KANJINCHÔ
(勧進帳)

 
Yamaguchi Sadao (山口定雄) [as
Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人)?]

Play: Yakusha Katagi (俳優気質)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/02
Print Date: 12/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre
of Japan

Note: The depiction of Ichikawa Danjûrô
VIII (市川団十郎 市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjincho (勧進帳) in the upper left
panel is by Kuniyuki (国之画).
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團次郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: 09/1903
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This posthumously-issued print is a revised version of
a design originally issued in connection with a May 1893
production at the Kabuki-za.  It is designed to commemorate
Danjûrô IX's passing on September 13, 1903.
 
 
 
    

                 
Plays: Iwaya no Kagekiyo (岩窟景清);  Takatoki (高時); Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Yanone (矢の根); Tsukiyo no Sunadori (月夜漁); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/23/05
Print Date: 09/22/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nanto Enjô (南都炎上); Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜); Kanjinchô (勧進帳);
Oyayuzuri Sakanaya no Chawan (親譲魚屋の茶碗)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/27/06
Print Date: 05/27/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)
  

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/07
Print Date: 04/1907
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC
 
 
 

Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

                 
 
Plays: Yoshino Shûi (吉野拾遺); Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六);
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/07/11
Print Date: 04/10/11
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 Iga no Tsubone ( 伊賀局) and an
unknown actor in Yoshino Shûi (吉野拾遺).
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Plays: Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie (鏡山舊錦繪); Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Azuma Odori (吾妻踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/14
Print Date: 04/1914?
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 (澤村宗之助) as Chûrô Onoe (中老尾上) in
Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie (鏡山舊錦繪).
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

Play: Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局); Kanjinchô (勧進帳);
Akegarasu Haru no Awa Yuki (明烏春淡雪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/17
Print Date: 01/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Kasugaya Tokijirô (春日屋時次郎), Onôe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Urasato (浦里), and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助)
as Okaya (おかや) in Akegarasu Haru no Awa Yuki
(明烏春淡雪).
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎 ) as
Benkei (辨慶)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/30/17
Print Date: 05/25/18
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) #8
Personal Collection

Note: Danshirô II also performed this
role at the Meiji-za in April 1918.  It is
possible that this print reflects that
performance.

Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎 ) as
Benkei (辨慶)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/30/17
Print Date: 05/25/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: It is possible that this postcard reflects
Danshirô II's performance at the Meiji-za in
April 1918.
 
 
 
   

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Plays: Chausuyama Gaika no Jindate (茶臼山凱歌陣立); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Onatsu Seijûrô (お夏清十郎); Takigyô Yukima no Ichikawa (薪荷雪間の市川)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/17
Print Date: 11/1917?
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 Chihaya-hime (千早姫)
in Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyubei (九兵衛) in Onatsu Seijûrô
(お夏清十郎); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kimura Nagato-no-Kami Shigenari
(木村長門守重成) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Miyauchi no Tsubone (宮内の局) in Chausuyama
Gaika no Jindate (茶臼山凱歌陣立).
 
 

                 
Plays: Horibe Myôkaini (堀部妙海尼); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
(碁太平記白石噺); Noriaibune (浄瑠璃乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki  (根元草摺引); Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kosodemaku Yamato Nishikie (小袖幕大和錦繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/17/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artists: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This was an entertainment for the Tokyo City Welcome Party for His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales.
 

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Yoshitsune (義経)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1924
Print Date:  10/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Fukusuke V also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in
February 1928.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print reflects that performance. 
 
 

Plays: Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Yakko Dako Sato no Harukaze (奴凧廓春風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/25
Print Date: 01/1925?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kôshirô VII also performed the role at the Teikoku
Gekijô in January 1925 and April 1927.  I cannot rule out
the possibility that this print reflects one of those
performances.  Sadanji II, however, did not appear in
those productions, so if Hanayama's prints of  Kôshirô VII
and Sadanji II are from the same production of Kanjinchô,
it would have been the March 1925 production at the
Kabuki-za.

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in
February 1926 and February 1928, and at the Teikoku Gekijô
in June 1929.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those  performances.  Kôshirô VII, however,
did not appear in those productions, so if Hanayama's prints
of  Kôshirô VII and Sadanji II are from the same production
of Kanjinchô, it would have been the March 1925 production
at the Kabuki-za.
 
 
 

                       
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Musashibô Benkei
(武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎 as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/27
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Zenzen Taieiki (前々太平記); Shiraishi Banashi (白石噺); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kasane Monogatari (累物語); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Envelope design for Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙)
#6

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date:  1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
        as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection

       
         Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
         市川左團次) as
        Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
         (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke V  (中村福助) as
        Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
         (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Kakitsu VII as
        Suruga Jirô (番卒)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
         (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: Although the print identifies
        the character as a generic guard
        (Bansotsu (番卒)), the character's
        name is Suruga Jirô.
 
 
 
 

Plays:  Nishiyama Monogatari (西山物語); Yuki no Tokiwa (雪常磐); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Echigo no Denkichi (越後の傳吉); Ryôkan to Komori (良寛と子守)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/29
Print Date: 06/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/34
Print Date:  09/05/35
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
  

                   
Folder Cover for Benkei print

Print Date: 09/05/35
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)?
Personal Collection

                   
Inner Folder Flap for Benkei print

Print Date: 09/05/35
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)?
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist:?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Momijigari (紅葉狩), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).   The set design is unsigned and is probably not by Kiyotada.
 
 
 

                    
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Momijigari (紅葉狩), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪). 
 

Plas: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).  
 
 
 

                    
Play: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).   The set design is unsigned and is probably not by Kiyotada.
 

Kawarasaki Chôjûrô IV (河原崎長十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)



Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 03/1939
Print Date: 03/1939?
Artist: Torii (VIII) Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Personal Collection

Note: Chôjûrô IV first portrayed Benkei in this play in Tokyo at the
Shinbashi Enbujô in November 1933.  He also  performed this role
in Tokyo with Kanemon III and Kunitarô V at the Shinbashi Enbujô
in November 1936 and June 1965, the Kokusai Gekijô in November
1939, and the Kyôritsu Kôdô in May 1950.  While I cannot rule out
the possibility that Kiyokata based this print on one of these
performances, the print closely resembles a photograph from the
 1939 production.
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Kan'emon III (中村翫右衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Kawarasaki Kunitarô V (河原崎国太郎; 河原崎國太郎) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 03/1939
Print Date: 03/1939?
Artist: Torii (VIII) Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Personal Collection

Note: Kan'emon III and Kunitarô V first portrayed Togashi and
Yoshitsune, respectfully, in this play in Tokyo at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in November 1933.  They also performed these roles in
Tokyo with Chôjûrô IV at the Shinbashi Enbujô in November 1936
and June 1965, the Kokusai Gekijô in November 1939, and the
Kyôritsu Kôdô in May 1950.  While I cannot rule out the possibility
that Kiyokata based this print on one of these performances, the
print closely resembles a photograph from the 1939 production.
 
 
 
 

                   
Yoshimura Ijûro Omoide no Butai Enshô
 [Yoshimura Ijûro VI’s (芳村伊十郎) Memorial Stage Concerts]

Plays: Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Ibaraki (茨木)
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Torii (VIII) Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                    
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII 松本幸四郎) (as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05 /46
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#30)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Kôshirô VII died on January 27, 1949
at age 80.  He first played the role of Benkei in this play in
Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in April 1914.  Although
Kôshirô VII's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in
June 1946, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one
of Kôshirô VII's prior performances.
 

 

              
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/46
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata  (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#5)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kôshirô VII first played the role of Benkei in this play
in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in April 1914.  Although
Kôshirô VII's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in June
1946, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one of
Kôshirô VII's prior performances.

              
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/46
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata  (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#5)
Personal Collection

Note: Kôshirô VII first played the role of Benkei in this play
in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in April 1914.  Although
Kôshirô VII's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in June
1946, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one of
Kôshirô VII's prior performances.

                   
[[NHK 25th anniversary commemorative booklet cover for
first day cover commemorative stamps]
Shonichi kabâ kinen kitte NHK hôsô kaishi 25 shûnenkinen
shôsasshi hyôshi (初日カバー   記念切手 
NHK放送開始25周年記念小冊子表紙)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: NHK Studio, Tokyo?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/22/1950
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Woodblock printed booklet cover
 
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勸進帳; 勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/52
Print Date: 03/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
 
 
 
 

                    
Play:   Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/02/52
Print Date: 01/1952?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳; 勸進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/54
Print Date:  03/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection 
 
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/55
Print Date: 02/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI (市川新之助) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳; 勸進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/68
Print Date: 03/1968?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Shinnosuke VI also performed this role in
Tokyo at the Toyoko Hall in October 1967.  It is
possible that this print reflects that performance. 
He would next perform the role at his shûmei at
the Kabuki-za in November 1968 when he took
the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵).
 
 
 

            
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/68
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: [Kabuki Bills Hanagata Sannosuke Celebra-
tion Meiji 100th Anniversary Billing First Meeting]
Nôsatsu Kabuki Hanagata Sannosuke Iwai Meiji
Hyakunen Nôsatsu Shokai (納札
歌舞伎花形三之助 祝明治百年納札初会)

Note: Tatsunosuke I also performed this role in Tokyo
at the Tôyoko Hall in February 1966 and again in
October 1967.  Depeding on what month of 1968
that this print was made, it may reflect one of these
earlier performances, particularly since other
senshafuda in this series reflect performances in
early 1967.
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Uzaemon XV (中村歌右衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: 10/20/68
Artist: Takahashi Yukio/Nakamura Tokie I (中村時枝)
Series: [Twelve Months of Famous Actors]
Meiyû Jyûni-Kagetsu (名優十二 ヶ月)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
  
 
 

                 
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1980
Print Date: 11/11/80
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 3)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第二期大首絵シリーズの3)
Personal Collection (#34/36)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print contains larger versions of
the following actors' faces (left to right
starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎)  as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/81
Print Date: 04/1982
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (AP)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 05/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#24/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1988
Print Date: 02/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Personal Collection (#28/72)
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊辨慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Grand Theater,
Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 14-23, 1989
Print Date: 1989
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Domo Mata [Act III,
Scene 1 of Keisei Hangonkô (城反魂香)], Kagami Jishi
(鏡獅子), Keisei Awa no Naruto (傾城阿波の鳴戸) and
Kanjinchô (勧進帳).  It starred Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎), Nakamura Senjaku (中村扇雀);
Nakamura Tomotarô (中村智太郎), Nakamura Hirotarô
(中村浩太郎), Kataoka Ichizô V (片岡市蔵), Ichikawa
Unosuke III (市川右之助), Kataoka Jûzô VI (片岡十蔵),
and Sawamura Yoshijirô V.
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/93
Print Date: 12/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/93
Print Date: 12/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎)   
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/94
Print Date: 09-10/1994
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Kanjinchô Benkei (勧進帳弁慶)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#6/80)
 
 
 
       

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/95
Print Date: 12/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo?
Performance Date: 02/01/97?
Print Date: 06-07/1997
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danjûrô - Benkei ( 団十郎 - 弁慶)
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#17/100)

Note:  As Danjûrô XII also performed the role of Benkei
in this play at the Shinbashi Enbujo, Tokyo (02/01/96)
and at a special performance at the Kabuki-za in October
1995, it is possible that one of these performance might
have been used by Binnie for this print.
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo?
Performance Date: 02/01/97?
Print Date: 06-07/1997
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Danjûrô - Benkei (団十郎 - 弁慶)
Personal Collection

Note:  Test proof.