YAMANBA
(山姥)

                
[Mountain Crone]  Yamanba (山姥)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 08/20/98
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Picture of Noh Plays] Nôgaku Zue (能楽図絵) [#100]
*Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 

 

Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as Sanshô Mitashi  (山樵三田仕)
 
Onoe Ushinosuke II (尾上丑之助) as Kaidômaru  (怪童丸)
 
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
Note: Three actors alternated in the role of Yamanba.  With the use of a "shikake" flap, two different  actor faces
were created for Yamanba, although it is not known which face corresponds to which actor.
 
 
 
 

           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap down.
 
 

           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap up.
 
 

                
Plays: Motomezuka Migaeri Nitta (求女塚身替新田); Kumo no Furumai (新作蛛振舞);
Aoi no Ue Tegara no Kumadori (葵上功隈取); Yamanba (山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 05/18/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Chôchidori Ehon Manzai (蝶千鳥惠方入船); Emitsu no Hatsu Koi (家光の初戀);
Shosagoto Yamanba (所作事山姥); Dontsuku (どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                
[Mountain Crone] Yamanba (山姥)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: c. 1920
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Nô Pictures] Nôga (能画)
 


 

                
[Mountain Crone] Yamanba (山姥)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 11/1924
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [One Hundred Nô Plays]
Nôgaku Hyakuban (能楽百番) [#53]
*Image courtesy of the Art Research Center,
Ritsumeikan University
 


 

                
[Mountain Crone] Yamanba (山姥)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 07/05/1925
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures]
Nôga Taikan (能画大鑑), Vol. 2, #25
*Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 
 
 

                 
Kaidômaru (怪童丸)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 11/15/25
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Hyakumenshû
(歌舞伎 隈取百面種), Vol. 2
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Kaidômaru Make-up ( 怪童丸の隈)

Role: Kaidômaru (怪童丸)
Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 05/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 5, No. 12
Personal Collection
 
 

Play: Yamanba ((山姥)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Tokiwazu Bushi (常磐津節)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Mountain Witch] Yamanba (山姥)
 
Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 06/1938
Artist: Matsuno Sôfû (松野奏風)
Series: [Fifty Noh Figures in Color]
Nô Sugata Gojyû Irodori (能姿五十彩) No. 44
Image courtesy of the Art Resource Center, Ritsumeikan University
 
 
 

                 
[Mountain Crone]  Yamanba (山姥)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: 01/1955
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: Noh Play Explanation and Stories Series 1
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                 
[Mountain Witch] Yamanba (山姥)

Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Matsuno Sôfû (松野奏風)
Series: Nômen Tokushû (能面特輯)
Personal Collection

[Mountain Crone] Yamanba (山姥)
 
Play: [Mountain Crone] Yamanba (山姥)
Date: ?
Artist: Terada Akitoyo (寺田秋豊)
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson