Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
'Musume Konami (娘小浪)




Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 06/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
  
   Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as
   Oishi (お石)


 

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
  市川小團次) as Rikiya (力弥)

                   
Act VII: Rikiya (力弥)  and Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
Act IX: Komusô (虚無僧), Tonase (戸名瀬), and Konami (小浪)

Play: Acts VII (Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋)) and
IX (Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居)) of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: 1901
Artist: Ogata Gekkô ((尾形月耕)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Although the date is not clearly readable, recent information
suggests that this print was produced in 1891 and is therefore
outside the scope of this website.
 
 
 

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
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Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1. 
 
 
 

            
            Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
            Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)    
           
            Play: Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of
            Kanadehon Chûshingura(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/16/12
            Print Date: 01/01/13
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
 
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nasa no Yogoro
(那須与五郎), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yaheibyôe Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清),
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamushi (玉蟲), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Takakoto (玉琴) in Heikegani (史劇平家蟹). 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Hyakushô Yoichibê (百姓 与一兵衛)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I  as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I  as Kô no Moronô (高師直)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I as Tonase (戸名瀬)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chūshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵); Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
(お染久松浮名の讀賣)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/14
Print Date: 04/1914?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Konomi (小浪)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/22/17
Print Date: 10/06/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2
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Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Konomi (小浪)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
as Tonase (戸名瀬)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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          Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
          Tonase (戸名瀬)
 
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 09/22/17
          Print Date: 10/1917?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
          (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
        (千代 栄劇彩)  #10
          Personal Collection
                       

         
          Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
          Honzô (本蔵)
 
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 09/22/17
          Print Date: 10/1917?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII
          (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
          (千代 栄劇彩)  #10
          Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
                       

 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Honzô (本蔵)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/24
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#8)
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Note: Nizaemon XI first played this role at the Kabuki-za
in October 1917 and reprised the role at the Kabuki-za in
October 1921.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print
on one of those earlier performances.
 
 

               
Ichikawa Enshô III (市川莚升) as Ohoshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô -za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/04/24
Print Date: 07/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 31) (三十六家選 (その三十一))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1927)
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