SHIN USUYUKI MONOGATARI
(新薄雪物語)

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sonobe Hyôe (園部兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Saizaki Iga-no-Kami  (幸崎伊賀守)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ume-no-Kata (梅の方)
 
Plays: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari (新薄雪物語); Kuramayama no Kisei Kakegaku (鞍馬山祈誓 掛額);
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪夕夜入谷畔道)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/10
Print Date: 04/01/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Ume-no-Kata (梅の方)

Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
(新薄雪物語)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Onoe Kikugorò VI (尾上菊五郎) as
            Sonobe Hyôe (園部兵衛)
 
            Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
            (新薄雪物語)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/30/19
            Print Date: 04/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村 吉右衛門) as
            Saizaki Iga-no-Kami  (幸崎伊賀守)
 
            Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
            (新薄雪物語)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/30/19
            Print Date: 04/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nagori no Hoshi Zukiyo (名残の星月夜); Chiriyuku Hana Sannin Warai (散花三人笑);
Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori (御存鈴ヶ森); Shin Nanatsu Men ( 新七ツ面)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/03/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani  Library
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shibajaku VII (中村芝雀)  as
Usuyuki-hime (薄雪姫)

Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari (新薄雪物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/86
Print Date: ?
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note: Shibajaku VII also performed this role in Tokyo
at the Kabuki-za in June 2008, but this is believed to have
been after the publication date of the set.