TSURI ONNA
(釣女)

                 
 
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
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Susanô no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊) in Nihon
Furisode Hajime (日本振袖始); and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yoshitsune (義経) and
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Tôyata (藤弥太) in Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所櫻堀川夜討).
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kuroda Sôdô Kuriyama Daizen (黒田騒動栗山大膳);  Tsuri On'na (釣女);
Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談); Kioi Hada Matsuri no Hitotsugi (勢肌祭揃衣)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/18
Print Date: 06/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kuriyama Daizen (栗山大膳), Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kedani Omomizu (毛谷主水),  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Kurahashi Jûdayû (倉橋重太夫),  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Matsue (尾上 梅幸),
and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yamato (大和) in Kuroda Sôdô Kuriyama Daizen
(黒田騒動栗山大膳); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown role. 
 
 

                 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
 
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 Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Tatara Shindozaemon
(多々羅新洞左衛門) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Karukaya Dôshin (苅萱道心)
in Kôyasan (高野山); and 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).
 
 

Plays: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata (戻駕色相肩); Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji (忠臣蔵年中行事);
Tsuri On'na (釣女);  Sengokujidaishi no Ichipêji (戦国時代史の一頁); Tsubosaka Reigenki (壺坂霊験記);
Rabu Tetsugaku (ラヴ哲学); Hikari to Iro (光と色) (dance)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/25
Print Date: 12/1925?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Grand Theater,
Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 15-21, 1987
Print Date: 1987
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Kôchiyama (河内山),
Tsuri Onna (釣女), Numazu (沼津), and Yashiki Musume
(屋敷娘).  It starred Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
(中村勘三郎), Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎),
Sawamura Tôjûrô  II (沢村藤十郎;  澤村藤十郎), Bandô
Hikosaburô (坂東彦三郎), Nakamura Kashô III (中村歌昇);
Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車), and Nakamura Kangorô XIII.
 
 
 
 

                 
Shikome (醜女)

Play: Tsuri Onna (釣女)
Print Date: 01/1990
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Wakai Otoko (若い男)

Play: Tsuri Onna (釣女)
Print Date: 01/1990
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com