SAIYÛKI
(西遊記)

aka TSÛZOKA SAIYÛKI (通俗西遊記)

               
 [Spring Kyogen] Haru Kyôgen (春狂言) (Megumi (め組), Gokû
(悟空), Ishikiri (石切), Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Yamashina (山科))
 
Play: Saiyuki (西遊記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/99
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The cover alludes to Miura no Ôsuke Ôbai Tazuna
(三浦大助紅梅靮) and Saiyuki (西遊記)  which opened at the
Ichimura-za, Tokyo, on January 3, 1911, Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
and Goban Taiheiki (碁盤太平記) which opened at the Shintomi-za
on January 3, 1911, and Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi
(神明恵和合取組) which opened at the Kabuki-za on January 14,
1911.
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次;  市川左團次) as
Son Gaku (孫悟空) and Miura Arajirô
Yoshizumi (三浦荒次郎義澄)

Play(s): Saiyûki (西遊記);
Kawanakajima Azuma Nishikie
(川中島東都錦画)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 11/03/1917
Print Date: 11/1917?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               
Son Goku (孫悟空)
 
Play: Tsûzoku Saiyûki (通俗西遊記)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 14, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1920)
Personal Collection
 
 

Son Goku (孫悟空)
   
Play: Saiyûki (西遊記)
Print Date: 09/21/27
Series: Kyōgen-Dukushi
(狂言づくし)
Medium: Woodblock
printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: The artist is possibly
Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠).
 
 
 
 

               
Saru - Kuma (猿隈)


Role: Songokû (孫悟空)
Play: Tsûzoku Saiyûki (通俗西遊記)
Print Date: 08/13/29
Artist: Ota Gako (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 8, No. 31
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Tôkyô Kôshin Kyoku (東京行進曲 ); Saiyûki (西遊記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/29
Print Date: 12/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 

Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Son Goku (孫悟空)

Play: Saiyûki (西遊記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1944
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

       
        ? as Son Goku (孫悟空)

        Play: Saiyûki (西遊記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: 1944?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Bunraku no Son Goku (文楽の孫悟空)

        Play: Saiyûki (西遊記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: 1944?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

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Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
Note: This possibly depicts
a monkey character in
Saiyûki (西遊記); or Nue Taiji
(鵺退治).
 
 
 
 

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Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
Note: This possibly depicts
I-no-Hayata (猪の早太) in
Nue Taiji (鵺退治).