YORITOMO
(頼朝)

MARCH 1911

                   
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Katô-ji (加藤次)
 
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Plays at the Initial Opening of the Imperial Theater:
Hagoromo (羽衣), Igagoe (伊賀越), and Yoritomo (頼朝).

Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/11
Print Date: 03/04/11
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed playbill
Image courtesy of the Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints

Note: The center panel is by Kiyotada IV.  The artist for the other two panels are unread.  The playbill
also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Amatsu Otome (天津乙女)/[Celestial Maiden] Tennyo (天女),
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hakuryô (伯竜), and an unknown actor in
Hagoromo (羽衣); and Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Honda Dainaiki (誉田大内記) and
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門) in Igagoe (伊賀越).



                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kato-ji (加藤次)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
 
Plays: Yoritomo (頼朝), Igagoe (伊賀越), and Hagoromo (羽衣).
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/11
Print Date: 03/04/11
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 Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門) and
Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀) as Onochi (おのち) in Igagoe (伊賀越).


                 

 






 



APRIL 1920

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hojo Tokimasa (北条時政)

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yahachirô (屋八郎)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫)
 
Plays: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番); Yoritomo (頼朝); Nimai Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙); Otsue (大津繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/20
Print Date: 04/1920?
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 Oshima (お島) and 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nagara Ichirōemon (長柄市郎右衛門) in Nimai
Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙).