SUGAWARA DENJU TENARAI KAGAMI
(菅原傳授手習鑑)

aka OSANAMOJI KABUKI NO KAKIZOME (幼字劇書初)
aka ZÔHO TENJINKI (増補天神記)


NOVEMBER 1903


Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Nyôbô Tonami (女房戸浪)

Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 




  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Matsuômaru (松王丸)


   Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
   Shundô Genba (春堂玄蕃)
 

JUNE 1909


Unread as Nyòbò Chiyo (女房千代)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Unread as Shundò Genba (春藤玄蕃)

Unread as
Nyòbò Tonami (源蔵女房戸浪)

Unread as Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)
 
Play:Terakoya (寺子屋), Act IV,
Scene 3 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 1909?
Print Date: 1909/06/04
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Although Yaozô VII played the
role of Matsuòmaru on a number of
occasions,  I have not found a
contemporanous performance of
this play with this cast around the
time that the print was made. 
 
 
 


Unread as Hyakushô (百姓)

Unread as Terako (寺子)

Unread as Hyakushô (百姓)

Unread as Genan Sansuke (下男三助)

Unread as Yodarekuri [Yotarô]
(よだれくり [与太郎])

Unread as Terako (寺子)

JULY 1912


Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

           
           

                       


            
            Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
            Chiyo-hime (千代姫)

            Play: Terakoya (寺子屋), Act 4, Scene 3 of
            Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/01/12
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

            Note: This entry has not been verified.

NOVEMBER 1915


Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
Shundô Genba (春藤玄蕃)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Artist: Koito Gentarô (小絲源太郎)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection 
 
 
 

 
 

           
 
 
 
 


AUGUST 1916

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団治; 市川左團治)
as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Zôho Tenjinki (増補天神記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II performed this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in August 1916.  It is
not known at this time if he also performed
this role in Kyoto around the same time.
 
 
 
 



                 
 
Plays: Igami no Gonta (いがみの權太); Suôotoshi (素襖落); Zôho Tenjinki (天神記);
Tôkaidô Hizakurige (東海道膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/16
Print Date: 08/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




SEPTEMBER 1919


Onoe Kikugorò VI
(尾上菊五郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
                    
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/19
Print Date: 09/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 

           
            Onoe Kikugorò VI
            (尾上菊五郎) as
            Matsuômaru (松王丸)
                    
            Play: Sugawara Denjù
            Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 09/06/19
            Print Date: 09/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 

JUNE 1922


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date:  ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role
at the Meiji-za in April 1928.  I cannot rule
out the possibility that this print reflects
that performance.
 
 


       
 
 
 
       

APRIL 1926

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)   

Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車) as
Tonami (戸浪)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

Ichikawa Ebijûrô VII (市川鰕十郎) as
Shundô Genba (春藤玄蕃)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Kôno Michisei (河野通勢)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
Personal Collection
 
Note: All but Ebijûrô I performed their particular roles at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in April 1926.  It is unclear if Ebijûrô I
is listed in error, if he was a replacement for the actor
during the run, or if the print actually reflects a performance
on tour and not the one at the Kabuki-za.
 
 
 



OCTOBER 1931


Bunraku Ningyô (Matsuo)
(文楽人形 (松王))

Play: Sugawara Denju
Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Artist: Miyao Shigeo (宮尾しげを)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro
(白と黒), 第 18 号
Date: 10/01/31
 
 
 
 

MARCH 1933


Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Play: Terakoya (寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of 
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Artist: Ogawa Tatsuhiko (小川龍彦)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 33 号
Date: 03/01/33
 
 
 

 

c. 1933


Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
Personal Collection
 
 
                      


MARCH 1997

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Terakoya (寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/97
Print Date: 05/1997
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 7)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの7)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: 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).
 
 
 

 
UNDATED PRINTS


? as Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵) and
? as Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 

                               
                    Bunraku-za scene
         
                    Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
                    Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
                    (菅原傳授手習鑑)
                    Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
                    Performance Date: ?
                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Saito Seijirô (斎藤清二郎)
                    Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
                    Series: Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô Daiisshû
                    (文楽座7月興行 第一集) 
                    Personal Collection

       
        Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)
 
        Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)
 
        Shundò Genba (春藤玄蕃)
        
        Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
        Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
        (菅原傳授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Saito Seijirô (斎藤清二郎)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com
        

           


? as Matsuòmaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Nagoshi Kunisaburô (名越國三郎)
Publication: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               

       
        ? as ? (possibly Matsuòmaru (松王丸))

        Play: ? (possibly Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑))
        Performance Place:?
        Performance Date: ?       
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
       

                   
                    Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
                    Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
                    Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
                    Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
                    Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
                    Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 03/06/23
                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: ?
                    Medium: Woodblock printed
                    senshafuda
                    Personal Collection

                    Note: It is possible that this print depicts
                    Chûsha VII's performance at the
                    Minami-za, Tokyo, in November 1923
                    or at the Shôchiku Theatre in October
                    1924.