May 1794

MAY 1794

Ôtani Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as Yakko Edobei (奴江戸兵衛)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 11/2011
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: [Sharaku's Caricatures]
Sharaku no Giga (写楽の戯画)
Series: [A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo]
Edo Sumi Hyaku Shoku (江戸墨百色)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#37/100)

Note: The tattoo of Ôtani Oniji is based on a 1794 print
by Sharaku. The cartouche depicts Ichikawa Ebizô I
(市川海老蔵) as Takemura Sadanoshin (竹村定之進)
in the same play, also after a 1794 print by Sharaku.

Ôtani Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as Yakko Edobei (奴江戸兵衛)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: c. 1997
Artist: Kitano Takeshi (北野武)
Print Title: [Scull Sharaku] Dokuro Sayaraku (髑髏写楽)
Personal Collection (ed. 50)

Note: The original creation was used in the film
[Fireworks] Hana-bi (花火) in 1997. The
woodblock print was made for one of Kitano's
television shows. It combines elements of
Sharaku's 1794 print with the skeleton from
Kuniyoshi's c. 1844 print "Mitsukuni Defying
the Skeleton Spectre Invoked by Princess
Takiyasha."

                Ôtani Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as
                Yakko Edohei (奴江戸兵衛)

                Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
                Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 05/05/1794
                Print Date: ? (ed. 250)
                Artist: Kato Yuichiro (加藤裕一郎?}
                Print Title: Antique Store In Kiyomizu]
                Kiyomizu no Kotto-ya (清水の骨董屋)
              Medium: Silkscreen
                Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                Note: The print shown in the antique store is by Tôshûsai Sharaku
                (東洲斎写楽) and depicts Ôtani Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as Yakko Edohei
                (奴江戸兵衛) in the play Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna
                (恋女房染分手綱), which premiered at the Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo, on
                May 5, 1794.

Ôtani Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as
Yakko Edobei (奴江戸兵衛)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Title: [Fan - Ni] 扇 - に (Ougi - Ni)
Print Date: ? (ed. 60)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku
(東洲斎写楽).

Play: ?
Performance Place: Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Grand Theater,
Kotohira
Performance Dates: June 15-18, 1985
Print Date: 1985
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The program was made up of Saikai Zakura Misome
no Kiyomizu (再桜遇清水) and Niwaka Jishi (俄獅子). It
starred Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門), Sawamura
Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎; 澤村藤十郎), Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎), Ichimura Yoshigorô II
(市村吉五郎), Ichimura Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), and
Nakamura Kangorô XIII. The poster design is based on a
print by Tôshûsai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽) that depicts Ôtani
Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as Yakko Edobei (奴江戸兵衛) in the play
Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱), which
premiered at the Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo, on May 5, 1794.

    Ichikawa Monnosuke II (市川門之助) as
    Date no Yosaku (伊達与作)

    Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱)
    Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 05/05/1794
    Print Title: NY Sharaku (NY 写楽 )
    Print Date: 1985 (ed. 100)
    Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
    Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
    Image courtesy of Artelino.com

    Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku
    (東洲斎写楽).

Bandô Mitsugorô II (坂東三津五郎) as Ishii Genzô (石井源蔵)]
Nakamura Man'yo (中村万世) as Wakakusa (若草)
Segawa Tomisaburō II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Sôga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794

Iwai Hanshirō IV (岩井半四郎) as Shigenoi (重の井)
Ichikawa Ebizô (市川鰕蔵) as Takemura Sadanoshin (竹村定之進)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794

Print Title: [Illusions of Sharaku] Sharaku Gen'ei (写楽幻影)
Print Date: 1985 (ed. 100)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design is based on 1794 prints by Tôshûsai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽).

Ichikawa Ebizô (市川鰕蔵) as Takemura Sadanoshin (竹村定之進)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Title: [Dice]
Print Date: 1971 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art

Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku
(東洲斎写楽).

Segawa Tomisaburō II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)
? as ?

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Sôga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Title: Okame
Print Date: 1973 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art

Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽).

Matsumoto Kôshirô IV (松本幸四郎) as
San'ya no Sakanaya Gorobê (山谷の肴屋五郎兵衛.)

Play: Katakiuchi Noriai Banashi (敵討乗合話)
Performance Place: Kiri-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/1794
Print Title: [Fan - Ro] 扇 - ろ (Ougi - Ro)
Print Date: 1971 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ôuchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku
(東洲斎写楽).

Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Arashi Ryûzô II (嵐竜蔵; 嵐龍蔵) as Ishibe Kinkichi (石部金吉)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 005/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: Sharaku - The Five Constellations

Note: This image is cropped.

Nakayama Tomisaburô I (中山富三郎) as Miyagino (宮ぎの)

Play: Katakiuchi Noriai Banashi (敵討乗合話)
Performance Place: Kiri-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Ôtani Oniji III (大谷鬼次) as Yakko Edobei (奴江戸兵衛)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Segawa Tomisaburô II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)

Nakamura Man'yo (中村万世) as Wakakusa (若草)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (野川市松) as Onayo (おなよ)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Bandô Hikosaburô III (坂東彦三郎) as Sagisaka Sanai (鷺坂左内)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Ichikawa Tomiemon (市川富右衛門) as Kanisaka Tôma (蟹坂藤馬)

Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (佐野川市松) as Onayo (おなよ)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Segawa Tomisaburô II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Morita Kan’ya VIII (森田勘弥) as Jirôsaku (次郎作)

Play: Katakiuchi Noriai Banashi (敵討乗合話)
Performance Place: Kiri-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Sakata Hangorô III (坂田半五郎) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門)

Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Sawamura Yodogorô II 沢村淀五郎) as Kawatsura Hôgen (川蓮法眼)

Bandô Zenji I (川蓮法眼) as Onisadobô (川蓮法眼)

Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱)
Performance Place: Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)

Portfolio case cover print

Morita Kan’ya VIII (森田勘弥) as Jirôsaku (次郎作)

Play: Katakiuchi Noriai Banashi (敵討乗合話)
Performance Place: Kiri-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/1794
Print Date: 2021
Artist: Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)
Series: [slip off slip] Sure Zure Kusa (摺れ摺れ草)
Image courtesy of Mizutani Yukiko (水谷有木子)