirô I's prior performances.
(His final Tokyo appearance in the first act, Kawashô
(河庄), was at the Kabuki-za in June 1931.)
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)
Play: Shigure Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Act II of
Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/31
Print Date: 1953
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#11)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Ganjirô I first played the role of Kamiya Jihê in this
play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in October 1906 (he had
played it in Osaka as far back as February 1885). Although
Ganjirô I's final Tokyo appearance in this role was at the
Kabuki-za in November 1931, it is possible that Gakô based
this print on one of Ganjirô I's prior performances. Indeed,
the actor looks considerably younger here than in Ota's other
portrait of Ganjirô I. (His final Tokyo appearance in the
first
act, Kawashô (河庄), was at the Kabuki-za in June 1931.)