KANJINCHÔ
(勧進帳)


UNKNOWN DATES


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
Musashibô Benkei
(武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)
     
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Furuya Shin (古家新)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎 素描集)
Personal Collection

Note: Kôshirô VII performed this role
in Tokyo twenty-three times between
April 1914 and June 1946.
 


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

        Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
        Personal Collection

        Note: Koshirô VII performed the role of Benkei in Kanjinchô in
        Tokyo twenty-three times between April 1914 and June 1946,
        although this print likely reflects a performance in Osaka or
        Kyoto. 
 
 







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

  Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
  Performance Place: ?
  Performance Date: ?
  Print Date: ?
  Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
  (長谷川貞信)
  Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
   Personal Collection


       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
        (松本幸四郎) as
        Musashibô Benkei
        (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kôshirô VII and Sadanji II
        performed their respective roles
        opposite each other four times in
        Tokyo between March 1925 and
        November 1937.  Presumably one of
        these productions toured Osaka.


       
        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: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kôshirô VII and Sadanji II
        performed their respective roles
        opposite each other four times in
        Tokyo between March 1925 and
        November 1937.  Presumably one of
        these productions toured Osaka.*



?  as Togashi Saemon
(富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
  Personal Collection


       
        ? as Musashibô Benkei
        (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection


       
        ? as Musashibô Benkei
        (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection


       
        ? as Yoshitsune (義経)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection


       
        ? as Togashi Saemon
        (富樫左衛門)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection



                               
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
            Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎) in
            Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi  (與話情浮名横櫛)
            and similar plays

            Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
            Onhahakô Yodo no Kata (淀の方) [Yodogimi (淀君)] in
            Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月) and
            similar plays

            Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
            Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門) in
            Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)

            Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車)  as
            Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in
            Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)

            Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) 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)

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

            Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Idahachi (伊太八) in Onoe Idahachi (尾上伊太八)

            Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)  as Yayoi (弥生) in
            Kagami Jishi  (鏡獅子) and similar plays

            Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijô (鬼女) in
            Modoribashi (戻橋)
 
            Nakamura Kichiemon I  (中村吉右衛門) as
            Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原) in
            Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)

            Title:  Dozô no Rakugaki (土蔵のらくがき)
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 



 




  




       

 
 
 





Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
as Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Shôsui (松翠)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Utaemon V portrayed Yoshitsune
in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in April 1914
and April 1920.

 
 
  


 
 
 
        


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: During the Taishô era when
Eishô was active as a print designer,
Kôshirô VII performed this role seven
times between April 1914 and March
1925.


               


? as Musashibô Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Series: 盛會御禮 
Personal Collection

Note: It is likely that the actor
depicted is Matsumoto Kôshirô
VIII (松本幸四郎).
 
 
 

               


? as Togashi Saemon
(富樫左衛門)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Series: 盛會御禮 
Personal Collection
 
 
 


               

     


? as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Series: 盛會御禮 
Personal Collection



               



      


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

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Kôshirô VII first per-
formed this role in Tokyo at
the Teikoku Gekijô in April
1914.  His final appearance
in Tokyo in this role was at
the Tokyo Gekijô in June 1946.
 
 
          
        

               


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

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date:
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed fan
 
Note: Kôshirô VII first performed this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô
in April 1914.  His final appearance in Tokyo in this role was at the Tokyo
Gekijô in June 1946.
 
 
 

               


            ? as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
            Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date:
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: ?
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 

               

       
        ? as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection



? as Togashi Saemon
(富樫左衛門)

 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

        

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role
        opposite Kichiemon at the Ichimura-
        za in April 1914, at the Hongô-za in
        April 1926, and at the Kabuki-za in
        March 1934.

           
           


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I performed this role
opposite performed this role Kikugorô
VI in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in April
1914, at the Hongô-za in April 1926,
and at the Kabuki-za in March 1934.

           
           


Matsumoto Kôshirô (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kôshirô VII performed this role in
Tokyo twenty-three times between April
1914 and June 1946.  It could even depict
Kôshirô VIII, who performed the role in
Tokyo twenty-three times between
September 1949 and September 1975.
 
 
 
 
 
 



   
    ? as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

    Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
    Performance Place: ?
    Performance Date: ?
    Print Date: ?
    Artist: ?
    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: ?
    Performance Date: ?
    Print Date: ?
    Artist: ?
    Medium: Woodblock printed
    senshafuda
    Personal Collection

    Note: Danshirô II performed this role in
    Tokyo at least three times between 1915
    and 1918.  Danshirô III performed this
    role in Tokyo at the Shinjuku Dai Ichi
    Gekijô in January 1938.
 
 
 
 
 
 

               

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

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed magazine print
Personal Collection

Note: Kôshirô VII performed this role in Tokyo at least
23 times between 1914 and 1946.  Another seller on eBay
with the same print said it was in a September 1924
issue of an unidentified magazine, but I have not been
able to confirm this.
 
 
 


                       
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: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection




                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as 
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
 
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: This is an extremely large
senshafuda, over 30 inches long.

 
 
 
 
 
 



                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Benkei (弁慶)
           
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: Ichikawa Ennosuke III performed this role seven times between
1964 and 1995.  If this print depicts Ichikawa Ennosuke II, he performed
the role ten times between 1945 and 1959.
 

 
 
 
 



Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)
 
Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Date: ?
Series: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
 
Note: While this print probably reflects a performance in Osaka, Utaemon V performed this role
opposite Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村卯左衛門) at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in March 1914 and in April 1920.
 
 
 

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

                Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
                Print Date: ?
                Series: ?
                Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)