YOUCHI SOGA KARIBA NO AKEBONO
(夜討曽我狩場曙)

aka SHIKIGAWA NO GORÔ (敷皮の五郎)
aka YOUCHI SOGA (夜討曽我)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團次郎) as
[Soga] Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗)

Play:  Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/29/1881
Print Date: 10/1903
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Series: Ichikawa Danjûrô Engei Hyakuban
(市川団十郎演芸百番)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This print was issued posthumously.  Danjurô IX also
performed this role in this play at Kabuki-za in March 1900,
 in Senzai Soga Genji no Ishizue (千歳曽我源氏礎) at the
Chitose-za in February 1885, in Youchi Soga Susono
Homare (夜討曽我裾野誉) at the Shintomi-za on June 28,
1888, in Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎) at the
Fukano-za in February 1892, and in Youchi Soga Fuji
Akebono (夜討曽我冨士曙) at the Kabuki-za in June 1896.
 
 
 

 
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)


Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 02/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

   Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
   Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)
  
   Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
   as     Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

 

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
  市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

    
      Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
      Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

      Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
      市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

      Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
      Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)

      Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
      Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

      Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
      Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)

      Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
      (夜討曽我狩場曙)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 03/07/1900
      Print Date: 04/14/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 05/21/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

    
      Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
      Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

     
      Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
      (夜討曽我狩場曙)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 03/07/1900
      Print Date: 02/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum

     Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
     市川團十郎) as
     Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)


 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)
 
  Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎;
  尾上榮三郎) as
  Kewaizaka Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

            
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村雁次; 郎中村鴈治郎) as
Gorô Tokimune (五郎時宗)

Arashi Ganshô I (嵐巌笑) as Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)
 
Onoe Taminosuke (尾上多見之助) as Toragozen (虎御前)

Play:  Youchi Soga (夜討曽我)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1902
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
Note: Stylistically, this looks like the early work of Hasegawa Sadanobu III.
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭禮信仰記);
Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI  (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)
 
Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙; 夜討曾我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/20
Print Date: 08/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

                               
            Sawamura Sojuro VII (:沢村宗十郎) as
            Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)
 
            Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
            (夜討曽我狩場曙; 夜討曾我狩場曙)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 08/01/20
            Print Date: 08/1920?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Kayano Sanpei (茅野三平);
Hototogisu Mizuni Hibikune (時鳥水響音); Aki no Kusa Chûya no Sakiwake (秋色草晝夜咲分)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/01/20
Print Date: 08/1920?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我狩場曙 ); Nichiren Shônin Tatsukuchi Hônan
(日蓮聖人 竜口法難); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Mitsuningyô (三人形); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻); Genta Shigure (源太時雨)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/35
Print Date: 10/1935?
Artist:?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我狩場曙 ); Nichiren Shônin Tatsukuchi Hônan
(日蓮聖人 竜口法難); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Mitsuningyô (三人形); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻); Genta Shigure (源太時雨)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/35
Print Date: 10/1935?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                 
[Makeup of Gorô in Youchi Soga]
Youchi Soga Gorô no Kuma (夜討曽我五郎ノ隈)

Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙)
Print Date: 1941 or 1942
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Series: Zoku Kumadori Jûhachiban (続隈取十八番)
Personal Collection

Note: This was a version of the makeup as modified by
Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎).
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)
          
Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Series: ?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
^Personal Collection
 
Note: This print is not from the Shin Kyôgen
(新狂言) but from one one devoted to roles
performed by Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.  Danjûrô
IX last performance in this role in Tokyo was
at the Kabuki-za  in March 1900, although it
may well reflect an earlier performance and
have been issued prior to 1900.