SATO MOYÔ AZAMI NO IRONUI
(花街模様薊色縫)

aka SATO NO HARUGI AZAMI IRONUI (柳巷春着薊色縫)
aka KOSODE SOGA AZAMI NO IRONUI (小袖曽我薊色縫)
aka IZAYOI SEISHIN (十六夜清心)
aka ONIAZAMI SEIKICHI (鬼薊清吉)
 

JANUARY 1909

                 
 
Play: Muneyukikyô (宗行卿); Shunkyô Kagami Jishi (春興鏡獅子); Sato no Harugi Azami no Ironui
(柳巷春着薊色縫); Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/09
Print Date: 01/14/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 





MARCH 1918

                 
 
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
 
 




JANUARY 1915

                   

Plays: Kentô Bôshi (劒島帽子); Igagoe Dôchû
Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Ibaraki (茨木);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫);
Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船惠方萬歳)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/15
Print Date: 12/30/14
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 





FEBRUARY 1920


Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Izayoi (十六夜)

Play:  Sato no Harugi Aazami Ironui
(柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/07/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Baikô VI also performed this role at
the Hongô-za in June 1924 and at the
Teikoku Gekijô in June 1926.  It is
possible that this print reflects one of
those performances.
 
 
 

               

JUNE 1926


Plays: Ejima Ikushima (江島生島); Sangoku Musô Hisago no Gunpai (三國無双瓢軍配);
Genboku to Chôei (玄朴と長英);  Sato no Harugi Azami no Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/26
Print Date: 06/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




JULY 1948


? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo           
Performance Date: 07/1948
Print Date: 07/1948?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集)
Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied
color on verso
Personal Collection

Note: This the design on the wrapper for
the prints in this series.  It is possible that the
print depicts a generic Jôruri reciter, and not
a specific performer in any particular play at
the Mitsukoshi Gekijô.  The plays on the bill
at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô in July 1948 were
Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談);
Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono
(忍夜戀曲者); Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui
(花街模様薊色縫); and Koreha Hyôban
Ukina no Yomiuri (是評判浮名讀賣).


           



 
  Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as 
  Motome (求女)

  Play: Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫)
  Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
  Performance Date: 07/1948
  Print Date: 07/1948?
  Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
  Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
  Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
  Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color
  on verso
  Personal Collection

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
            Izayoi (十六夜)
 
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as Seishin (清心)
           
            Play: Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Personal Collection

            
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as Seishin (清心)
            Ôtani Tomoemon VII as Izayoi (十六夜)
 
            Kataoka Ichizô V (片岡市蔵) as
            Ôdera Shôbei (大寺正兵衛)
           
            Play: Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color
            on verso
            Personal Collection