SHINPAN UTAZAIMON
(新版歌祭文)

aka NOZAKIMURA (野崎村)

                 
Plays: Maki no Kata (牧の方); Shinpan Utazaimon (新板歌祭文); Misao Sanbasô (操三番叟);
Nuno-zarashi (布晒し; 布さらし)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/05
Print Date: 05/06/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts chikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Moriyoshi (守義) and  Nakamura Shikan
V (中村芝翫) as Maki no Kata (牧の方) in Maki no Kata (牧の方).   The other two figures on the cover are
as yet unidentified.   The child actor might be Nakamura Kansuke [III?] (中村翫助).
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Aburaya Osome (油屋お染)
   
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Hisamatsu (久松)
    
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)       
    
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ)       
    
Play: Nozaki-mura (野崎村), Volume 1, Scene 2 of
Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1907
Print Date: 04/1907
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
        as Aburaya Haha [Otsune]
        (油屋母[お常])

        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as
        Musume Osome (娘おそめ)

        Sawamura Tosshô III
        (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
        Hisamatsu (久松)
 
        Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
        Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

        Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
        Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ)

        Play: Nozaki-mura (野崎村),
        Volume 1, Scene 2 of
        Shinpan Utasaimon (新版歌祭文)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/1907
        Print Date: 06/20/07
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada IIII (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
        Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays:  Osome Hisamatsu  (お染久松), a  new edition of Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文);
Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉); Hanratai (半裸体); Solo Singer Hara Nobuko (原信子);
Shinboku Kaichiyo no Nigiwai (親睦會千代廼賑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/12/12
Print Date: 12/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Goinosuke Munemasa
(五位之助宗貞),  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Sumizome (墨染),  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Sekimori Sekibei (関守関兵衛), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Komachi-hime (小町姫) in Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉).


 
 

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)
 
Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/14
Print Date: 11/14/14
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #1]
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: 01/30/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata Dainihen
Series 2 (歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #4
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon
(新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za,
Osaka
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/05/27
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: No. 10 of Nihon Meibutsu
Ôsaka Bunraku-za Ningyô Gashû
(日本名物 大阪文楽座人形画集)
Images courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

   Hisamatsu (久松)
 
   Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)
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   Osome (お染)
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   Omitsu (お光)
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Placement of characters on stage design
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  Stage Design
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Nakamura Fukusuke V as (中村福助) as
Omitsu (おみつ; お光)

Play:  Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place:  Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/27
Print Date:  06/1927?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Personal Collection
 
 

Plays: Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家); Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文); Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子);
Botan Toki (牡丹燈記); Hishaku Zake (柄杓酒)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家); Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文); Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子);
Botan Toki (牡丹燈記); Hishaku Zake (柄杓酒)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by Carpi's Italian Grand Opera Co.
 
 
 

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)  as
Osome (お染)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/30
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#31)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Sôjûrô VII died on March 2, 1949 at
age 75.   Sôjûrô VII also portrayed Osome in a product of Osome
no Michiyuki (お染の道行) in February 1923 at the Ichimura-za.  It i
s possible that this work reflects that earlier performance.
 
 
 
 

Play: Nozakimura (野崎村)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Gidayû Bushi (義太夫節)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist:?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Momijigari (紅葉狩), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).   The set design is unsigned and is probably not by Kiyotada.
 
 
 

                    
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Momijigari (紅葉狩), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪). 
 

Plas: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).  
 
 
 

                    
Play: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/10/35
Print Date: 04/1935?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki artwork
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: This was a special performance.  Also on the bill were Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Genpei
Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧), Shinpan Utazaimon ((新版歌祭文), and Shima Chidori Tsuki
no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪).   The set design is unsigned and is probably not by Kiyotada.
 

               
Sawamura Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎) as
Kyûsaku Musume Omitsu (久作娘お光)

Play:Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1976
Print Date: 11/1983
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#28/200)

Note: Tôjûrô II performed this role as part of his shumei.  Although
Tôjûrô II subsequently performed this role at several venues outside of
Toyko, most recently at the Naka-za in Osaka in June 1983, Hisashi
had a habit of basing his prints on performances given in connection
with their shumei.
 
 
 
   

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

Play: Nozakimura (野崎村)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1989　
Print Date: 07/1989
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 5)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第七期大首絵シリーズの5)
Personal Collection (#18/90)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print contains larger versions of
the following actors' faces (left to right
starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as
Osome (お染)

Play: Nozakimura (野崎村), Volume 1, Scene 2 of
Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1991
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection 4/42 K; 1/55 K;  4H3 K
 
Note: During the relevant publication period for this print,
Shikan VII also portrayed Osome in productions of
Nozakimura at the Kabuki-za in January 1980, at the
Misono-za in Nagoya in October 1985, and on tour in
July 1983.
 
 

               
 
Play: See below
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 8-25, 1999
Print Date: 1999
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Chûjôhime Koseki no
Matsu (中将姫古跡の松), Shinkei Kasane-ga-Fuchi (真景累ヶ淵),
Tomo Yakko (供奴), Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri (新版色読販),
and Iro Moyô Chotto Karaimane (色彩間苅豆).  It starred
Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (沢村宗十郎;  澤村宗十郎), Nakamura
Shikan VII (中村芝翫), Nakamura Fukusuke IX (中村福助),
Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助), Bandô Yajûrô,
Matsumoto Kôemon I (松本幸右衛門), and Sawamura
Tetsunosuke V (沢村鉄之助;  澤村鐵之助).   Nakamura
Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助(3代目) played the Yakko (奴)
in Tomo Yakko (供奴).  It is possible the the poster depicts
Nakamura Fukusuke IX (中村福助), as Osome in Shinpan
Ukina no Yomiuri (新版色読販),