SUGAWARA DENJU TENARAI KAGAMI
(菅原傳授手習鑑)

aka OSANAMOJI KABUKI NO KAKIZOME (幼字劇書初)
aka ZÔHO TENJINKI (増補天神記)

                 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Shiratayû (白太夫)   
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Sawamura Chôjûrô,VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
Plays: On'na Tateshi Gomai no Soroigi  (女達師五枚揃着); On'na Shibaraku (女暫);
Karukayadô (苅萱堂); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑);
Musume Gonomi Ukina no Yokogushi (處女翫浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Jakushôbô  (寂照坊) in Karukayadô
(苅萱堂).
 
 

                 
Matsuo aka Nihon-Kuma (Two Lined Make-up)
(車引松王の隈)

Role: Matsuomaru (松王丸)
Play: Kuruma-biki (車引) and Ga no Iwai (賀の祝),
Act III of Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date: 08/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 8, No. 29
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Kayen-Tsuki-Nihonkuma (Two-Lined Make-up with Flame)
(火炎附ニ本隈)

Role: Matsuomaru (松王丸)
Play: Kuruma-biki (車引) and Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), 
Act III of Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date: 10/13/29
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Kabuki Kumadori (歌舞伎隈取), Vol. 10, No. 22
Personal Collection

Note:  There was a print in Vol. 8 designated as No. 22.  As
there is no print in the complete set designated as No. 32,
I can only assume that this is a misprint for No. 32.
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 12/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print is found inside specially bound copies of Tsuruya
Kôkei: The Complete Woodblock Prints 1978-2000 (2000).  

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 12/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#103/200)

Note: This is either a color variant or a copy where the white face
pigment has chemically reacted wit the pink backing paper.
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as Chiyo (千代)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (鑭陸奥實記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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)  (#25)
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.  Kaisha died on March 13, 1945 at age
71.  I can find no record of Kaisha playing Chiyo in any
production of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami in Tokyo. 
Kaisha did, however, play a character named Chiyo in a
March 1940 production of Awa no Konayuki (阿波の粉雪)
at the Tokyo Gekijô,