Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as ?


Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #2]
Personal Collection
   

               
                Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

                Play:  ?
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
                Medium: Woodblock print
                [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
                Personal Collection

           
            Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as 
            Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
     
            Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
            (京鹿子娘道成寺)
            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: Kikugorô VI performed this role
            in Tokyo eighteen times between
            September 1912 and January 1948.
 
 
 

 
Onoe Kikugorô VI? (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: It is possible that this print is by
Sadanobu IV and/or depicts Onoe
Kikugorô VII.       

                                   
                Onoe Kikugorô VI  (尾上菊五郎) as
                Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; お祭左七)

                Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
                Personal Collection

                Note: The only record I can find of Kikugorô VI performing this role was at the Ichimura-za in
                June 1914.  Presumably, that production toured Osaka around that time.
 

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

        Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishikie 
        (青砥稿花紅彩畫)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kikugorô VI first performed
        this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in
        May 1905.  He would reprise the role
        in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in April
        1914 and April 1923, at the Meiji-za
        in May 1933, at the Kabuki-za in
        April 1939, and at the Tokyo-za in
        May-June 1946, although never
        opposite Sadanji II.  It is possible that
        one of these productions toured
        Osaka.
 
 
 
 

      
       Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
       as Ôtomo Kuronushi (大伴黒主)
 
       Play:  Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki
       no To (積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪關扉)
       Performance Place: ?
       Performance Date: ?
       Print Date: ?
       Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
       (長谷川貞信)
       Medium: Woodblock printed
       pochibukuro
       Personal Collection

        Note: Kikugorô VI performed
        this role five times in Tokyo
        between March 1913 and May
        1937.  Presumably one of those
        productions toured in Osaka.

       

 
Five pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
pochibukuro shown above: Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎); Kataoka Nizaemon XI or XII (片岡仁左衛門);
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸); Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎);
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)

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

                               
                Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
                Sakuramaru (桜丸)

                Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
                ( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
                Medium: Lithograph
                Personal Collection

                Note: Kikugorô VI, Mitsugorô VII, and Kichiemon I
                appear to have performed their respective roles in the
                same Tokyo production on only one occasion, namely, at
                the Ichimura-za in November 1915.  Whether all three
                performed together at some later date outside of Tokyo is
                not known to me at this time.  The only other time
                Kikugorô VI played the role of Sakuramaru in Tokyo was
                at the Kabuki-za in January 1934.
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?



Play: ?  
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date:?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection

Note: The publisher information and artist cartouche
suggest that this print was likely made around the
same time as two known 1914 prints by Shunsen.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakan Chôbei (左官長兵)
      
Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi
(人情噺文七元結)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI portrayed Chôbei
eight times between 1911 and 1944.

                   
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)
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Princess Sarashina (更科),
in reality Togakushi no Kijo (戸隠の鬼女)

Play: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed magazine print
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role in Tokyo
multiple times between 1906 and 1941.  Based on
similar magazine prints by Chikamine, this print
most likely reflects Kikugorô VI's performance at
the Shintomi-za in February 1922,  Ichimura-za in
October 1922, or at the Ichimura-za in Febraury
1927.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                    
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Hanako in
Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in September 1912.  His final
performance in Tokyo was at the Tokyo-za in January
1948.  Without knowing the date of the print, it is
difficult to know the precise performance depicted.  There
are, however, costume similarities to a photograph from a
December 1938 production at the Kabuki-za.  Since
Kiugorô VI died in July 1949, it is likely the print was
made on or before 1949, or perhaps as a memorial print.
 
 
 

 

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)?] as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎); [Nakamura
Fukusuke V (中村福助)?] as Oschichi (お七);
[Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)?] as Naojirô
(直次郎); [Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎;
尾上榮三郎)?] as Osono (お里); Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)) as
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎); [Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)?] as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Print Date: c. 1920s
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)

Note: This set of uncut prints is not signed but
stylistically resembles prints and paintings made
by Shikô in the 1920s.  See, for example, Shikô's
1924 print of Oschichi.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date:  ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

           
            Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

            Play:  ?
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date:  ?
            Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: It is possible that this print depicts
            Yaegaki -hime (八重垣姫) in Honchô
            Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝).  Kikugorô Vi
            performed that role at the Teikoku Gekijô
            in June 1928.

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as ***

Play: Yasuna (保名)/?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)

Note: Information on the source of this image is lost, but
it is believed to be a woodblock print.  Kikugorô VI first
performed his own version of this role in Tokyo at the
Ichimura-za in February 1922.  He reprised the role in
Tokyo on at least 13 subsequent occasions, and gave
his final performance in the role at the Kabuki-za in
Osaka in March 1949, four months before his death on
July 10, 1949 at age 65.  His last appearance in Tokyo
in this role was at the Shinbashi Enbujô in January
1949, although it is possible that this print depicts
Kikugorô VI in an earlier production.
 
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamuro (禿)
 
Play:  Modori Kago (戻駕)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Tokiwazu Awase Mokuroku
(常盤津合せ目録)
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this
role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in
July 1924.

Onoe Kikugorô VI  (尾上菊五郎) as
as Tsûjin (通人)
 
Play:  Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Tokiwazu Awase Mokuroku
(常盤津合せ目録)
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role
twice in Tokyo, at the Ichimura-za in
both January 1915 and February 1925.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?
 
Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
as Shirabyôshi (白拍子)
Hanako (白拍子)]

Play: Kyōganoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Kikugorô VI first performed
the role of Hanako in Tokyo at the
Shintomi-za in September 1912. 
His final performance in Tokyo was
at the Tokyo Gekijô in January 1948.
 
 

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
        as Tatsugorō (辰五郎)

        Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô
        no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
 
        Note: Kikugorô VI first per-
        formed this role in Tokyo at
        the Ichimura-za in January
        1909.  His final performance
        in Tokyo was at the Tokyo
        Gekijô in January 1948.  

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
        as Tatsugorô (辰五郎)
 
        Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô
        no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection
       
        Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role            
        in Tokyo nine times between January
        1909 and January 1948.  Kikugorô VII
        performed the role in Tokyo five times
        between January 1987 and May 2007.
 
 
 
 

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.

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

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role in
Tokyo nine times between August 1916
and October 1948.  
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Inukawa Sôsuke Yoshitô (犬川荘助義任)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
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)
Print Date: ?
Personal Collection