ICHIKAWA JUKAI III (市川寿海; 市川壽海)
  07/12/1886 - 04/03/1971

aka ICHIKAWA SUMIZÔ VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)

                 
Ichikawa Sashô II (市川左升; 市川左舛) as ?
   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Abe no Sadatô (安倍貞任)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hachiman Tarô Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家)
 
Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as ?   
 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Sodehagi (袖萩) 
 
Ichikawa Ichijûrô  IV (市川市十郎) as Abe no Munetô (安倍宗任)
 
Plays: Goban Tadanobu Genji Ishizue (碁盤忠信源氏礎); Dondoro (どんどろ); Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara
(奥州安達原); Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku (一刀流成田掛額); Hashi Benkei  (橋弁慶)
Performance Place: Kiraku-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 07/15/13
Print Date: 07/15/13
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞) 
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Nippon Dauemon (日本駄右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as   
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎;  中村叉五郎)
as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
 
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
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Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川壽美蔵) as
Hôkaibô (法界坊)

Play: Hôkaibô (法界坊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Ogawa Hyôe (小川兵衛)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Aoyama Harima (青山播磨)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hôkoma Shirôbei (放駒四郎兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊)
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
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 Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Oyoshi (およし), Kataoka
Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助), Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as Yoshida Chuzaemon (吉田忠左衛門), Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Terasaka
Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門) in Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (梅川) in Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来).  The other figure is unknown.  

Ichikawa Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Mionoya Shiro Kunitoshi
(三保の谷四郎国俊)
 
Play: Shikorobiki  (錣引)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #10
Print Date: 1918/04?
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            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
            (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
            Mionoya Shiro Kunitoshi
            (三保の谷四郎国俊)
 
            Play: Shikorobiki (錣引)
            Performance Place: Meiji-za,
            Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/01/18
            Print Date: 04/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 

Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as Jûsaku (十作)
            
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
           ( 市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
            as Jûsaku (十作)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
  as I-no-Hayata (猪の早太)
          
Play: Nue Taiji (鵺退治)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection  
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Benkei (弁慶)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Plays: Kiheitai (奇兵隊); Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎);
Narukami (鳴神);
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
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 Bandô Jusaburô III (阪東壽三郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Hirado Seizô (平戸清藏),
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kano Gon'emon (河野権右衛門), and an unknown
in Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎); Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Kyô Ningyô (京人形) and
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Hidari Jingorô (左甚五郎) in Kyô Ningyô (京人形); and Sawamura
Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kumo Taema-hime (雲絶間姫) and Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人) in Narukami (鳴神).
 

Ichikawa Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Akogi no Heiji (阿漕平次)
 
Play: Seishû Akogi-ga-Ura (勢州阿漕浦)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/08/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵) as
Sasano Sangobê (笹野三五兵衛) 
       
Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯) 
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#b]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play:  Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), Act III of
Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (浮世柄比翼稲妻)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#10)
Personal Collection

Note: Sumizô VI first played Gonpachi in this play in Tokyo
at the Engi-za in July 1910.  Prior to his 1925 performance,
he also played this role at the Shintomi-za in October 1914. 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
as Yasuke (弥助)

Play: "Sushiya" Act III, Scene III of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1926
Print Date:  02/1926?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Sumizô VI also portrayed Yasuke in a production at
the Hongô-za in March 1923.  I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects that performance.

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII ( 松本幸四郎)
as Miura (三浦)

Ichikawa Sumizô VI ( 市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
as Hanaregoma (放駒)

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Asahi (朝日)

Ichikawa Ennosuke II ( 市川猿之助; えん之助)
as Tôinu (唐犬)

Play: Otokodate Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Konô Michisei (河野通勢)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
Personal Collection
 

                   
Ichikawa Jukai III (市川寿海; 市川壽海) as
Kimura Nagato-no-Kami (木村長門守)

Play: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1951
Print Date: 05/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

               
Ichikawa Jukai III (市川寿海; 市川壽海) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/1954
Artist: Ota Gako (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#3)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Jukai III's first appearance as Shirai Gonpachi in
Tokyo appears to have been in a production of Sono
Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (其小唄夢廓) at the Kabuki-za
in November 1959, four years after the date of this print. 
He also appeared in productions at the Asakusa Shôchiku-
za in January 1927, and at the Osaka Kabuki-za in April
1946 and May 1947, but under his prior name of Ichikawa
Sumizô VI.  He also appeared as Gonpachi in productions
of  Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (浮世柄比翼稲妻)
and Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森) at the Asakusa Shôchiku-za in
January 1914 and January 1925, respectively, but again as
Sumizô VI, not Jukai III.

                   
Ichikawa Jukai III (市川寿海; 市川壽海) as
Tsukue Ryunosuke? (机竜之助)

Play: [possibly Daibosatsu Tôge (大菩薩峠)]
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Jukai III (市川寿海; 市川壽海) as
Kibeya Jûbê (呉服屋十兵衛; 呉服屋重兵衛)

Play:  Numazu ( 沼津), Act VI of
Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02 /58
Print Date: 10/1958
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
 

            
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
            (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
            Matsue Izumo-no-Kami (松江出雲守)

            Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
            (天衣紛上野初花)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/01/17
            Print Date: 10/1917?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: The lack of a set number on this print
            would indicate that it was made in circa
            1918-1920.  However, the only record I can
            find of Sumizô VI portraying Izumo-no-Kami
            at the Shintomi-za was in October 1917.
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as ?
 
Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eisho ((吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: This is the only print in the
series located so far that bears
Eishô's name.

Ichikawa Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Ushiwaka (牛若)

Play: Hashi Benki (橋弁慶)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Sumizô VI performed
this role in Tokyo at the Meiji-
za in May 1921 and in March
1928, and at the Tokyo Gekijô
in June 1935 and May 1940.
                      

                   
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Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi
(雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/20/83
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a later printing by the Soba
Customs Materials Research Group.
 

                   
Ichikawa Jukai III  (市川寿海; 市川壽海) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
    
Bandô Jusaburô III (阪東壽三 郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Kurayami no Ushimatsu (暗闇の丑松)

Play:  Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/20/83 (reissue date)
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Personal Collection

Note: The original Sadanobu III print was presumably made between February 1949 (when Ichikawa
Sumizô VI took the name Jukai III) and  September 1954 (the month that Jusaburô III died).  Jukai III
frequently performed the role of Kataoka Naojirô during the 1950s.  While the pair frequently acted
opposite each other and were nicknamed "Futatsu Kotobuki" (the two Kotobuki) because both
actors had the ideogram Kotobuki in their first names), I have been unable to find a specific
performance with involving both actors.  It is possible that it is a mitate-e.

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Play:  Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi
(雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/20/83
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Personal Collection