ICHIKAWA KODANJI V (市川小団次; 川小團次)
  09/23/1850 - 05/26/1922

 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Play: Kichirei Soga (吉例曽我)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/1900
Print Date: 12/20/1899?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太)
 

    
      Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
      市川左団次) as Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)
     
      Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
      市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta
      (近江小藤太)
     
      Unread as Unknown
     
      Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
      市川小團次) as
      Yawata Saburô (八幡三郎)

      Play: Kichirei Soga (吉例曽我)
      Performance Place: Meijki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 01/14/1900
      Print Date: 05/11/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
      (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Yonezô  IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Ofumi (みふみ)

Play: Chûkôgi Tsukushi no Adauchi
(忠孝義筑紫仇討)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 03/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
 市川左團次) as
 Chikushi Ichibê (筑紫市兵衛)



 

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次;
  市川小團次) as
  Monban (guard) Gosuke (門番語助)




 

 
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎:
 市川權十郎) as
Hanzawa Rokurô (半沢六郎)



Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki
(壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/1900
Print Date: 05/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library

Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Akoya (あこや)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Hatakeyama Shigetada (畠山重忠)

   Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
   市川小團次) as
   Iwanaga Saemon (岩永左衛門)


 

   
    Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
    Maboroshi Chôzô (幻長蔵)
   
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次) as
    Akebono Genta (曙源太)

    Play: Koko ga Edo Koude no Tatehiki
    (慈江戸小腕達引)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 05/03/1900
    Print Date: 05/1900?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the Tokyo
    Metropolitan Central Library

  Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升;
  澤村訥舛) as
  Momiura Jinzô (紅裏甚三)
 
  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
  市川左團次) as
  Ude no Kizaburô (腕の喜三郎_

  Sawamura Gennosuke IV
  (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
  Kizaburô Nyôbô (喜三郎女房)

 
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 III (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)

    
      Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as
      Osono (おその)


     
    
       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 III (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
    Amakawaya Gihei (天川屋儀平)

  

 

  Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
  Gihei-ko (義平子)

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
  市川小團次) as Decchi (丁稚)

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as
Asahi Gozen (朝日御前, actually
Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)
 



Play: Kamakurayama Sakura no
Nidozaki (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
  市川莚舛) as  
  Tôma Saburô (当麻三郎)
 
  Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
  市川權十郎) as Yoritomo-kô (頼朝公)

   Ichikawa Sadanji I市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
  Yamashi Inoshishi (山椎猪蔵),
  actually, Nitta Shirô ( 仁田四郎)

    
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次) as
    Hashi Tazaemon-jô (?) ( 橋太左エ門尉)



  
    
    Play:  Kamakurayama Sakura no
    Nidozaki     (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
    鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 09/30/1900
    Print Date: 09/1900?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
    Memorial Theatre Museum
 

   Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
   市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸) as
   Ani-kun Kuma Wakamaru (?)
   (兄君隈若丸)
  
   Ichikawa Sadanji (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
   (蒲の冠者範頼蒲冠者範頼)

   Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
   Otôto-kun Kô Wakamaru (?)
   (弟君光若丸)

   Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
   市川升若) as
   Minase Gozen
   水名瀬御前

Front Row L-R:
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次
Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
市川莚舛)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎)
Middle Row L-R:
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥;
澤村訥舛; 澤村訥升)
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) 
Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九団次;
市川九團次)
Ichikawa Fukuzô II (市川福蔵) 
Back Row L-R:
Bandô Mitsutarô I (坂東三津太郎)
Ichikawa Yonezô I (市川米三)
Ichikawa Tsutanosuke I(市川蔦之助)
Nakamura Kansuke II (中村翫助)

Event:  Akashi [V] Hikitate no Zu
(明石引立ノ図)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1900
Print Date: 10/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan   Central Library
 
 
 
 

Front Row:
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次)
Middle Row L-R:
Ichikawa Sadenji I (市川左伝次)
Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
Back Row L-R: 
Sawamura Ujûrô III (沢村宇十郎;
澤村宇十郎
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎)
Ichikawa Saisuke I (市川左伊介;
市川左伊助)
Ichikawa Kohanji II (市川小半次)
 

 Front Row L-R:
 Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石)
 Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
 Second Front Row L-
 Ichikawa Danjirô (市川団次郎;
 市川團次郎)
 Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
 市川壽美蔵)
 Ichikawa Gonza I (市川権三)
 Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
 市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸)
 Middle Row L-R:
 Sawamura Gennosuke IV
 (沢村源之助 澤村源之助)
 Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
 市川升若)
 Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女)
 Back Row L-R:
 Seki Utasuke II (関歌助)
 Ichikawa Enzaburô I (市川莚三郎)
 Ichikawa Kôtarô I (市川好太郎)
 Ichikawa Saiji I (市川左伊次)
 Ichikawa Sakizô I (市川左喜蔵)

JANUARY 1901

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Play: Kongen Kusazuribiki
(根元草摺引) [Shôfudatsuki Kongen
Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (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
  Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次 市川左團次)  as
Asahina Yoshihide (朝夷義秀)


Play: Wada Kassen Seichû Roku
(和田合戦誠忠録)
Performance Place: Mejii-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/01
Print Date: 03/1901?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

Ichikawa Udanji
(市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Nitta Shiro Tadatsune
(仁田四郎忠常)

   Ichikawa Kodanji V
   (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
   Asama(浅間

  

       
        Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九團次) as
        Kanakubo Tarô (金窪太郎)
 
        Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次) as
        Wada Shirô Yoshinao (和田四郎義直)
 
        Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) as 
        Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
 
        Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
        Wada Gorô Yoshishige (和田五郎義重)
  
        Play: Wada Gassen Seichû-roku
        (和田合戦誠忠録)
        Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 03/05/01
        Print Date: 05/05/01
        Artist: ?
        Image courtesy of the Shochiku
        Otani Library
 
 

   
APRIL 1901

Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
as Terute-hime (照手姫)
 
Ichikawa Kudanji II
(市川九団次; 市川九團次) as
Akusô Unten (悪僧運天)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)

    
Play: Sekai no Hana Oguri
Gaiden (世界花小栗外伝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/19/01
Print Date: 05/02/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
 (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 

Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
as Zeze no Shirôzô
(膳所の四郎蔵)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ryôshi Namishichi (漁師浪七)

Ichikawa Sumizô V
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Onigawara no Dôhachi
(鬼瓦の銅八)

Ichikawa Enshô II
(市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as
Kusuda Shumizu (楠田主水)

Nakamura Naritarô I
(中村成太郎) as
Tarô tsuma Asaka (太郎妻浅香)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Hosokawa Masamoto
(細川政元)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Yokoyama Tarô (横山太郎)

Sawamura Tosshô III
(沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
Shitei Tarômata (仕丁太郎又)

Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Gakujin Kikusui (楽人菊水)


Play: Iwato Kagura Sanja no Nigiwai
(岩戸神楽三社賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: 05/16/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo Central
Metropolitan Library
 
 
 

    Ichikawa Enshô II
    (市川莚舛; 市川 莚升) as
    Gakujin Motome (楽人求女)
   
    Ichikawa Kodanji V
    (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
    Hôchô no Okina (放鳥の翁)

   Ichikawa Sadanji I
   (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
   Tejikara Otakeru (手力雄尊)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Nihon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Aoto Fujitsuna (青砥藤綱)

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

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)

Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫) as
Akahoshi Jûzô (赤星十三)

? as Asaba Jûrô (浅羽十郎)

? as Torite Otoni (とりて音二)

? as Torite Morizô (とりて森蔵)

Play: Gokurakuji Sanmon
(極楽寺山門),
Act V of Shiranami Gonin Otoko
(白波五人男)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection

Note: I have not found a specific
performance that includes all of
these actors.  The on-line database
entry suggests that this is a mitate
print.

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次) as
Ikago Shichirô (五十子七郎)
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JULY 1902

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Hayami no Tôta ( 早見藤太)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
enkurô Kitsune (源九郎狐)

Ichikawa Enshô  II (市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as
Koshimoto Yayoi (腰元弥生)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
[Yoshinoyama (吉野山) dance scene]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/02
Print Date: 06/28/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

Ichikawa Yonezô  IV.5 (市川米蔵) as  
Ofune (おふね)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Rokuzô (六蔵)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Tonbê (頓兵)

Play: Shinrei  Yaguchi no Watashi
(神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03
Print Date: 04/24/03?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Hananoi (花の井)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Koshimoto Shinobu (腰元志のふ)
    
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Yonezô Jijû Tarô (侍従太郎)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討) [Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1904
Print Date: 10/15/04
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

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


  


Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3,
Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1905

Note: I have not found a
contemporaneous stage performance
with this particular cast.  Some of
the actors, however, did appear in a
production at the Kabuki-za in
November 1903.  See also Kunisada
III's paper model prints of April
1902.
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵)
as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Fujiwara no Shihei (藤原時平)

  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Matsuômaru (松王丸)

  Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升) as
  Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
 
  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Shizuka Gozen (I静御前)
 
  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)
  Hangan Minamoto no Yoshitsune (判官 源義経)
 
 Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
 Performance Place: ?
 Performance Date: ?
 Print Date: 1905

Note: I have not found a contemporaneous stage performance with this particular cast. 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)  as Ozawa no Gyôbu (小澤刑部)
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯); Imayô Mochizuki (今様望月);
Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/09
Print Date: 02/27/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Nitta Yoshitoki (新田義時)
in Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯), and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôishi Kuranosuke
(大石内蔵助) in the play of the same name.
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)  as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
 
Play: Yûshoku Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記); Sakura Shigure
(桜時雨); Saruwaka (猿若)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/09
Print Date: 04/06/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Miura Arajirô (三浦荒次郎)
and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門) in Yûshoku
Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山).
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ryôrijin Kisuke (料理人喜介)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
 
Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記); Horikawa (堀川); Narita Risei Homare no Yûten
(成田利生誉祐天); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/09
Print Date: 05/09/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
in Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記). 
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Masaoka (政岡)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi  (伽羅先代萩); Gozonji Banzui Chôbei (御存幡随長兵衛);
Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi (大経師昔暦); Waka Sanjin (和歌三神); Otsu-e (大津絵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/09
Print Date: 11/05/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kisen (喜撰)
 
Plays: Tengajaya (天下茶屋); Kokusen'ya Gassen (国姓爺合戦); Rokkasen (六歌仙)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/10
Print Date: 03/02/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Goshôgun Kanki
(伍将軍甘輝),  Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Watônai (和藤内), and  Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Kinshôjo (錦生女) in Kokusen'ya Gassen (国姓爺合戦). 
 

                 
 
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Sekihara Kami Aoha (関原神葵葉); Narukami (鳴神); 
Suô Otoshi (素襖落); Fune-he Uchikomu Hashima no Shiranami (船打込橋間白浪);
Shinsekai-gai Nigiwai (新世界街賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/10
Print Date: 05/05/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The coverdepicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
in Narukami (鳴神);  Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ukifune (浮舟)/Kesataro
(袈裟太郎) in Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); and Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) and
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) in unknown roles. 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Takatoki (高時);
Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七);
Wakamidori Sorazumiyoshi (若緑空住吉)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/12/10
Print Date: 06/13/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑), Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hôjô Takatoki
(北條高時) in Takatoki (高時), and Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Danshichi
Shima no Okaji (團七縞お梶) in Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七).
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as ?
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as ?
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Baba Sarurobê (馬塲三郎兵衛)

Plays: Taiheiki Asuwa Gassen (太平記足羽合戦); Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者);
Taira no Koremori (平維盛); Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛); Ni Fûfu (二夫婦)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/14/10
Print Date: 09/16/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Sadatô Munetô (貞任宗任); Yagura Daiko Shusse no
Torikumi (櫓太鼓出世取組); Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13//11
Print Date: 01/13/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)
and  Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Agemaki (揚巻) in Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen
Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑).

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Gorozaburo (吉田五郎三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fujieda Geki (藤枝外記)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ayaginu (綾衣)
 
Plays: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha (四千両小判梅葉); Kaichô Taiji (怪鳥退治);
Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中);  Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/27/11
Print Date: 09/28/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Date Shinzaemon (伊達新左衛門)
in Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮).
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Enpin-ô Kokuseiya (延平王国性爺)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Rôichikan (老一官)
 
Plays: Kitasaga Yami Idomu (北嵯峨闇挑); Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪);
Kokusen'ya Gojitsu Gassen (国性爺後日合戦); Tôyama Zakura Tenpô Nikki (遠山桜天保日記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/11
Print Date: 11/21/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Benten Kozô
Kikunosuke (辨天小僧菊之助) in Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪). 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Shinagawa no Daiba (品川の台場); Fudô (不動);
Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku (一刀流成田掛額); Shôchikubai Yuki Akebono (松竹梅雪曙)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/12
Print Date: 01/1912
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fudô Myôô (不動明王) and
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Miyoshino (侍三吉) in Fudô (不動); and Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) in an unknown role.
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Midaroku ( 弥陀六)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as Sagami (相模)
 
Plays: Date Masamune (伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iroha Shinsuke (いろは新助)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Print Date: 03/12/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Sawai Matagorô (沢井股五郎; 澤井股五郎)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Otogirisô (弟切草);  Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/12
Print Date: 05/12/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Yonezô V 9市川米蔵) as Usugumo (薄雲) and Ichikawa Sai'nyû I
(市川齊入) as Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光) in Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸).
 
 

                   
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Matsuyama (松山)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Hyôtan Kashikubô (瓢箪かしく坊)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣藏);
Ninin Wankyû (二人椀久)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/14
Print Date: 11/03/14
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô
VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Okaru (おかる), 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hayano Kanpei
(早野勘平), and  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
(大星由良之助) in Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣藏).
 
 

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)
as Heiemon (平右ェ門)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1914
Print Date: 11/1914
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Takasago Jôbei (高砂尉兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Sumiyoshi Kichisaemon (住吉左衞門)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Umanosuke (右馬之助)
 
Plays: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太閤記); Adesugata
On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Ninin Bakama (二人袴);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛);
Gion no Yo Zakura (祇園の夜櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/15
Print Date: 04/02/15
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安), 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Mukôkizu Yosaburô (向疵与三郎) [Kirare Yosa
(切られ与三)], and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Otomi (お富) in Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(與話情浮名横櫛).

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takao (高尾)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Date Tsunamune (伊達綱宗)
 
Plays: Takao Zange (高尾さんげ); Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島); Sumidagawa (隅田川);
Yoshiware Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magoemon (孫右衛門), Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;  澤村宗十郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kinokuniya Koharu (紀の国屋小春) in Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島).
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kesa Gozen (袈裟御前)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kinugawa (衣川)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人)
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Ejima Ikushima  (江島生島);
Funa Benkei (船辨慶); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/16
Print Date: 09/1916?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tatsuma Saburôbei (達摩三郎兵衛), 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ikushima Shingorô (生島新五郎), and  Onoe Baikô
VI (尾上梅幸) as Ejima (江島) in Ejima Ikushima  (江島生島).
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?
 
Plays: Keisei Kagamiyama (傾城加賀見山); Kanaoka (かな岡); Zôhô Getsu Monogatari (増補雨月物語);
Hidakagawa Shitto no Adanami (日高川嫉妬仇浪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/16
Print Date: 10/1916?
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 Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kanaoka (金岡) in
Kanaoka (かな岡). 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sukeroku (助六)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ikyû (意休)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kanpera Monbei (かんぺら門兵衛)
 
Plays: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉); Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Sakura (助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/17
Print Date: 04/1917?
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 Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as Yodogimi (淀君) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kimura Nagato-no-Kami (木村長門守) in Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉).
 

                 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Oyoshi (およし)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Chuzaemon (吉田忠左衛門)
 
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
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 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Aoyama Harima (青山播磨),
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hôkoma Shirôbei (放駒四郎兵衛), and Ichikawa Shôchô
II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊) in Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (梅川) in Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来).  The other figure is unknown.
 
 

                 
Bandô Jusaburô III (阪東壽三郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Hirado Seizô (平戸清藏)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kano Gon'emon (河野権右衛門)
 
? as ?
 
Plays: Kiheitai (奇兵隊); Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎);
Narukami (鳴神); Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
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 Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Benkei (弁慶) and Ichikawa Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Yoshitsune (義経) in Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as
Kyô Ningyô (京人形) and Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Hidari Jingorô (左甚五郎) in Kyô Ningyô
(京人形); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kumo Taema-hime (雲絶間姫) and
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人) in Narukami (鳴神).