SAKURA GIMINDEN
(佐倉義民伝)

aka HIGASHIYAMA SAKURA SÔSHI (東山桜荘子)
aka SAKURA SÔSHI GONICHI NO BUNDAN (桜荘子後日文談)
aka SAKURA SÔGO (佐倉宗吾)
aka JITSUROKU SAKURA SÔGO (実録佐倉宗吾)

               
[Edo Famous Places in the Style of Kyôgen Plays (The late
Kodanji's Sakura Sôgo)]
Edo Meisho Mitate Kyôgen Tsukusu (Sendai Kodanji no Sakura
Sôgo) (江戸名所見立狂言盡し(先代小團次の佐倉宗吾)
 
Play: Sakura Sôgo (佐倉宗吾)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1851
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Oct. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Kodanji IV also performed this role at the Morita-za in
Tokyo in September 1861.
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nue Taiji (鵺退治); Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝); Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿国);
Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨); Rokkasen Kyôga no Suminuri (六歌仙狂画墨塗)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/10
Print Date: 06/01/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Jitsuroku Sakura Sôgo (実録佐倉宗吾); Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki  (檀浦兜軍記);
Takayama Hikokurô  (高山彦九郎); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: Tôkyô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/09/10
Print Date: 09/12/10
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Chônosuke III (沢村長之助; 澤村長之助) in an
unknown role.
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kiuchi Sôgorô (木内宗五郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Plays: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民傳); Bôshibari (棒しばり); Oyayuzuri Gosho Gorozô
(親譲御所五郎藏); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/17
Print Date: 03/1917?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵) in
Oyayuzuri Gosho Gorozô (親譲御所五郎藏).
 
 

               
?
 
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Sôshi (東山桜荘子)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Print Date: 10/1918?
Personal Collection
           

            
            IIchikawa Sadanji II
            (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

         
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵;
             市川壽美蔵) as Jûsaku (十作)
            
            Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝) 
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
           ( 市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
            as Jûsaku (十作)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kiuchi Sôgo (木内宗吾)
 
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民傳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/05/18
Print Date: 03/01/18
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Sakura Sôgo (佐倉宗吾)
            
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Kataoka Nizaemon XI
           (片岡仁左衛門) as
            Sakura Sôgo (佐倉宗吾)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection 
 
 
 
 

            
            Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as
            Kòzen (光然)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Jitsukawa Enjaku II
            (実川延若) as
            Kòzen (光然)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 

       
        Nakamura Jakuemon III  (中村雀右衛門)
        as Osan (おさん)
           
        Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
        Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/04/18
        Print Date: 10/1918?
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
        (千代 栄劇彩)    
        Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                    
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as ?
 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as ?
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as ?
 
Plays: Ninin Shôjô (二人猩々); Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝);
Shichi Fukujin (七福神); Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri
(弥生の花浅草祭); Yuya no Nikai (湯屋の二階)  
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/03/26
Print Date: 07/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sôgo (宗吾)

Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Jinbei (甚兵)  

Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
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

Note: Kichiemon I and Tomoemon VI performed their
roles together at the  Meiji-za in Toyko in February 1937.
That production likely toured Osaka around that time.
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX  (松本幸四郎) as
Sakura Sôgorô (佐倉宗五郎)
      
Play: Sakura Gimiden (佐倉義民伝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1985
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: If this print depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII,
he performed this role at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo, in
April 1954 and again in February 1960, and at the
Kokuritsu Gekijô in Tokyo in May 1967.