Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)

YOSHITSUNE SENBON ZAKURA
(義経千本桜)

UNKNOWN DATES

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami-no-Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
/Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Personal Collection

Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: ?
/Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection

Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ?
/Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com

? as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

        ? as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
        (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon
        Zakura (義経千本桜)
        Print Date: ?
        Series: Kumadori Soroi
        (隈取揃)
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

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

        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
        Date: ?
        Artist: Hiratsuka Akio (平塚昭夫)
        Medium: Ex Libris stencil print
        Courtesy of Kwansei Gakuin University

[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).

Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kato Yasû (加藤八州)
Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
            Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

            Play: Yoshinoyama (吉野山), Act IV, Scene 1 of
            Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
            Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
            (似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
            Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
            Personal Collection

            Note: Ennosuke III performed this role in Tokyo at the
            Kabuki-za in May 1963, at the Kokuritsu Kogekijô in
            March 1968 and February 1970, and at the Kabuki-za in
            July 1972, January 1979, July 1980, and October 1983, at
            the Meiji-za in April 1985, at the Kabuki-za in December
            1985, at the Shinbashi Enbujô in May 1987, and at the
            Kabuki-za in July 1988, January 1990, December 1990,
            December 1992, December 1996, July 1998, and July
            2002.

Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Tomomori (知盛)

Play: Daimotsu no Ura (大物浦), Act II, Scene 4 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection

Note: Danjûrô XII portrayed the role in Tokyo at the Kokuritsu
Gekijô in November 1991 and November 2001, and at the
Kabuki-za in May 1995.

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Nobukata (Nobumasa?) (信方)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Although it is not clear the time period that Nobukata
was active, it is believed to have been in the 1920s. During
that period, Enjaku II performed this role in Tokyo at the
Hôgaku-za in November 1924 and the Asakusa Shochiku-za
in February 1926. However, it could also represent a regional
performance since the Kyoto printmaker Yoshikawa Kanpô
also designed a print of Enjaku II in this role in 1924.

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Hayami no Tôta (早見藤太; 逸見藤太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#10)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design. Kan'ya XIII (erroneously denominated
Kan'ya XIV on the print) died on June 16, 1932 at age 48.

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: Yoshinoyama (道行初音旅), Act IV, Scene 1 of
        Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Saito Seijirô (斎藤清二郎)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô Daiisshû
        (文楽座7月興行第一集)
        Personal Collection

            Ichikawa Kamejirô II (市川亀治郎; 市川龜治郎) as
            Satô Tadanobu/ Genkurô Kitsune (佐藤忠信/源九郎狐)

            Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: 2012
            Artist: Tachihara Inuki (立原位貫)
            Personal Collection (#42/100)

            Note: The precise performance depicted in this print is not known at this
            time. Kamejirô II changed his name to Ichikawa Ennosuke IV in June
            2012 and performed the "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata" scene of
            Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura at the Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo, in
            connection with the first month of his shûmei. However, since the
            print doesn't reflect Kamejirô II's new name, one can only assume it
            was based on earlier performance. It is possible, however, that it was
            made with the foreknowledge of the upcoming Shinbashi Enbujô
            production, and was based on photos or video of a prior production,
            rather than one that Inuki actually saw in person. During the time
            that Inuki was actively making his own actor prints, Kamejirô II
            performed this role at the Meiji-za, Tokyo, in May 2011, and at the
            Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo, in August 2010.

Ikari [Tomomori] (碇[知盛])

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 16)
Image courtesy of Galerie Shinkura

Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Image Courtesy of Artelino.com

Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon
Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Series: 盛會御禮
Personal Collection

Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon
Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: Kumadori (隈取)
Personal Collection

                ? as Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

                Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
                (義経千本桜)
               Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: ?
                Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
                Personal Collection

    Onoe Kikugorô VI ( 尾上菊五郎) as
    Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

    Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
    (義経千本桜)
    Performance Place: ?
    Performance Date: ?
    Print Date: ?
    Artist: ?
    Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
    Personal Collection

    Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role in
    Tokyo nine times between August 1916
    and October 1948.

        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
        (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        senshafuda
        Personal Collection

         Note: During the 1920s, Enjaku II
        performed this role in Tokyo at the
        Hôgaku-za in November 1924 and at
        the Asakusa Shochiku-za in February
        1926.

? as Igami-no-gonta
(いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon
Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Igami-no-gonta
        (いがみの権太)

        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon
        Zakura (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: Asakusa
        Shochiku-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/19/26
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Enjaku II performed this
        role at the Hōgaku-za in
        November 1924 and at the
        Asakusa Shochiku-za.
        However, it likely reflects an
        earlier performance in
        Osaka or Kyoto.

Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?

Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."

?

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kisan (璣山)
Personal Collection

Note: This print appears to be from a second series of prints. It is
possible that it represents Tomomori (知盛) in Daimotsu no Ura
(大物浦), Act II, Scene 4 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜).

Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)