TSUCHIGUMO
(土蜘)

   
   

 
Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1900
Print Date: 05/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
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Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Chichù (智疇)

                 
Plays: Horikawa Youchi (堀川夜討); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪); Sangen Nagaya (三軒長家)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/22/05
Print Date: 05/22/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前), Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵) as Tosabô (土佐坊), and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune
(源義経)in Horikawa Youchi (堀川夜討).
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Yûshô no Tsuma (勇将の妻); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Hiyokuzuka Obana Teranishi
(比翼塚尾花寺西); Go Henka (五変化)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/25/12
Print Date: 10/25/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本櫻); On'na Tenka (女天下); Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/13
Print Date: 11/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Oedo Nihonbashi (お江戸日本ばし); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ôgiya (扇屋); Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船惠方萬歳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); 
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道); Yoshiwara Suzume (教草吉原雀)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
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: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Tsuchigumo (蜘蛛); Saki Kisô Yuki no Ume ga Ka
(咲競雪梅香); Hideyoshi to Sorori (秀吉と曾呂利)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

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?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
[Spirit of the Earth Spider] Tsuchi Gumo (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchgumo (土蜘)
Print Date: 1940
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆)
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Note: The inscription suggests that this print belongs
to a different print series, [Collection of Ten New and
Old Plays] Shinko Engeki Jûsshu (新古演劇十種の内)
and has been included in the Other Undated Prints section
in an abundance of caution.
 
 
 
 

                 
[Makeup of the Earth Spider]
Tsuchi Gumo no Kuma (土蜘蛛ノ隈)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Print Date: 1940
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kumadori Jûhachiban (隈取十八番)
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Tsuchi Gumo (土蜘)

Play: Tsuchgumo (土蜘)
Print Date: 09/27/42
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: Kokusui Butô-sen
Tsuki no Maki
(国粋舞踏選 月の巻)
*Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Eizan no Sôchichû (叡山の僧智籌)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1951
Print Date: 11/1951
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

                   
[Metamorphosis] Henka  (変化) 
[Spider Spirit) Kumo no Sei (蜘蛛の精)

Play: Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦)
Print Date: 1977
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

Note: It is possible that the print depicts the Earth Spider
(Tsuchigumo) in Tsuchigumo (土蜘)

                   
[Ground Spider] Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Print Date: 1977
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
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Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/93
Print Date: 09/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 7)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第七期大首絵シリーズの7)
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/99
Print Date: 10/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 7)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 7
(第十三期集成シリーズの7)
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Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
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        Tsuchigumo no Sei
        (土蜘の精)
 
        Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Series: Kumadori Soroi
        (隈取揃)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

           
            [Kumadori (隈取)]

            Print Date: ?
            Artist: ?
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: This print shows the kumadori makeup for, inter
            alia, Asahina (朝比奈の隈),  Tsuchigumo (土蜘),
             Kugeaku Tokihei (公家悪時平),  Kitsune Tadanobu
            (狐忠信),  Sukeroku (助六),  Shakkyô (石橋),  Umeômaru
            (梅王丸), Matsuômaru (松王丸), Sakuramaru (桜丸), and
            Gedatsu (解脱).
 
 
 
 
 

                                       
                    [Earth Spider]
                    Tsuchi Gumo (土蜘)

                    Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Torii Tadamune (鳥居忠宗)
                    Series: [Collection of
                    Ten New and Old Plays]
                    Shinko Engeki
                    Jûsshu (新古演劇十種)
                    Personal Collection
 
 
 

                 
Kijo (鬼女)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a
lithograph, or a painting.

                 
[Spirit of the Earth Spider] Tsuchi Gumo (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Series: [Collection of Ten New and Old Plays]
Shinko Engeki Jûsshu (新古演劇十種の内)
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Note: This print is also listed as part of the Gekikadô
Zuihitsuin series in the 1938-1940 section.  The
inscription, however, suggests that it belongs to a
different print series.
 
 
 
 
 

                 
[Earth Spider] Tsuchi Gumo (土蜘)

Play: Fuwa Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
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