KOTOBUKI SOGA NO TAIMEN
(寿曾我の対面)

aka SOGA NO TAIMEN (曾我対面)
aka KICHIREI SOGA NO ISHIZUE (吉例曽我礎)
aka KICHIREI SOGA NO TAIMEN (吉例曽我の対面)
aka KOTOBUKI SOGA (寿曾我; 寿曽我)

           
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)
    
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経) 
    
Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;   市川莚舛) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Ichikawa Enjo (市川莚女) as
Kehaizaka Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

Play: Kotobuki Soga (寿曾我; 寿曽我)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/02
Print Date: 01/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 
 

                      
Left Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread; Unknown as Unread;
Unknown as Unread

Left Panel, Middle Row: Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門); Unknown as Unread

Left Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈);
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Middle Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread;
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎);
Unread as Unknown, Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Unread

Middle Panel, Bottom Row: Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成);
Onoe ô EizaburVI (尾上栄三郎;  尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
     
Right Panel, Top Row: Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎) as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経);
Unread as Unknown; Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将); Unknown as Unread

Right Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太); Unknown as Unread

Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Kabuki21.com
 
 
 

                
Plays:  Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録); Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎);
Hanazakari Kabuki no Momijiba (花盛劇楓葉); Toriawase Otoko Mai (鶏合男子舞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/16/03
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎)
as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
(工藤左衛門祐経)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

Unknown as
Unread














Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue
(吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 06/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Unknown as Unread
 
  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
  Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Unread

  Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎;
  尾上榮三郎) as
  Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)

  Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
  as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)

  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎)

                 
 
Plays: Tsuta Moyô Chizome no Goshuin (蔦模様血染御書); Kawanakajima Shôri no Yamamoto
(川中島勝利山本); Kotobuki Soga (寿曽我); Haru Sumô Ataru Koyanagi (新春角力当小柳);
Gonin Benkei (五人弁慶)
Performance Place: Tôkyôza, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01//11
Print Date: 01/02//11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我對面); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Tobaya Jishi (鳥羽屋獅子);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山權現誓助太刀); Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII    
(松本幸四郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Play: Kichirei Soga no Taimen
(吉例曽我対面)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/28
Print Date:  1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #5
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

       
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII    
        (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
        Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

        Play: Kichirei Soga no Taimen
        (吉例曽我対面)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/28
        Print Date:  1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) #5
        Personal Collection

Plays: Yoyogi no Kamikaze (代々木の神風); Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡);
Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我對面); Ibaraki (茨木); Osada no Adauchi (おさだの仇討);
Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番叟); Nochi no Tsuki Shuen Shimadai (后月酒宴島臺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/28
Print Date: 01/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                   
[1928 Calendar] Showa San Kotobuki Tatsu Nichiyô Kagami (昭和三寿辰日曜鑑)
 
January: Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致) and Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成) in a
Sogamono such as
Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)
February: ?
March: Ōtomo Kuronushi (大伴黒主) in Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪關扉)
April:  Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
May:  Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
June:   Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七) in Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
July: possibly Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平) and Okura (お軽) in  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
August: ?
September: ?
October:  Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門) in Meikô Kakimon (名工柿右衛門)
November: Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) in Shibaraku (暫)
December: Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門) in Kuruwa Bunshô Yoshidaya
(廊文章吉田屋; 廓文章  吉田屋)

Print Date: 01/1928
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Magazine: New Year's Appendix to Engei Shashin (演芸写真), Vol. 1, No. 2 (Jan. 1928)
Medium: Machine printing

Note:  Hasui designed 34 machine-printed covers for Engei Shashin (and its precedessor
Engei Shashin Chô) between October 1925 and July 1928.  Many of these issues contained
machine-printed forntispieces.  Since they were offset printed, they are outside the scope
of this website.  An exception, however, has been made for this calendar, which appears to
be unique in the Hasui canon.
 
 
 
 

               
Kensaki Make-up (劒先の隈)


Role: Morono (師直); Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)
Play: Kanadehon Chushingura (假名手本忠臣蔵;
仮名手本忠臣蔵) Prologue; Soga Taimen (曾我対面) and
Soga no Ishidan (曽我の石段; 曾我の石段)
Print Date: 11/25/28
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 1, No. 40
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Kajiwara in the play Soga Taimen (對面親梶原の隈)

Role: Kajiwara Kagetaka (梶原景高)
Play: Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)
Print Date: 03/07/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 3, No. 6
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Young Kajiwara on Taimen Play (對面梶原の隈)

Role: Kajiwara Kagetaka (梶原景高)
Play: Soga- no Taimen (曾我対面)
Print Date: 07/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 7, No. 6
Personal Collection

Note:  There was a print in Vol. 3 designated as No. 6.  As
there is no print in the complete set designated as No. 9,
I can only assume that this is a misprint for No. 9.
 
 

               
A Modern Kensaki (現今の劒先の隈)

Role: Morono (師直); Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)
Play: Kanadehon Chushingura (假名手本忠臣蔵;
仮名手本忠臣蔵) Prologue; Soga Taimen (曾我対面) and
Soga no Ishidan (曽我の石段; 曾我の石段)
Print Date: 11/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 11, No. 43
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Plays:  Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曽我対面); Kanzaki Sasaya Banashi (神崎笹屋話);
Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子); Kurayami no Ushimatsu (暗闇の丑松); Kisen (喜撰)    
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/37
Print Date: 12/1937?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曽我対面); Kanzaki Sasaya Banashi (神崎笹屋話);
Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子); Kurayami no Ushimatsu (暗闇の丑松); Kisen (喜撰)    
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/37
Print Date: 12/1937?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                 
Soga Gorô Tokimune (五郎時致)
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)

Play: Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我対面)
Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
Image courtesy of Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
 
 

 

                 
[Asahina's Monkey Makeup] Asahina Saru no Kuma (朝比奈猿隈)

Play: Kotobuki Soga Taimen (寿曽我対面)
Print Date: 1940
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kumadori Jûhachiban (隈取十八番)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This was a makeup devised by Nakamura Denkurô I
(中村伝九郎).
 
 

                 
[Kajiwara Father and Son Makeup]
Kajiwara Oyako no Kuma (梶原親子ノ隈)

Play: Kotobuki Soga Taimen (寿曽我対面)
Print Date: 1940
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kumadori Jûhachiban (隈取十八番)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Asahina (朝日奈)

Play: Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1944?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 
 

                   
January (1月): Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play: Kotobuki Soga Taimen (寿曾我対面)
Print Date: 1950
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: [Calendar of Kabuki Actors] Kabuki Sugata-goyomi
(歌舞伎姿暦)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

Soga Gorô Tokimune (五郎時致)
 
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)
 
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Play: Kotobuki Soga no Taimen (寿曾我対面)
Date: 1954
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Series: [Woodblock Prings of Famous Stories of Kabuki]
Meikyôgen; Kabuki Mokuhangashu (名狂言  歌舞伎木版画集)  Series 2
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Gorô Tokimune (五郎時致)
 
Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as
Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)

Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: New Year 1959
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: This depicts a Soga brothers play such as
Soga no Taimen (曾我対面).  However, I have
not found an instance where all three actors
appeared in Tokyo in these specific roles at the
same time.  A similar but more detailed version
of this design is shown in the 2002 and 1991
Shunsen catalogs (and appears to be a painting).
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Play: Soga no Taimen (対面)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1988
Print Date: 01/1989
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 1)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1
(第七期大首絵シリーズの1)
Personal Collection (#33/90)
  
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Taimen (対面)
[Kotobuki Soga no Taimen (寿曾我の対面)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/93
Print Date: 05/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 5)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第七期大首絵シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

                 
Kataoka Hidetarô II (片岡秀太郎) as
Asahina Imôto Maizuru (朝比奈妹舞鶴)

Play: Kotobuki Soga no Taimen (寿曾我の対面)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/98
Print Date: 1998/03/1998
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 1)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 1
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
  
 
 

                 
Asahina (朝比奈)
 
Play: Kotobuki Soga no Taimen (寿曾我対面)
Print Date: 2011
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 18)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection Tokyo
 
 
 

               
Asahina (朝比奈)

Play: Kotobuki Soga Taimen (寿曽我対面)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Image Courtesy of Artelino.com

                   
Asahina (朝比奈)

Play: Kotobuki Soga Taimen
(寿曽我対面)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Woodblock printed greeting
card
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 

          
        ? as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

        Play: Kotobuki Soga Taimen (寿曽我対面)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection