MEIBOKU SENDAI HAGI
(伽羅先代萩)

aka DATE KURABE OKUNI KABUKI (伊達競阿國劇場)
aka SENDAI HAGI (先代萩)
 
Act III, Scene 1: Taiketsu (対決) (The Trial) and
Act III, Scene 2: Ninjô (刃傷) (The Stabbing)
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masaoka (政岡)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Sakamichi Raku (酒道楽); Takarabune Haru Hatsuyume (宝船春初夢)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/06
Print Date: 01/16/06
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前); Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
(博多小女郎浪枕); Hanagoyomi Hasshojin (花暦八笑人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
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 Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rô Kitsune (老狐) in Tamamo-no-Mae
(玉藻前); Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in Hakata Kojorô
Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown
role.
 
 

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #3
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