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)

                 
Shiheikô (時平公)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

               
Kugeaku Tokihei (公家悪時平)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com

               
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com
 

               
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com

               
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series:  Kabuki Kumadori Shû (歌舞伎隈取集)
Courtesy of Artelino.com

                   
Toneri Sakuramaru (舎人桜丸)

Toneri Matsuômaru (舎人松王丸)

Toneri Uumeômaru (舎人梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place:  [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Print Date: ?
Series: ?
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection

Kugeaku Tokihei (公家悪時平)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Series: Kumadori Soroi
(隈取揃)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
        (松本幸四郎) as
        Umeômaru (梅王丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju
        Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection
       
        Note: This print may not be by
        Sadanobu III.  Kôshirô VII
        played this role in Tokyo at the
        Kabuki-za in May 1921, at the
        Teikoku Gekijô  in January
        1929, and at the Kabuki-za in
        January 1934 and January
        1937.  However, it likely
        reflects a performance in
        Osaka or Kyoto.  A related
        senshafuda by an unknown
        artist is shown below.
 
 
 

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI? (尾上菊五郎) as
        Sakuramaru (桜丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: It is possible that this print is by
        Sadanobu IV and/or depicts Onoe
        Kikugorô VII.

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II?
        (市川左団次; 市川左團次)        
        as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: It is possible that this print is by
        Sadanobu IV and/or depicts Ichikawa
        Sadanji III.

? as Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵) and
? as Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 

                                   
            Matsuômaru (松王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Date: ?
            Artist: Hiratsuka Akio (平塚昭夫)
            Medium: Ex Libris stencil print

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Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed magazine print
Personal Collection

Note: Chûsha VII performed this role in Tokyo at least six
times between 1919 and 1927.
 
 
 
 

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

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Artist: Masugawa Chikamine (ます川周峯)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI, Mitsugorô VII, and Kichiemon I
appear to have performed their respective roles in the
same Tokyo production on only one occasion, namely, at
the Ichimura-za in November 1915.  Whether all three
performed together at some later date outside of Tokyo is
not known to me at this time.  The only other time
Kikugorô VI played the role of Sakuramaru in Tokyo was
at the Kabuki-za in January 1934.

                 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI, Mitsugorô VII, and Kichiemon I
appear to have performed their respective roles in the
same Tokyo production on only one occasion, namely, at
the Ichimura-za in November 1915.  Whether all three
performed together at some later date outside of Tokyo is
not known to me at this time.  However, Mitsugorô VII
did play the role of Umeômaru at the Shintomi-za (with
Kichiemon I) in June 1922 and at the Asakusa
Shochiku-za in October 1924
 
 
 
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI, Mitsugorô VII, and Kichiemon I
appear to have performed their respective roles in the
same Tokyo production on only one occasion, namely, at
the Ichimura-za in November 1915.  Whether all three
performed together at some later date outside of Tokyo is
not known to me at this time.  However, Kichiemon I did
play the role of Matsuômaru at the Shintomi-za (with
Mitsugorô VII) in June 1922, and at the Meiji-za in
April 1928 and April 1931.

? as Usugumodayû (薄雲太夫) in
Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦) or a similar play
 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Wan'ya Kyûbê (椀屋久兵衛) in
Wankyû Sue no Matsuyama (椀久末松山)
 
Tanpay (単平) as Sakuramaru (桜丸) in Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Nagai Seijirô (永井清治郎)
Image courtesy of Dr. Osamu Nagai

Note: Ganjirô I starred in the premiere of Wan'ya Kyûbê at the Naka-za in Osaka in
March 1906.  He would later perform the role in Toyko at times when Nagai Seijirô
would have been active at the Shintomi-za in February 1913 and again in November
1920, though this print likely depicts some regional theatre performance.
 
 
  

           
            ? as Matsuòmaru (松王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Nagoshi Kunisaburô (名越國三郎)
            Publication: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
            Personal Collection
 
 
 

 
 
 
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 Kumadori (隈取) for Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
 Kumadori (隈取) for Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
 Kumadori (隈取) for Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Kuruma-biki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Although listed as a woodblock print, it is possible that this is
actually a painting.
 
 
 

                 
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,
 

                 
[Sakuramaru (桜丸), Matsuômaru (松王丸), and Umeômaru (梅王丸)]
Kurumabiki (車引)

Play: Kurumabiki (車引) , Act III, Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 20)
Image courtesy of Kamal Bakhshi Modern Asian Art

           
Bunraku-za scene
         
Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Saito Seijirô (斎藤清二郎)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô Daiisshû
(文楽座7月興行 第一集) 
Personal Collection

       
        Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)
 
        Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)
 
        Shundò Genba (春藤玄蕃)
        
        Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
        Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
        (菅原傳授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Saito Seijirô (斎藤清二郎)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com
        

               
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: In the 1920s when Shiko was actively designing prints,
Mitsugorô VII performed this role in Tokyo at Shintomi-za in
June 1922 and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in October 1924. 
However, it is possible that this pint reflects a regional
performance.
 
 
 
 

                 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 

       
        [February]
   
        Play: Kuruma Biki (車引),
        Act III, Scene 1 of
        Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Torii Kiyotada
        (鳥居清忠)
        Series: Shibai Mitate
        Jūni-Kagetsu
        (芝居見立十二ヶ月)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

       
        ? as ? (possibly Matsuòmaru (松王丸))

        Play: ? (possibly Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑))
        Performance Place:?
        Performance Date: ?       
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection

            
            ?

            Play: ?
            Artist: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
            Personal Collection
           
            Note: It is possible that this
            represents Umeômaru
            (梅王丸) in Sugawara Denju
            Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原傅授手習鑑;
            菅原伝授手習鑑).
                     
           

                
            Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
            (松本幸四郎)
            as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
            Artist: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Kôshirô VII performed this
            role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in
            May 1921, at the Teikoku Gekijô
            in January 1929, and at the
            Kabuki-za in January 1934 and
            January 1937.
                      

Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami ( 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: Kumadori (隈取)
Personal Collection

           
            Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
            Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
            Tokyo
            Performance Date: 1921/05/01/21
            Print Date: 1921?
            Artist: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)   
as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1921?
 Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

   
    Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
    Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
    Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
    Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
    Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
    Tokyo
    Performance Date: 05/01/21
    Print Date: 1921?
    Artist: ?
    Medium: Woodblock printed
    senshafuda
    Personal Collection
   
    Note: A related pochibukuro by
    Hasegawa Sadanobu III is shown
    above.

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/23
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: It is possible that this print depicts
Chûsha VII's performance at the
Minami-za, Tokyo, in November 1923
or at the Shôchiku Theatre in October
1924.