SHISEN RYÔ KOBAN NO UME-NO-HA
(四千両小判梅葉)

aka TAIKO NO OTO DAIMOKU ODORI (太皷音題目伎踊)
aka SHISEN RYÔ (四千両)

                 
 
Plays: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha (四千両小判梅葉); Kaichô Taiji (怪鳥退治);
Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中);  Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/27/11
Print Date: 09/28/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed 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 Yoshida Gorozaburo
(吉田五郎三郎),  Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fujieda Geki (藤枝外記), and
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ayaginu (綾衣) in Minowa no Shinjû
(箕輪の心中), and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Date Shinzaemon (伊達新左衛門) in
Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮).
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yashû no Tomizô (野州の富蔵  (冨増))

Play: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎)

Play: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Tatsumiya Otatsu (辰巳屋お辰)
 
Play:  Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 07/15?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Udonya Rokubê (うどんや六兵衛)
 
Play:  Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 07/15?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎)

Play: Shisenryô (四千両)
[Shisenryô Koban no Umenoha (四千両小判梅葉)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/83
Print Date: 02/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 15)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 15
(第三期大首絵シリーズの15)
Personal Collection (#11/27)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).  7 copies from the edition of
27  were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
Personal Collection (#14/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Yashû Mushuku Tomizô (野州無宿富蔵)

Play: Shisenryô (四千両)
[Shisenryô Koban no Umenoha (四千両小判梅葉)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/83
Print Date: 02/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 16)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 16
(第三期大首絵シリーズの16)
Personal Collection (#3/27)