'  SHÔFUDATSUKI KONGEN KUSAZURI
(正札附根元草摺)

aka KUSAZURIBIKI (草摺引)
aka KONGEN KUSAZURI (根元草摺引)


For additional images of Asahina, see Soga no Taimen (曾我対面).

JANUARY 1901


Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Play: Kongen Kusazuribiki
(根元草摺引) [Shôfudatsuki Kongen
Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 


  Ichikawa Sadanji I
  (市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
  Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)


  

JANUARY 1903


Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Maizuru (舞鶴)

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
[Soga] Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗)
       
Play: Kusazuribiki (草摺引) [Shôfudatsuki Kongen Kusazuri
(正札附根元草摺)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03       
Print Date: 12/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 
 

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
 





JANUARY 1913

                 
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引);  Munetô (宗任); Marie Do Kuronbitchure
(マリー、ド、クロンビツレ); Joiyahi (女嫌ひ); Zôho Noriaisen (増補乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/13
Print Date: 01/1913?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




JANUARY 1920

                 
 
Plays: Shichi Fukujin (七福神); Kongen Kuzazuribiki (根元草摺引); Tatakai no Ato (史劇戰の後);
Mizunoya Takao (水谷高尾)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/20
Print Date: 01/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 





APRIL 1921


 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



                 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki  (根元草摺引); Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kosodemaku Yamato Nishikie (小袖幕大和錦繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/17/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artists: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This was an entertainment for the Tokyo City Welcome Party for His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales.
  
 
 



MAY 1929


Plays: Jyûsan Sai no Yoritomo (十三歳の頼朝); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記);
Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); Hitozame (人鮫 ); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/29
Print Date: 05/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 


Plays: Jyûsan Sai no Yoritomo (十三歳の頼朝); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記);
Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); Hitozame (人鮫 ); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/29
Print Date: 05/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 



SEPTEMBER 1929

               
Asahina #1  (朝比奈の隈)

Role: Asahina (朝比奈の隈)
Play: Shôfudatsuki Kongen Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)
Print Date: 09/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 9, No. 61
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

DECEMBER 1929

               
Asahina #2 (朝比奈の隈)


Role: Asahina (朝比奈の隈)
Play: Shôfudatsuki Kongen Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)
Print Date: 12/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 12, No. 62
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

1936

                   
Cover for Kongen Kusazuribiki (正札附根元草摺引)
[Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)]

Play:Kongen Kusazuribiki (正札附根元草摺引)
Print Date: 1936
Artist: Miyake Kôhaku (三宅凰白)
Series: Kohaku Kabuki-e (凰白歌舞伎絵)
Medium: Machine printed
Personal Collection



                   
Maizuru (舞鶴) and Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)

Play: Kongen Kusazuribiki (正札附根元草摺引)
Print Date: 1936
Artist: Miyake Kôhaku (三宅凰白)
Series: Kohaku Kabuki-e (凰白歌舞伎絵)
Personal Collection



 







NOVEMBER 1948

                 
[Makeup for Asahina (朝比奈)]
 
Play: Shôfudatsuki Kongen Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)]
Print Date: 11/1948
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori Awase (歌舞伎隈取合)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The blazon suggests the actors Kataoka Nizaemon
(片岡仁左衛門) XI, XII, or XIII.
 
 
 



1950


Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku (こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: This was a collaboration with Tomita Chiaki, Kamoshita Chôko, Takane Kôji, Natori Shunsen,
Kubota Kinsen, Miyao Shigeo, Jinbo Tomoyo, Shimizu Miezô, and Mori Shunchô.  The panels by
Tadamasa follow.
 
 
 
  

 

           
           

                   
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈) and Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)
 
Play: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引), Panel 16 of
Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku
(こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection