SARUWAKA
(猿若)

aka KOTOBUKI SARUWAKA (壽猿若)

                 
 
Play: Yûshoku Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記); Sakura Shigure
(桜時雨); Saruwaka (猿若)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/09
Print Date: 04/06/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)  as Konoshita Tôkichi
(此下東吉) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), and Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Miura Arajirô (三浦荒次郎) and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sano Genzaemon
(佐野源左衛門) in Yûshoku Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山).
 

                 
Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
 
Onoe Ushinosuke III (尾上丑之助) as Daimyô Bô (大名某)
 
Plays: Kotobuki Saruwaka (壽猿若); Ôgi Fuji Hôrai Sôga (扇富士蓬莱曾我); Yoshino Shizuka (吉野静);
Nanbyô Dereteria (難病デレテリア)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/19
Print Date: 01/1919?
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 Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Sôga Tarô Sukenobu (曾我太郎祐信等),
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Yoritomo (頼朝), and  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Hatayama Shôji Shigetada (畠山庄司重忠) in Ôgi Fuji Hôrai Sôga (扇富士蓬莱曾我); and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信) and  Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in Yoshino Shizuka (吉野静).
 

Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)

Play: Saruwaka (猿若)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1944
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 
 

[Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) Title Page
depicting Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
           
Play: Saruwaka (猿若)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1951
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー)
Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
   
 
 

Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)

Play: Saruwaka (猿若)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson