ONOE TATSUNOSUKE I (尾上辰之助)
10/26/1946 - 03/28/1987

aka ONOE SAKON I (尾上左近)
aka ONOE SHÔROKU III (尾上松助)
 

               
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai (三人吉三廓初買)
Performance Place: Toyoko Gekijō, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/**/68
Print Date: 01/1968?
Artist: Ota Gakô (太 田雅光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Shinnosuke VI also performed this role in
Tokyo at the Toyoko Hall in October 1967.  It is
possible that this print reflects that performance. 
He would next perform the role at his shûmei at
the Kabuki-za in November 1968 when he took
the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵).
  
 
 

            
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/68
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: [Kabuki Bills Hanagata Sannosuke Celebra-
tion Meiji 100th Anniversary Billing First Meeting]
Nôsatsu Kabuki Hanagata Sannosuke Iwai Meiji
Hyakunen Nôsatsu Shokai (納札
歌舞伎花形三之助 祝明治百年納札初会)

Note: Tatsunosuke I also performed this role in Tokyo
at the Tôyoko Hall in February 1966 and again in
October 1967.  Depeding on what month of 1968
that this print was made, it may reflect one of these
earlier performances, particularly since other
senshafuda in this series reflect performances in
early 1967.
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1981
Print Date: 05/1983
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (AP)
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛)

Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Tamiya lemon (民谷伊右衛門)

Play: Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談)
[Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan(東海道四谷怪談)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/83
Print Date: 06/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 22)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 22
(第三期大首絵シリーズの22)
Personal Collection (#9/36)

Note: A larger version of Onoe Tatsunosuke I's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).  A smaller, simplified version of
Kataoka Takao I's face was also used on a 1998 holiday card.
2 copies from the edition of 36 were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)
Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Act 5 [Scene 2 - Teppô Watashi] of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/86
Print Date: 02/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Acts from Kanadehon Chûshingura]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Kanadehon Chûshingura Roku-maku
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)