BANDÔ HIKOSABURÔ VI (坂東彦三郎)
10/12/1886 - 12/28/1938
aka ONOE EIZABURÔ VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎)
aka ONOE EIZÔ I (尾上英造)
MARCH 1903
Left Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread; Unknown as Unread;
Unknown as Unread
Left Panel, Middle Row: Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門); Unknown as Unread
Left Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈);
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
Middle Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread;
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎);
Unread as Unknown, Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Unread
Middle Panel, Bottom Row: Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成);
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
Right Panel, Top Row: Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎) as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経);
Unread as Unknown; Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将); Unknown as Unread
Right Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太); Unknown as Unread
Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Kabuki21.com
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎)
as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
(工藤左衛門祐経)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)
Unknown as
Unread
Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue
(吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 06/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将)
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Unread
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎;
尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎)
MAY 1903
Onoe Eizaburô VI
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Tachimochi (太刀持)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Daimyô Bô (大名某)
Play: Suô Otoshi (素襖落)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/03
Print Date: 05/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as
Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Hime Goryô (姫御寮)
MAY 1907
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)
Plays: Hiyoku no Tsuru Senzai Soga (比翼鶴千歳曽我); Ôsakazuki Shusen no
Tsuwamono
(大杯觴酒戦強者); Shinkyoku Mochizuki (新曲望月); Kitsune Shizuka no Keshô
Kagami (狐静化粧鏡);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/07
Print Date: 05/07/07
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 Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) I
as Ii Kamon-no-Kami
Naotaka (井伊掃部頭直孝) in Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者);
Nakamura
Shikaku I (中村芝鶴) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in Kitsune Shizuka no
Keshô Kagami (狐静化粧鏡); and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (傾城梅川) and Jitsukawa
Enjirô I
(実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) I as Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛) in Koi Bikyaku
Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来).
OCTOBER 1912
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Hirai Yasumasa (平井保昌)
Plays: Yûshô no Tsuma (勇将の妻); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Hiyokuzuka Obana
Teranishi
(比翼塚尾花寺西); Go Henka (五変化)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/25/12
Print Date: 10/25/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
JULY 1915
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
Takezawa Kenmotsu (竹澤監物)
Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Personal Collection
NOVEMBER 1915
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
Shundô Genba (春藤玄蕃)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Artist: Koito Genatarô (小絲源太郎)
Personal Collection
FEBRUARY 1918
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Shiratayû
(白太夫)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru
(桜丸)
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
Sawamura Chôjûrô,VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as Umeômaru
(梅王丸)
Plays: On'na Tateshi Gomai no Soroigi
(女達師五枚揃着); On'na Shibaraku (女暫);
Karukayadô (苅萱堂); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑);
Musume Gonomi Ukina no Yokogushi (處女翫浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV
(尾上松助) as Jakushôbô (寂照坊) in Karukayadô
(苅萱堂).
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ôguchiya
Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ôguchiya Jizaemon
(大口屋冶左衛門)
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Karigane Shôbê (釣鐘庄兵衛)
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Henmi
Tetsushinsai (逸見鉄心斎)
Plays: Hamuretto [Hamlet] (ハムレット); Kyôkaku
Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Tsubouchi Shikô
(坪内士行) as Hamuretto [Hamlet] (ハムレット)
MAY
1919
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Gogatsu
no Asa (五月の朝); Noroi (呪);
Mei Ranfan [Mei Lanfang] Shinageki (梅蘭芳支那劇);
Musume Jishi (娘獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Noroi (呪);
Kingo Hideaki (金吾秀秋); Modori Kago (戻駕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum
SEPTEMBER
1920
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Minamoto no
Yoritomo (源賴朝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Saigyô Hôshi
(西行法師)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hori Chikaie (堀親家)
Plays: Seigyô to Shizuka (西行と静); Bara no Irae
(薔薇の答); Meian Roku (明暗録)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/10/20
Print Date: 09/1920?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum
MARCH
1922
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1922
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#29)
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
Note: Hikosaburô VI first played this role in
Tokyo at the
Teikoku Gekijô in February 1918. He also
played the role
at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1919 and
February
1920, and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in February
1921.
It is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
on one of
these other prior performances.