GION SAIREI SHINKÔKI
(祇園祭礼信仰記)

aka KEISEI NIWATORIYAMA (けいせい二はとり山)

                
Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳)
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Yukihime (雪姫)
 
Plays:  Nezumi Komon Harugi no Hinagata  (鼠小紋春着雛形); Gion Sairei Shinkôki  (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Fûsen Nori Uwasa no Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/09/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

                 
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Sakamichi Raku (酒道楽); Takarabune Haru Hatsuyume (宝船春初夢)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/06
Print Date: 01/16/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正),  Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Masaoka (政岡), and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hosokawa Katsumoto
(細川勝元) in Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩).
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yukihime (雪姫)
 
Plays: Gishi no Yoshi Homare (義士の芳誉); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Kokkei Ataka no Seki (滑稽安宅関)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/07
Print Date: 07/15/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) in
the play of the same name.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)  as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
 
Plays: Yûshoku Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記); Sakura Shigure
(桜時雨); Saruwaka (猿若)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/09
Print Date: 04/06/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Miura Arajirô (三浦荒次郎)
and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門) in Yûshoku
Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山).
 

                 
 
Plays: On'na Rônin (女浪人); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記); Shinjû Yoi Gôshin (心中宵庚申);
Bun'ya (文屋); Kisen (喜撰)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/11
Print Date: 06/05/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村 芝翫) as Ochiyo (お千代) and Kataoka Nizaemon
XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Hanbê (半兵衛) in Shinjû Yoi Gôshin (心中宵庚申). 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Kinoshita Tôkichi (木下藤吉)
 
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
 
Note; The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Usugumo (薄雲);
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Matsubara Onio (松原鬼王), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Soga Jûrô
Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成), and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Soga Gorô Tokimune
(曽我五郎時致) in Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Gonpachi (権八) in Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森).
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳)
 
Plays: Kuramayama  (鞍馬山); Kuchinawa Monogatari (くちなは物語); Gion Sairei Shinkôki
(祗園祭禮信仰記); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
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 Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Tarôji (太郎次) and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Maroya (まろや) in Kuchinawa Monogatari
(くちなは物語); and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Rinpei (林平),  Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢),  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん;
油屋お紺); and  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Manno (万野) in Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭戀寝刃). 
 
 
 

           
Ôkabuki Engei Sugoroku (大歌舞伎 演藝双六)
Print Date: 04/05/21
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

16. Yuki-hime (*姫)
                     

                   

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller atrributed the authorship to
Kiyotada IV.  Also on the bill were Gion
Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), Iro Moyô
Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆), and Kami
no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組).  
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
portrayed Yukihime in Gion Sairei Shinkôki.
 
 
 
   

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳)

Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Act IV of
Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番)
Courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Uzaemon XV and Kôshirô VII performed their
roles together at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in February
1934.  That production likely toured Osaka around
that time.
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Yukihime (雪姫)

Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of
Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1951
Print Date: 1951
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
 
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Kinoshita Tôkichi (木下藤吉)

Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of 
Gion Sairei Shinkoki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1979
Print Date: 12/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#27/63)
 
 
 
 

                 
[Princes Yuki (雪姫) in Blizzard of Blossoms]
Hanafubuki (花吹雪)
 
Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of
Gion Sairei Shikûki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Print Date: 2013
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 18)
Image courtesy of the Tolman Collection Tokyo
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as
Yukihime (雪姫)

Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of
Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
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: Shikan VII performed this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-
za in January 1971 and January 1976.