UTAGAWA KUNISADA III (歌川国貞) 

  aka Baidô Hôsai (梅堂豊斎); Baidô Kunimasa IV (梅堂国政); Kôchôrô Hôsai (香朝楼豊斎)

1901




JANUARY 1901


Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)



Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
(増補玉藻前)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 




  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Kintôji Hidekuni (金藤次秀国)


   Onoe Eizaburô V
   (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)
 
   Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調)  as
   Kôshitsu Hagi-no-kata (後室萩の方)
 

    
     Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
     Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)


     Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
     (増補玉藻前)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 01/13/01
     Print Date: 01/18/01
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum


  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Washizuka Hidekuni (鷲塚金藤次)


   Onoe Eizaburô V
    (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)


Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Yûjo Matsuyama (遊女松山)

Play: Nezumi Komon Harugi no
Hinagata (鼠小紋春着雛形)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/04/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum




  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Umeyama (梅山), in actuality Kôzô
  (幸蔵)


  

    
     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: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 01/15/01
     Print Date: 01/1901
     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)


  

    
MARCH 1901


Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Fujii Mondayû (藤井紋太夫)


Play: Zokusetsu Bidan Kômonki
(俗説美談黄門記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/01
Print Date: 03/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 


  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Kômon Mitsukunikô (黄門光国公)


   Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
   Koshimoto Hakubai (こし元白梅)_

    
     Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
     Kuronuma Danuemon
      (黒沼段右衛門)

     Play: Zokusetsu Bidan Kômonki
     (俗説美談黄門記)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
     Tokyo
     Performance Date: 03/20/01
     Print Date: 03/1901
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Metropolitan Central Library
 



  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Kappa  no Kichizô (河童吉蔵)


   Ichikawa Shinjûrô (市川新十郎)
   Nakama Guzuhachi (仲間ぐづ八)


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Sakuma Genban (佐久間玄番)




Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01
Print Date: 03/1901?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The 1901 date came from an
auction listing and has not been
verified.  The scene concerns a
disagreement regarding Oda
Nobunaga's successor, but I have
not located a play at the Kabuki-
za in the relevant time period on
this subject.
 
 
 


Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家)



   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
   (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
   Hashiba Hideyoshi (羽柴秀吉)

   Unknown as Sampôshimaru
   (三法師丸)



    
     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?
     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

  



   
APRIL 1901


Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
Wakato Sakuzô (若徒作蔵)


Play: Sato no Haregi Momiji no
Uchikake (廓晴衣紅葉裲襟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/19/01
Print Date: 04/11/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum


Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 ; 澤村源之助) as
Takao Tayû (高尾太夫)


   Ichikawa Botan II
   (市川ぼたん) as
   Kamuro Momiji (禿もみぢ)

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
   Mogami Kichinojô (最上吉之丞)


    
     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
     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)

  
MAY 1901     


 


Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
(楼門五山桐)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Print Date: 05/20/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Mashiba Hisayoshi (羽柴久吉)


   Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
   Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)


Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sakai Saemon (酒井左衛門)

Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as
Unread (Sankô?)
 
Unread as Honda (本多)

Unread as ?

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
馬場美濃 (Baba Mino)

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

Play: Yo ni Hibiku Taiko no
Isahoshi (世響太皷功)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Print Date: 05/18/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 



  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Torii Shirozaemon?

  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Unread


  


 


  


Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉景勝)

? as Unknown

? as Unknown

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Jihizô (慈悲蔵)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Yokozô (横蔵)

Unread as ?

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
馬場美濃 (Baba Mino)

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

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/10/01
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: I have not found a con-
temporaneous stage perform-
ance with this particular cast.
 
 
 





 

 


  

 
 


  

           
            Unread as Konkara Dôji (こんがら童子)

            Unread as Fudô Myôô (不動明王)

            Unread as Seitaka Dôji (せいたか童子)

            Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
            (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
            Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人)


            Play: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku
            (那智滝祈誓文覚)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: 05/14/01
            Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
            Memorial Theatre Museum

            Note: I have not found a contemporan-
            eous Tokyo stage performance with this
            particular cast.  There were productions
            with Danjûrô IX at the Naka-za in June 1889,
            at the Meiji-za in June 1996, and at the
            Kabuki-za in October 1902.


 
 


  

 
 


  


JULY 1901


Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川元)




Play: Oke Hazama Narumi
Gundan (桶狭間鳴海軍談)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/13/01
Print Date: 07/1901
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 
 


Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Kôri Kônai (郡幸内)

Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
Katsura Yamadaemon (葛山弾右衛門)


 Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
 Okazaki Masayuki (岡崎正行)
 



    
    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢 )
    
    Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
    Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)

    Play: Iseondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
    Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 07/13/01
    Print Date: 07/1901?


SEPTEMBER 1901   


Sawamura Tosshi VII
(沢村訥子;  澤村訥子)  as
Hanzawa Rokurô (半沢六郎)




 
Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto
Gunki (壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Ichimura
-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/25/01
Print Date: 09/1901?
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 
Note:  This design was
originally used in connection
with a May 1900 production
at the Meiji-za.


Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Akoya (あこや)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Hatakeyama Shigetada
(畠山重忠)


Sawamura Tosshô III(沢村訥升;
 澤村訥舛;澤村訥升) as
Iwanaga Saemon (岩永左衛門)
 


 

OCTOBER 1901


 




Play: Kanbashiya Gishi no
Homare (芳哉義士誉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/01
Print Date: 09/1901
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 

 


Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as'
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石蔵之助)


Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Hosokawa Ecchû-no-Kami (細川越中守)
 
 
 

    
     Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
     Komatsuya Sôshichi (小松屋惣七)


     Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
     (恋湊博多諷)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 1901/10/06/01
     Print Date: 09/1901
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum


  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as'
  Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)


   Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
   Kojorô (小女郎)


Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Utsubo Tayû (靫太夫)


Play: Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (寿靭猿)
[Hanabutai Kasumi no Saruhiki
(花舞臺霞の猿曳)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/01
Print Date: 09/1901
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection
 
 
 




  Onoue Eizaburô V
  (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
  Daimyô (大名)


   Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
   Yakko Kippei (奴橘平)
 

    
    



     Play: Gen-Zanmi Yorimasa
     (源三位頼政)
     Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 10/02/01
     Print Date: 09/23/01
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum


     Ichikawa Sadanji I
     (市川左団次 市川左團次)  as
     Hasebe Nobutsura ( 長谷部信連 )


  


Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次 市川左團次)  as
Tôken Gonbê (唐犬権兵衛)

Play: Mizuno Omodaka Hare
Ginotô Ken (水澤瀉晴着唐犬)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/01
Print Date: 09/25/01
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 
 




  Sawamura Gennosuke IV
  (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
  Komurasaki Tayû (小紫太夫)


   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎;市川權十郎) as
   Mizuno Jûrôzaemon (水野十郎左衛門) 


 

NOVEMBER 1901





Play: Misao Kagami Bijin no Ikiume
(操鑑美人の生埋)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 




  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Oran (おらん)

                                                                          
                                                                           Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助)? as Kogane (小がね)
 
                                                                           Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as Ishiiyama Saya? (石井山三耶)
 
                                                                           Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Oran (おらん)    
   
                                                                           Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as *川圃書?
   
                                                                           Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Edoya Hanni (江戸屋半ニ)?

                                                                           Play: Misao Kagami Bijin no Ikiume (操鑑美人の生埋)
                                                                           Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
                                                                           Performance Date: 11/01/01
                                                                           Print Date: 11/1901
                                                                           Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery
 
 
 
 

 




  






Play: Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 




  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Tomoe (巴)


   
 


Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助)
as Koto (?) (琴)

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kaô fujin (花王夫人)


Play: Mikenjaku (眉間尺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum




  Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
  Susumu (?) (将)
 
  Sawamura Tosshi VII
  (沢村訥子;  澤村訥子) as
  Mikenjaku (眉間尺)


   Iwai Matsunosuke IV (岩井松之助) as
   Hiroshina (?) (莫那)
 
   Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
   as Rinnô (?) (輪王)
 

    
     Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
     (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
     Yashio (八汐)


     Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
     (伽羅先代萩)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 11/12/01
     Print Date: 11/01/01
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum
 
    Note: This is a revised version of a
    design issued in March 1898. The far
    left panel was also reissued as a
    death print for Danjûrô IX in September
    1903.
 


  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Menoto Masaoka (乳人政岡)


   Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
   Sakae Gozen (栄御前)

                                                                                                                                                                 


Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Niki Danjô (仁木弾正)
    
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (坂東家橘) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/12/01
Print Date: 11/1901
*Image courtesy of the Artelino.com