SHUZENJI MONOGATARI
(修禅寺物語)

                 
 
Plays: Iwatesan (岩手山); Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵); Kokaji (小鍛冶); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/11
Print Date: 05/12/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Goban Tadanobu (碁盤忠信); Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生寫朝顔日記);
Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語); Mitsu no Tomoe Yukino Yobanashi (三巴雪夜話)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/16
Print Date: 12/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Katsura-hime (桂姫)
 
Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
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
 
 
 
 

                                       
                        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
                        Yoriie (頼家)
            
                        Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
                        (修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
                        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                        Performance Date: 04/03/19
                        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
 

                           
            Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次)
            as Yasha-ô  (夜叉王)
            
            Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
            (修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/03/19
            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
 

                       
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次)
as Yasha-ô  (夜叉王)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Plays: Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記); Nanbuzaka (南部坂); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/03/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記); Nanbuzaka (南部坂); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/03/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays:  Sono Toki  no Akôjyô (其時の赤穂城); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/30
Print Date: 07/1930?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Sono Toki  no Akôjyô (其時の赤穂城); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/30
Print Date: 07/1930?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                 
[Master Maskmaker Yasha-ô] Mensakushi Yasha-ô
(面作師夜叉王)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語;
修善寺物語)
Date: c. 1938-1940
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Yashaô (夜叉王)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1940
Print Date:  1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#20)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Sadanji II died on February 23, 1940
at age 61.  He first played the role of Yashaô in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in May 1911.  Although Sadanji's final Tokyo
appearance in this role was at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
February 1940, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Sadanji II's prior performances.
 
 
 

                 
Katsura (桂)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari (修善寺物語)
Print Date: 2012
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 16)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection Tokyo