YOSHITSUNE SENBON ZAKURA
(義経千本桜)

                 
[Fox Makeup] Kitsune no Kuma (狐ノ隈)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kumadori Jûhachiban (隈取十八番)
Personal Collection
 
 

 

                   
Shizuka Gozen
(静御前)

Play:  Yoshinoyama
Michiyukyi
(吉野山道行), Act IV,
Scene 1 of Yoshitsune
Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Print Date: 1942
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: Kokusui Butô-sen
Hana no Maki
(国粋舞踏選 花の巻)
Image courtesy of
Artelino.com
 
 

                   
Envelope cover

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Tôkyō Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1948
Print Date: 02/1948?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Tô Kyôgen Kabuki Nishikie (当狂言歌舞伎錦絵)
Image courtesy of a Private Collector

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as Sagami Gorō (相模五郎)?
 
Onoe Shôroku II (市川松緑) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Tôkyō Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1948
Print Date: 02/1948?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Tô Kyôgen Kabuki Nishikie (当狂言歌舞伎錦絵)
Image courtesy of a Private Collector

                   
Sawamura Tanosuke V (澤村田之助) as Yoshitsune (義經)
 
Ichikawa Somegorô V (市川染五郎) as Tomomori (知盛)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Tôkyō Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1948
Print Date: 02/1948?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Tô Kyôgen Kabuki Nishikie (当狂言歌舞伎錦絵)
Image courtesy of a Private Collector
 

                   
Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Yasuke (弥助)
 
Nakamura Shikan VI (中村芝翫) as Osato (お里)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Tôkyō Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1948
Print Date: 02/1948?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Tô Kyôgen Kabuki Nishikie (当狂言歌舞伎錦絵)
Image courtesy of a Private Collector

                 
[Makeup for Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)]

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 11/1948
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori Awase (歌舞伎隈取合)
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Morita Kan’ya XIV (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Satô Shirô Tadanobu (佐藤四郎忠信)/
Genkurô Kitsune (源九郎狐)

Play:  Yoshinoyama (吉野山), Act IV, Scene 1 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Osaka Kabuki-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 11/1949
Print Date: 02/1952
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 Tsubiouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:  Kan’ya XIV's only performance as Tadanobu in
Tokyo prior to the publication date of this print was at the
Meiji-za in December 1937.  It is possible that this print
reflects that performance or some other performance
outside of Tokyo.
  
 
 
  

Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku (こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: This was a collaboration with Torii Tadamasa, Tomita Chiaki, Kamoshita Chôko,
Takane Kôji, Natori Shunsen, Kubota Kinsen, Miyao Shigeo, Jinbo Tomoyo, and
Shimizu Miezô.  The panels by Mori follow.
 
 
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Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene I of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜),
Panel 14 of Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku
(こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Artist: Mori Shunchô (森 春鳥)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

               
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/54
Print Date: 11/1954
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#7)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Tokizô III first played the role of Shizuka Gozen in
this play in Tokyo at the Hongô-za in January 1928. 
Although Utaemon V's last Tokyo appearance in this
role before the publication date of the print was in
April 1954, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Tokizô III's prior performances.
 
 
 

Portfolio Cover
 
Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信)
 
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Date: 1955
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Series: [Woodblock Prints of Famous Stories of Kabuki]
Meikyôgen; Kabuki Mokuhangashu (名狂言  歌舞伎木版画集)  Series 3
 
 

Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信)
 
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Date: 1955
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Series: [Woodblock Prints of Famous Stories of Kabuki]
Meikyôgen; Kabuki Mokuhangashu (名狂言  歌舞伎木版画集)  Series 3
 
 

                   
Tadanobu (忠信)

Play:   Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1963
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu IV (長谷川貞信)
Series: Bunraku-za Ningyô Hanga-shû
(文楽座人形版画集), #12b
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi  Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Uzaemon XV (中村歌右衛門) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 10/20/68
Artist: Takahashi Yukio/Nakamura Tokie I (中村時枝)
Series: [Twelve Months of Famous Actors]
Meiyû Jyûni-Kagetsu (名優十二 ヶ月)
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Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Satō Shirō Tadanobu aka Genkurō Kitsune (佐藤忠信実は源九郎狐)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 09/1979
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#8/200)
 
 
 
 

                 
Inakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信)

Play: Yoshinoyama (吉野山), Act IV, Scene 1 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1982
Print Date: 10/1982
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 10)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 10
(第三期大首絵シリーズの10)
Personal Collection (#3/27)

Note: 2 copies from the edition of 27 were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 
 

Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Title: Bunraku Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (文棄義経千本桜)
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Date: 1982
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Title: Bunraku Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅)
Play: Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Date: 1982
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Genkurô Kitsune (源九郎狐)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/83
Print Date: 10/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 26)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 26
(第三期大首絵シリーズの26)
Personal Collection (#3/36)
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku-Shizuka Gozen (文楽 [静御前])

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 1985 (ed. 30)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Intaglio print
Image courtesy of the Japanese Art Open Database

 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 13-25, 1991
Print Date: 1991
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Hikimado (引窓),
Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Matsuura no Taiko
(松浦の太鼓), and Yoshinoyama (道行初音旅) [Act III,
Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)].  It
starred Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫), Nakamura Kankurô V
(中村勘九郎), Ichikawa Sadanji IV (市川左団次; 市川左團次),
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), Nakamura Hashinosuke
III (中村橋之助), Kataoka Takatarô (片岡孝太郎), Ichimura
Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車),
Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅) and Kamimura Kichiya V.
 
 
 

 Kabuki (scene from Yoshinogawa)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Date: 1991
Medium: Color screenprint
Image courtesy of loveourart.co.uk (ed. 100)
 
Note: This print comes from a series of 16 created by artist
members of the Chelsea Arts Club for the club’s centenary in 1991.
 
 
 

                 
Tomomori (知盛)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 1994
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 9)
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
 

               
Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as
Oryû/Suke-no-Tsubone (お柳/典侍の局)

Play: Tokaiya (渡海屋), Act II, Scene 2 of '
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/95
Print Date: 08/1995
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 7)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第十期大首絵シリーズの7)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Hayami no Tôta (逸見藤太)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/98
Print Date: 08/1998
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 4)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 4
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの4)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

                 
[Satō Shirō Tadanobu (佐藤四郎忠信)/
Genkurô Kitsune (源九郎狐)] Ge (化)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 2000
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 14)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection Tokyo
 
 
 
 
 

                 
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 9-23, 2000
Print Date: 2000
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Yoshinoyama
(道行初音旅),[Act III, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon
Zakura (義経千本桜)], Shi-no-Kiri  (四の切) [Act IV,
Scene 2 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)],
Teppô Watashi (鉄砲渡し) [Act V, Scene 1 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura  (假名手本忠臣蔵)], Futatsudama (二つ玉)
[Act V, Scene 2 of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)],
Kanpei Harakiri (勘平腹切) [[Act VI of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵)], and Ômi no Okane (近江のお兼).  It starred
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎), Sawamura Tanosuke VI
(沢村田之助), Nakamura Shibajaku VII (中村芝雀), Onoe
Kikunosuke V (尾上菊之助), Ichikawa Danzô IX (市川団蔵;
市川團蔵), Bandô Shônosuke (坂東正之助), and Onoe
Matsusuke (尾上松助). 
 
 
 
 

[Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信) and Shizuka Gozen (静御前)]
Yoshitsune-Senbon-Sakura (義経千本桜)
Ex Libris Johann-Peter Haas
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 11/2013
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Medium: Mezzotint
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Taira Tomomori (平知盛)
 
Title: Kusanagi (草薙)
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 2020
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 15)
Image courtesy of The Tolman Collection, Tokyo