TAMAMO-NO-MAE ASAHI NO TAMOTO
(玉藻前曦袂)

aka TAMAMO-NO-MAE OBANA NO NISHIKI (玉藻前尾花錦繪)
aka ZÔHO TAMAMO-NO-MAE (増補玉藻前)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)



Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
(増補玉藻前)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Kintôji Hidekuni (金藤次秀国)

   Onoe Eizaburô V
   (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)
 
   Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調)  as
   Kôshitsu Hagi-no-kata (後室萩の方)
 

    
     Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
     Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)


     Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
     (増補玉藻前)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 01/13/01
     Print Date: 01/18/01
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
     (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Washizuka Hidekuni (鷲塚金藤次)

   Onoe Eizaburô V
    (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)

                
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前)
 
Plays: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae (増補玉藻前); Nezumi Komon Harugi no Hinagata (鼠小紋春着雛形);
Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船恵方万歳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/15/01
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This cover also depicts  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Inaba Kôzô (稲葉幸蔵) in Nezumi
Komon Harugi no Hinagata (鼠小紋春着雛形)
 
 

                 
?  as  ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Andô Tetsuya (安藤鉄弥)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Misao-no-mae (操の前)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Takechi Jûjirô Mitsuyoshi (武智十次郎光義)
 
Plays: Sukotchi Dansu (スコッチダンス);
[Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi
([勤王史蹟]七卿落); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記);
Sôma no Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo
Jishi (越後獅子); Teisô (貞操); Tamamo- no-
Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Print Date: 09/21/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: Two similar sujigaki exist for these
productions.  The plays listed are the same
except for the addition of the Sukotchi Dansu. 
However, the cast lists are slightly different.  It is
possible that this sujigaki was used for matinee
performances and the other one was used for
evening performances, as the cast list for the
other sujigaki is more high-powered and is also
identical to banzukes of evening performances
which lack reference to Sukotchi Dansu, Teisô
(貞操), and Tamamo- no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto.
 
 
 
 

                 
 ? as ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Andô Tetsuya (安藤鉄弥)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Misao-no-mae (操の前)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Takechi Jûjirô Mitsuyoshi (武智十次郎光義)
 
Plays: [Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi
([勤王史蹟]七卿落); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記);
Sôma no Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo
Jishi (越後獅子); Teisô (貞操); Tamamo- no-
Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Print Date: 09/21/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: See the note to the preceding entry.
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rô Kitsune (老狐)
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前); Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
(博多小女郎浪枕); Hanagoyomi Hasshojin (花暦八笑人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)
in Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕);  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe
Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa
Katsumoto (細川勝元); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown role.
 
 

Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Washizuka Kintôji (鷲塚金藤次)
 
Play: Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto
(玉藻前曦袂) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/21   
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: ?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

This print is similar in format to the series of prints
designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and 1920,
and was probably issued by the publisher in a limited
attempt to continue the series after Kunisada III's death
in 1920.  It is also possible that it is a posthumous
reissue of an unknown Kunisada III design.
   
 
 
 

 
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記); Daigo no Haru (醍醐の春);  Shinju (新樹);
Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前曦袂); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記); Daigo no Haru (醍醐の春);  Shinju (新樹);
Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前曦袂); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as
Kôshitsu Hagi-no-Kata (後室萩の方)

Play: Tamamo-no-mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前曦袂)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/91
Print Date: 11/1991
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VIII (Design 9)]
Daihachi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 9
(第七期大首絵シリーズの9)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                 
[Nine-tailed Fox] Kyûbigitsune (九尾狐)
 
Play: Tamamo no Mae Asahi no Tamoto
(玉藻前曦袂)
Print Date: 2016
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 14)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection Tokyo