Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)

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Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 05/06/08
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as  Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
  
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Ôtaka Gengo (大高源吾)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Satô Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/10/09
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Letterpress print
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate-e.
 
 
 

               
Suketakaya Takasuke (助高屋高助) as
Ôboshi Kuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 13 (Dec. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Although not clear, this is believed to be Suketakaya Takasuke I.
 
 

Kayano Sanpei (萱野三平)

Òishi Chikara (大石主税)

Òishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)

Subject: Chùshingura  (忠臣蔵)
Senjafuda made for the Gishi-ren group)
Print Date: 03/11/11
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Oikawa collection 
 

               
[Horibe Yahei of the Raid]
Uchiiri no Horibe Yahei (討入の堀部彌兵衛)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片山小左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Chûshin Iroha Bunko (忠臣いろは文庫)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za. Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/15
Print Date: 1916
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art#
 
 
 

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/06/16
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Hara Shobo
 
 
 
 

                   
Ôishi Chikara (大星力弥)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 100)
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Series: Chûshingura Jûni-kei
(忠臣蔵十二競)
 
 
 

                 
Neko no Chûshingura (猫の忠臣蔵)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 2012
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: Senmen Nagashi (扇面流し) #3
Personal Collection (#13/30)
 
 
 
 

                   
Gishi (義士)

Play:  Uchiiri (討入), Act  XI of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 

                   
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Play: Honmô Hikiage (本望引揚),
Act 12 [sic: 11] of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 
 

       
        Advertisement for Performance by Soganoya Gorô: The
        Bridge Scene in Chûshingura
 
        Play: Act 11, Kanadehon Chûshingura (*****)
        Performance Place: Shôchiku Theater, Toyko
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts 
 
 
 
 

Comic version of the final scene of Chūshingura?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: pre-1909
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts