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
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Koeda (小枝) and  Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵)) as Kiyomori (清盛) in Kyôgashima Musume no Ikenie (経島娘生贄).
 

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).
 
 
 
 

         
Plays: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記); Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人); Heikegani (平家蟹); Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕); Shinobi Yoru Koi no
Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者)  
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The cover depicts Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as Kôsan Oshô (洸山和尚) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Tadanao-kyô (忠直卿) in Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki
(忠直卿行状記); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Tamamushi no Tsubone (玉虫局) in Heikegani
(平家蟹); and Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎)
as Manbê (万兵衛) and Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) as Kurobê (九郎兵衛) in Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人).
                
 
 
       

? 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)