ÔTANI TOMOEMON VI (大谷友右衛門)
06/xx/1886 - 09/01/1943

aka NAKAMURA TÔZÔ V (中村東蔵)




JANUARY 1915


Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as    
Sukehei (助平)

Play:  Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六)
Performance Place:  Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

APRIL 1915


Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
 
 
 














JULY 1915


Ichikawa Ennosuke II (猿之助) as
the exiled king (流離王)

Nakamura Tôzô V (東蔵) as
the warrior priest Kôku (好苦梵士)

Play: Washimo Shiranai
(わしも知らない)
Performance Place: Bungei-za at the
Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               


Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Udonya Rokubê (うどんや六兵衛)
 
Play:  Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 07/15?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

NOVEMBER 1915


Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Susanô no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)

Play: Nihon Furisode Hajime
(日本振袖始; 日本振袖初)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection  

               

                 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Susanô no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Tôyata (藤弥太)
 
Plays: Nihon Furisode Hajime (日本振袖始); Seken (世間); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討); Otagaisama (お互様); Tsuri On'na (釣女)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 





MAY 1917

                 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Kashiwagi Tarô (柏木次郎)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥) as Kashiwagi Jirô (柏木太郎)
 
Plays: Bukegiri Monogatari (武家義理譚); Yanagi Sakura Kuruwa Banashi (柳櫻曲輪噺); 
Dotsu Chiyadan'ne (ツチヤダンネ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/17
Print Date: 05/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 


               

                 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥) as Bacho Jirokichi (馬丁次郎吉)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga-Kyô (駿河大納言忠長卿)
 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Marikawa Shujin (鞠川集人)
 
Plays: Suruga Dainagon Saigo (駿河大納言最期); Chûshin Meimeiden (忠臣銘々傳);
Sônishiki Bunshô (三世相錦繍文章); Fûryû On'na Kappore (風流女かつぽれ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/17
Print Date: 05/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 
 




JULY 1917

                 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Ne no Izaemon (根の井左衛門)
  
Plays: Kokoro no Nazo Chûgi no E-Awase (意中謎忠義繪画合); Giô (祗王); Udewa (腕環);
Meisaku Kirikono Akebono (銘作切籠曙)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/30/17
Print Date: 06/1917?
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 Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Satomi Isuke
(里見伊助) in Meisaku Kirikono Akebono (銘作切籠曙).
 
 


           
           

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Taro Kaja (太郎冠者)
 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Sakon Saburô (左近三郎)
 
Plays: Kamakura no Hito Yo (鎌倉の一夜); Tsunbo Zatô (つんぼ座頭); Madamu Batafurai (蝶子夫人);
Natsu Matsuri On'na Danshichi  (夏祭女團七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/17
Print Date: 07/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




FEBRUARY 1918

                 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Shiratayû (白太夫)   
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Sawamura Chôjûrô,VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
Plays: On'na Tateshi Gomai no Soroigi  (女達師五枚揃着); On'na Shibaraku (女暫);
Karukayadô (苅萱堂); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑);
Musume Gonomi Ukina no Yokogushi (處女翫浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jakushôbô  (寂照坊) in Karukayadô
(苅萱堂).
 
 




                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ôguchiya Jizaemon (大口屋冶左衛門)
 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Karigane Shôbê (釣鐘庄兵衛)
 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Henmi Tetsushinsai (逸見鉄心斎)
 
Plays: Hamuretto [Hamlet] (ハムレット); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Tsubouchi Shikô (坪内士行) as Hamuretto [Hamlet]  (ハムレット)
 
 




APRIL 1920


Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kosakabe Hyôbu Motochika
(小坂部兵部元親)
 
Play: Chôkagata Meika no Shimadai
(蝶花形右歌島台)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/20
Print Date: 04/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

SEPTEMBER 1920


Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kaheiji (嘉平次)
           
Play: Tane Hisago Shinsho Taikôki
(種瓢真書太閤記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/03/20
Print Date: 09/1920?
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

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VI
            (大谷友右衛門) as
            Kaheiji (嘉平次)
 
            Play: Tane Hisago Shinsho Taikôki
            (種瓢真書太閤記)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 09/03/20
            Print Date: 09/1920
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

           
           

MARCH 1921

                 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Senoo Jûrô (妹尾十郎)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Saitô Sanemori (斎藤実盛)
 
Plays: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧); Chatsubo (茶壺); Meijin Noriyuki (名人矩随)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
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 Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Matsudaira Dewa-no-Kami
(松平出羽守) and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Osaga (おさが) in Meijin Noriyuki (名人矩随).
 
 
 

AUGUST 1921

                 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Tatara Shindozaemon (多々羅新洞左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Karukaya Dôshin (苅萱道心)
 
Plays: Kôyasan (高野山); Dokuro Mai (髑髏舞); Tsuri Onna (釣女); Ingamonoshi (因果物師)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/01/21
Print Date: 08/1921?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ingamonoshi Nozarashi Kobê
(因果物師野晒小兵衛) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Inga Kozô Rokunosuke (因果小僧六之助)
in Ingamonoshi (因果物師); and Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者) in Tsuri
Onna (釣女).
 
 
 



MARCH 1922

                 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Sendô Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門), in actuality, Higuchi Jirô (桶口次郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Matsuri no Yogatari (祭りの夜がたり); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Shimizu Ikkaku (清水一角); Makari Koshiji Azuma no Hitofushi (罷越路東諷)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/22
Print Date: 03/1922?
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 Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Shimizu Ikkaku (清水一角) in Shimizu
Ikkaku (清水一角).
 
 




MAY 1922


                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kôsan Oshô (洸山和尚)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Tadanao-kyô (忠直卿)
 
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 also depicts Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Tamamushi no Tsubone (玉虫局) in
Heikegani (平家蟹); and  Bandô Mitsugorô VII
(坂東三津五郎) as Manbê (万兵衛) and  Onoe
Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kurobê (九郎兵衛) in
Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人). 
                
 
 
       



AUGUST 1922


Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/22
Print Date: 08/1922?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection
 
 
 



                                 
                Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
                Plays: Kamakurayama Noboru no Asahina (鎌倉山昇朝比奈); Akichi Ura (空地裏); Tomo Yakko (供奴);
                Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami  (夏祭浪花鑑)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date:  08/01/22
                Print Date: 08/1922?
                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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Wada Saemon'nojô  Yoshimori
                (和田左衛門尉義盛) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)  as Asahina Saburô Yoshihide
                (朝比奈三郎義秀) in Kamakurayama Noboru no Asahina (鎌倉山昇朝比奈); and Onoe Kikugorô VI
                (尾上菊五郎) as Yakko (奴) in Tomo Yakko (供奴).
 
 
 



MARCH 1923

                    
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Watashimori Tonbê (渡し守頓兵衛)  
 
Plays: Dankyô (斷橋); Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神靈矢口渡);  Yasuna (保名); Musuko (息子);
Kyôkaku Harusame Kasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/23
Print Date: 03/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
in Kyôkaku Harusame Kasa (侠客春雨傘); Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hinoban no Rôya 
(火の番の老爺) in Musuko (息子); and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yasuna (保名) in Yasuna
(保名).
 
 
 



DECEMBER 1924

                    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Maruyama Ôkyo (圓山應擧)
 
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Komai Genki (駒井源琦)
 
Plays: Ôkyo to Rosetsu (應擧と蘆雪); Takatoki (高時); Kashiko ki Baka (賢き馬鹿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/06/24
Print Date: 12/1924?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock 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 Takatoki (高時) in Takatoki (高時).
 
 
 



AUGUST 1925


Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門)
as Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)
   
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/25
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯) 
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#C]
Personal Collection
 


JANUARY 1927

                   
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
 


MARCH 1930

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)

Play: Wakaba no Ume Ukina no Yokogushi
[Kirare Otomi] (若葉梅浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Shinjuku Shin Kabuki, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1930
Print Date: [1933-1934]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)

Note: Although listed in a Watanabe sales catalog, it is
possible that this print was never editioned.
 
 

APRIL 1930

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/30
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#24)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
 drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Tomoemon VI died on September
10, 1943 at age 58.
 


UNKNOWN DATES


Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Heiji (平次)
           
Play: ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1917-1920
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

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VI
            (大谷友右衛門) as
            (市村羽左衛門) as
            Heiji (平次)
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: c. 1917-1920   
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 


                           
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sôgo (宗吾)

            Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Jinbei (甚兵)  

            Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: 1941
            Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
            Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番)
            Courtesy of Artelino.com

            Note: Kichiemon I and Tomoemon VI performed their
            roles together at the  Meiji-za in Toyko in February 1937.
            That production likely toured Osaka around that time.




Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as
Tonbê (頓兵衛)

Play:  Shinrei Yaguchi no
Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Tomoemon VI performed
this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
Gekijô in March 1923.