SHINOBI YORU KOI NO KUSEMONO
(忍夜戀曲者)

aka MASAKADO (将門)

                 
 
Play: Kyôgashima Musume no Ikenie (経島娘生贄); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sanzen Ryô Omoni no Shûku Tsugi (三千兩重荷宿継); Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来);
Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/09
Print Date: 10/03/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takiyasha-hime (滝夜叉姫)
 
Play: Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Baikô VI
performed this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijo in
September 1912, though the play was called neither Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者) nor Masakado (将門).
 
 
 
 

         
Play: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記)     
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Also on the bill were Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人), Heikegani (平家蟹), Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕), and Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者). 
The cast included  Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥), Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上 栄三郎), Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸), and Onoe Kikugorô VI 
(尾上菊五郎).
                
 
 
       

? 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).
 
 

            
            Nakamura Shikan VI (中村芝翫) as
            Takiyasha-hime ( 瀧夜又姫)
 
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
            Ôya no Tarô Mitsukuni (大宅太郎光國)
           
            Play: Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者)
            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

                   
[Princess Takiyasha] Takiyasha-hime (瀧夜叉姫)

Play: Masakado (将門) aka Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono
(忍夜戀曲者)
Print Date: 1976
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)