ONOE KIKUGORÔ VI (尾上菊五郎)
08/26/1885 - 07/10/1949
 
aka ONOE USHINOSUKE II (尾上丑之助) 


MAY 1902


Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as Sanshô Mitashi  (山樵三田仕)
 
Onoe Ushinosuke II (尾上丑之助) as Kaidômaru  (怪童丸)
 
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
Note: Three actors alternated in the role of Yamanba.  With the use of a "shikake" flap, two different  actor faces
were created for Yamanba, although it is not known which face corresponds to which actor.
 
 
 
 



           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap down.
 
 



           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap up.
 
 

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 ô EizaburVI (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)

OCTOBER 1903
         


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Taira no Tomomori (平知盛)/Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

Play: Funa Benkei (船弁慶)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/17/03
Print Date: 10/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 

      
 

 
  



  

NOVEMBER 1903


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzeon Keshin (観世音化身)

Play: Tsubosaka Reigenki
(壺坂霊験記; 壷坂霊験記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 


  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
  Nyôbô Osato (女房お里)


  Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
  Sawaichi (沢市)


APRIL 1904


 


Play: Kantai Homare no Yashû
(艦隊誉夜襲)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/1904
Print Date: 04/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 


  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Ichihashi Matahachirô (市橋又八郎)
 
  I


    Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
    Rokugô Kanjirô (六郷寛次郎)
 
    Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
    Sakurai Kengo (桜井賢吾)
 
    Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
    Eda Naoaki (江田直明)

NOVEMBER 1906


Onoe Kikugorô VI (中村芝翫) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村 羽左衛門) as Banzuiin Chôbé (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)

Play:  Hiyoku no Mon Itoshî Noji (比翼紋愛井の字)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/15/06
Print Date: 11/1906?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards
Personal Collection
 
 


MARCH 1907


Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as
Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
 
Ichikawa Dan'emon? (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
  
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)

Play:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.
 
 
 
 





Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Onoe Baikô VI as Motome (求女)
 
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)




  


 


  

NOVEMBER 1907


En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Okaru (お軽)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵); Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 11/14/07
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi1907 Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵), Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助),
and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) rotated in the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助); 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) and Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) rotated in the role of Kô no Moronô
(高野師直); Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門),
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門), Sawamura
Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of Hayano
Kanpei (早野勘平); and Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), and Sawamura Tosshô III
(沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) rotated in the role of Okaru (お軽).
 
 

JUNE 1909


Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助 )

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Ôshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Okaru (おかる)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/06/09
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
 
 








                                     
                    Ichikawa Danzo VII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
                    Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
 
                    Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hatsugiku (初菊)

                    Play: Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記); On'na Kusunoki (女楠); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
                    (与話情浮名横櫛); Setsugekka (雪月花)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 06/03/09
                    Artist: ?
                    Print Date: 06/04/09
                    Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
                    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 





SEPTEMBER 1910

                 
? as ?
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsushima Senta (松島千太)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as  Akashi no Shimazô (明石の島蔵)
 
Plays: Shima Chidori Tsuki (島鵆月白浪); Hachijin Shugo no Honjô (八陣守護城);
Fûryû Kuruwa-tsû (風流曲輪通); Toba-e Masu Ochi (鳥羽絵升落);
Mochizuki no Yoru no Tama Usagi (望月夜玉兎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/13/10
Print Date: 09/15/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 





DECEMBER 1911

                   

Print Date: 12/28/11, Appendix to Engei Gahô Vol. 6
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
 




         
          Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
 
          Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
          
        

           
          
                       
         

 
  Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
 
  Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                      


 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
 
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)
          
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
        

           
          
                       
         

       
       
                      
       



FEBRUARY 1912


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
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 
 



           
           

         
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yamakage Ukyô (山陰右京)
 
        Play: Migawari Zazen (身替座禅)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/17/12
        Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
 
Plays: Chikamatsu Kaikei Soga (近松会稽曽我); Higo no Kami Kiyomasa (肥後守清正);
Migawa Zazen (身替座禅);   Koi Sumô Haru Kaobure (恋相撲春顔触); Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (寿靭猿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/17/12
Print Date: 02/17/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover possibly depicts Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Ochikubo Koshirô (落窪小四郎)
and Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in Higo no Kami Kiyomasa
(肥後守清正).
 
 


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
 
 


 

JANUARY 1913


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yakkodako ( 奴凧)

Play: Yakkodako ( 奴凧)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/13
Print Date: 1913?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

JULY 1914


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)
 
Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura
(敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/10/14
Print Date: 11/14/14
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #1]
Personal Collection
 
 

               


 


SEPTEMBER 1914

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Aoki Teijirô (青木貞次郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kamiya Genzō (神谷玄蔵)
 
Plays: Ansei Kibun Tsukuda no Yoarashi
(安政奇聞佃夜嵐); Momijigari (紅葉狩);
Takubê Jôshi (宅兵衛上使)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/15/14
Print Date: 09/15/14
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Personal Collection 
 
 




NOVEMBER 1914

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引);
Awataguchi Hatsune Hitofushi (粟田口初音一節);
Kokoro no Nazo Chûgi no E-Awase
(意中繼忠義画合); Mukashibanashi Onigashima
(昔噺鬼ヶ島)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/14
Print Date: 10/30/14
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Personal Collection

JANUARY 1915
 


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Ibaraki (茨木)

Play: Ibaraki (茨木)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection


FEBRUARY 1915
 


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Omiwa (三輪; おみわ)
 
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 

               

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Omiwa (三輪; おみわ)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Fukashichi (鱶七)
 
Plays: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花); Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓); Shinobi Au Haru no Yuki Doke
(忍逢春雪解); Tenchi Kinôgi no E-Awase
(天地金扇面画合)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/15
Print Date: 02/02/15
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Personal Collection 
 





APRIL 1915

                    
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa
(助六曲輪菊)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Torii (VIII) Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

               

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康正)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
 
Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録);
Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa (助六曲輪菊);
Hyakugumi Shusse Tobi (百組出世鳶);
Jômi no Sechie (上巳の節会)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 03/31/15
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 
 





Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.

















JUNE 1915


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yamanaka Heikurô (山中平九郎)

Play: Yamanaka Heikurô (山中平九郎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/07/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)

Play: Ehon Taikôki
(絵本大功記) [Taijû (太十)]
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1915
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection



JULY 1915


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yashû no Tomizô (野州の富蔵  (冨増))

Play: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

               





AUGUST  1915
 


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔),
Vol. 4
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/1915?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)

Note: Although lacking any information about the
subject or the artist, the print's resemblance to
Koka's print of KikugorôVI as Shinza is
unmistakable.  However, this might also be by an
anonymous artist copying the Koka print.
 

              

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)
 
Plays: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語); Migawari Zazen (身替座禅);
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Ki no Aritsune (紀有常) in
Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語).
 
 






SEPTEMBER 1915
 


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyu Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tôge
(蔦紅葉宇都谷峠)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection
 
 
 


FEBRUARY 1916


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Inaba Kôzô (稲葉幸蔵) and
 
Onoe Kikujirô III  (尾上菊次郎) as 
Matsuyama (松山)
      
Play: Nezumi Komon Harugi no
Shingata (鼠小紋春着新形)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/16
Print Date: 02/1916?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 


MARCH 1916

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takega (丈賀)
 
Plays: Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚); Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子);
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪 暮夜入谷畦道); Dontsuku (どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/16
Print Date: 03/1916?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in
Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚).
 
 
 
 



AUGUST 1916

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazaemon (弥左衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)
  
Plays: Igami no Gonta (いがみの權太); Suôotoshi (素襖落); Zôho Tenjinki (増補天神記);
Tôkaidô Hizakurige (東海道膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/16
Print Date: 08/1916?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in Zôho
Tenjinki (増補天神記).





SEPTEMBER 1916






                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Igami no Gonta ( いがみの權太)
[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)]
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01//16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in August 1916.  There
was a production at the Minami-za in Kyoto in
June 1916, but I have not been able to confirm
whether Kikugorô VI was in the cast.

 
 


JANUARY 1917


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Megumi Tatsugorô (め組の辰五郎)

Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô no
Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

AUGUST 1917

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sôgorô (宗五郎)
 
Plays:  Saito Toshikazu Katataochi  (齋藤利三堅田落); Kyôran Ikushima (狂亂生嶋);
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎); Mukashi Banashi Bunbuku Chagama (昔噺文福茶釜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/17
Print Date: 08/1917?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Saitô Kuranosuke Toshizo
(斎藤内蔵之助利三) and  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shibazaki (芝崎) in Saito Toshikazu
Katataochi  (齋藤利三堅田落). 
 





JANUARY 1918


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Dokko no Daroku (独鈷の駄六)

Play: Medashi Doki Aoyagi Suzuri
(芽出時候青柳硯)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #5
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

           

 


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
as Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒悟助)
     
Play: Oyayuzuri Nozarashi Gosuke
(親譲野晒悟助)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 1918?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 



FEBRUARY 1918


Onoe Kikugorò VI
(尾上菊五郎) as
Iwafuji (岩藤)
           
Play: Kagamiyama Kokyô no
Nishiki (鏡山故郷錦)
Performance Place: Ichimura-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

           
 
 

MARCH 1918

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺清心)
 
Plays: Katakiuchi Shiraishi Banashi (敵討白石噺); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫); Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Bimyô (微妙) in Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館). 






MAY 1918


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Chôkichi (or Nagayoshi) (長吉)

Play: Myôkendô Kezuka Yurai
(妙見堂毛塚由来)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

           
 
 

           
           
 


JULY 1918

                 
 ? as ?
 
? as ? 
 
 Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)
 
 ? as ?
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yasuke (八助)
 
Plays: On'na Chûshingura (女忠臣蔵); Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記); Ryûsei (流星);
Wakai Tsuma (若い妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum






AUGUST 1918


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tenjiku Tokubê (天竺徳兵衛)
 
Play: Oto ni Kiku Tenjiku Tokubê
(音菊天竺徳兵衛) 
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/18
Print Date: 08/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                                 
                Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tenjiku Tokubê (天竺徳兵衛)
 
                Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsushima Senta (松島千太)
 
                Plays: Oto ni Kiku Tenjiku Tokubệ (音菊天竺徳兵衛); Midori no Asa (緑の朝);
                Shima Chidori Tsuki no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪); Kappore (かつぽれ)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 08/01/18
                Print Date: 08/1918?
                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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsushima Senta (松島千太)
                in Shima Chidori Tsuki no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).






NOVEMBER 1918


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Niki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Play:Ume Momiji Nishiki no Dateori
(梅照葉錦伊達織)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/08/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 


JANUARY 1919

 
Onoe Kikugorò VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Funatsu Kôbê (舟津幸兵衛)
           
Play: Suitengû Megumi no Fukagawa
(水天宮利生深川)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/19
Print Date: 01/03/19?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

           
 
  

MARCH 1919

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakan Chôbê (左官長兵郎)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Imohori Chôja (芋堀長者);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Mitsu Ningyô (三人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Karaki Masaemon
(唐木政右衛門) in Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六). 





 





APRIL 1919
 

 

Onoe Kikugorò VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sonobe Hyôe (園部兵衛)
 
Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
(新薄雪物語)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

           
 
 
 

 


JUNE 1919


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Midaroku ( 弥陀六)
         
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/19
Print Date: 06/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Megumi Tatsugorô (め組辰五郎)

Play: Megumi no Kenka (め組の喧嘩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #1]
Personal Collection

Note: This print is not signed, but
the artist of certain other pochibukuro in
the set has been identified as Fujisawa,
and a signed postcard version exists.
 
 
 
 

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Megumi Tatsugorô (め組辰五郎)

Play: Megumi no Kenka (め組の喧嘩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/19
Print Date: 06/1919?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Megumi Tatsugorô (め組辰五郎)

Play: Megumi no Kenka (め組の喧嘩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

AUGUST 1919

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎)
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Yoshiwara Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Endô Moritô (遠藤盛遠) and
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kinugawa (衣川) in Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚).




 

SEPTEMBER 1919                


Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
                    
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/19
Print Date: 09/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 

           
            Onoe Kikugorô VI
            (尾上菊五郎) as
            Matsuômaru (松王丸)
                    
            Play: Sugawara Denjù
            Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 09/06/19
            Print Date: 09/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 


DECEMBER 1919                


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Chôgorô (長五郎)
                    
Play: Setta Naoshi Chôgorô (雪駄直し長五郎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/29/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

MARCH 1920

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Akidarugai Kyûhachi (明樽買久八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tasuke (多助)
 
Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録); Sannin Katawa (三人片輪); Shiobara Tasuke (鹽原多助)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/20
Print Date: 03/1920?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
and Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元) in Kiyomasa Seichûroku
(清正誠忠録). 
 




AUGUST 1920


Onoe Kikugorô VI  (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)
 
Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙; 夜討曾我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/20
Print Date: 08/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

               

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyûta (久太)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Jirôko (次郎古)
 
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Kayano Sanpei (茅野三平);
Hototogisu Mizuni Hibikune (時鳥水響音); Aki no Kusa Chûya no Sakiwake (秋色草晝夜咲分)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/01/20
Print Date: 08/1920?
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 Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Yatou Emonshichi (矢頭右衛門七)
and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kayano Sanpei (茅野三平) in Kayano Sanpei
(茅野三平).