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)

                 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑); Nichiren Shônin Kôtan Nanahyakunen
Kôso Nichiren (日蓮聖人降誕七百年高祖日蓮); Kirare Otomi (切られお富)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/16/21
Print Date: 02/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#12)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Daitokuji (大徳寺); Nebiki no Kadomatsu
(寿門松);  Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷); Mashira no Kusemai (猿曲舞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                   
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) 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: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1922
Print Date: 1928
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#29)
Personal Collection

Note: Hikosaburô VI first played this role in Tokyo at the
Teikoku Gekijô in February 1918.  He also played the role
at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1919 and February
1920, and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in February 1921.
It is possible that Shunsen modeled this print on one of
these other prior performances. 
 
 
 
 

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.
 
 

       
        Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
        Sakuramaru (桜丸)
          
        Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 06/06/22
        Print Date: 06/1922?
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
        (千代 栄劇彩)
        Personal Collection

        Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
        signature and seal, no doubt because
        Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
        issued in a slightly different color scheme
        circa March 1919 depicting the actor
        Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) in this role at
        the Shintomi-za.
 
 
 
  

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa March 1919 depicting the actor
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛)
in this role at the Shintomi-za.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) 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: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print (lacking Kunisada's normal
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920 is similar to a
senshafuda designed by Kunisada circa
March 1919 depicting the actor Ichikawa
Chùsha VII (市川中車) as Toneri Matsuômaru
(舎人松王丸) at the Shintomi-za.  
 
 
 
       

Operas: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: 1925-1926?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Hyakumenshû
(歌舞伎 隈取百面種), Vol. ?
Personal Collection

                 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami ( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: 1925-1926
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Hyakumenshû
(歌舞伎 隈取百面種), Vol. ?
Personal Collection

                 
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami ( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: 1925-1926
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Hyakumenshû
(歌舞伎 隈取百面種), Vol. ?
Personal Collection

                 
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami ( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: 1925-1926
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Hyakumenshû
(歌舞伎 隈取百面種), Vol. ?
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
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.
 
 
 

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kan Shôjô (菅丞相; 管丞相)

Play:  Osanamoji Kabuki no Kakizome (幼字劇書初), seemingly an
abridged version of 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: 01/03/27
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#20)
*Personal Collection
 
 

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za,
Osaka
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/05/27
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: No. 9 of Nihon Meibutsu
Ôsaka Bunraku-za Ningyô Gashû
(日本名物 大阪文楽座人形画集)
Images courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

   Toneri Sakuramaru (舎人桜丸)
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   Toneri Uumeômaru (舎人梅王丸)
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   Toneri Matsuômaru (舎人松王丸)
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Placement of characters on stage design
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  Stage Design
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The Make-Up Congratulating The Imperial Coronation
O-Taiten Hôshuku Kuma (御大典奉祝隈)

Role: Kanabôhiki (金棒曳)
Play: Kuruma-biki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date: 11/25/28
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 1, No. 1
Personal Collection