TACHI NUSUBITO
(太刀盗人)

                 
 
Plays: Toki-ha Ima Amagashita Shiru Tsuki
Kana (時今天下知皐哉); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Sashimonoshi Meijin Chôji (指物師名人長治);
Utatoku Megumi no Amagoi (歌徳惠雨乞)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/17
Print Date: 07/1917?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Hozuki Books
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) as Sashimonoshi Meijin Chôji
(指物師名人長治) in Sashimonoshi Meijin Chôji
(指物師名人長治), and Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
in Toki-ha Ima Amagashita Shiru Tsuki
Kana (時今天下知皐哉).
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Yoshiwara Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Endô Moritô (遠藤盛遠) and Onoe
Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kinugawa (衣川) in Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚);
and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵) and Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎) in Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠).
 

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Manbê (万兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kurobê (九郎兵衛)
 
Plays: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記); Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人); Heikegani (平家蟹);, Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕); Shinobi Yoru Koi no
Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The cover depicts Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as Kôsan Oshô (洸山和尚) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Tadanao-kyô (忠直卿) in Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki
(忠直卿行状記); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Tamamushi no Tsubone (玉虫局) in Heikegani
(平家蟹).
 
 
 
       

                    
Plays: Katteguchi (勝手口); Bô Shibari (棒しばり); Nagauta Hayashi (長唄囃子);
Kaidan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Shichimai Tsuzuki Hana no Sugatae
(七枚続花の姿絵); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人); Onnagori Oshie no Mazebari
(御名残押絵交張); Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/03/26
Print Date: 09/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
 

                   
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Hyakushô Manbê (百姓万兵衛)

Play:  Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人)
Performance Place:  Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
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) (#24)
*Personal Collection

Note: Mitsugorô VII first played the role of Manbê at the
Ichimura-za in July 1917.  He reprised the role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1919 and at the Ichimura-za in
May 1922.  Depending on the precise publication date of
this print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
after one of Mitsugorô VII 's prior performances.
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Ôtsue (大津絵);  Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tôge (蔦紅葉宇都谷峠)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
Print Date: 12/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵)
Okaru (お軽)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX  as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Gion Ichiriki Jaya (Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 11-24, 1992
Print Date: 1992
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Koi Nyôbô
Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱), Meisaku Hidari
Kogatana  (銘作左小刀), Gion Ichiriki Jaya (Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵), and Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人).  It starred Matsumoto Kôshirô IX
(松本幸四郎), Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), 
Nakamura Matsue VI (中村松江), Ichikawa Somegorô
VII (市川染五郎), Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車),
Matsumoto Kingo (松本錦吾), and Onoe Matsuya II.
 
 

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: May 8-25, 1997
Print Date: 1997
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Banchô Sarayashiki
(番町皿屋敷), Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Hagoromo (羽衣),
Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩), and Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人).  It starred Nakamura Shikan VII ((中村芝翫),
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎), Nakamura Baigyoku V
(中村梅玉), Kataoka Gatô V (片岡我當; 片岡我当), Nakamura
Matsue VI (中村松江), Nakamura Tôzô VI (中村東蔵), Kataoka
Roen VI (片岡芦燕), Nakamura Shinjirô, Kataoka Shinnosuke
(片岡**), Nakamura Tamatarô (中村智太郎), and Nakamura
Utae (中村歌江).