NAKAMURA UTAEMON V (中村歌右衛門)
02/14/1866 - 12/12/1940

aka NAKAMURA SHIKAN V (中村芝翫)
aka NAKAMURA FUKUSUKE IV (中村福助) (Narikomaya)
aka NAKAMURA KOTARÔ I (中村児太郎)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
[Balloon Rider Spencer]
Fûsen-jô Supensâ 
(風船乗スペンサー)
 
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助) as
Sanyûtei Baichô (三遊亭梅朝)
 
 
Play: Fûsen Nori Uwasa no
Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/07/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
 
Note: Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
was a famous rakugo performer,
and many of his stories were
adapted into kabuki plays.
 
 
 

  Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as
  Fukutomi Manuemon (福富万右衛門)
 
  Sawamura Shozan II (沢村曙山) as
  [Shimizuya's Daughter Omura]
  Shimizuya Musume Omura
  (清水屋娘おむら)

                    
   Nakamura Fukusuke IV  (中村福助)
   as [Fukutomi's daughter Otama]
   Fukutomi no Musume Otama
   (福富の娘お玉)
 
   Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
   Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
 
 
 
 

                
Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳)
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Yukihime (雪姫)
 
Plays:  Nezumi Komon Harugi no Hinagata  (鼠小紋春着雛形); Gion Sairei Shinkôki  (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Fûsen Nori Uwasa no Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/09/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Makuwari Daiki (馬加大記)

Unknown as Kurayago (鞍弥吾)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Inusaka Keno (犬坂毛野)

Ichikawa  Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)

Unknown as
Usui Sadaemon (臼井貞右衛門)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Inuta Kobungo (犬田小文吾)

Unknown as
Sakata Kinemon (坂田金右衛門)

Unknown as
Watanabe Tsunahei (渡辺綱平)

Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/19/1899
Print Date: 04/24/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This print was made in 1900,
although the production depicted
was mounted in 1899.  However, it
 is possible that this print depicts
the set of a later Hakkenden play.
 
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Inukai Genpachi (犬飼現八)

  Urabe Suezô (卜部季蔵)  as Unknown

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Aoki Orie (青木折江)
 
 
 
 
 
 Play: Narita Michi Hatsune Yabuhara
(成田道初音薮原)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/12/1900
Print Date: 01/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  [Carpenter] Daiku Masagorô
  (大工政五郎)
 

                   
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎) as 
[Masagorô's Daughter Okatsu]
Masagorô Musume Okatsu (政五郎娘お勝)
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
[Clerk Hideyoshi] Tedai Hideyoshi (手代秀吉)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Arashi Ganshô I (嵐巌笑) as
Aemaki (揚巻)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Ikyû (意休) 

Play: (Mitate) Sukeroku ([見立] 助六)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/21/1900
Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)

Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 04/14/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

    
      Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
      Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

     
      Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
      (夜討曽我狩場曙)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 03/07/1900
      Print Date: 02/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
      (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum

     Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
     市川團十郎) as
     Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)


 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)
 
  Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎;
  尾上榮三郎) as
  Kewaizaka Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Michitose (三千歳)


Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no
Hatsuhana (天衣紛上野初花)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 03/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsuboouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

     Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
     Kaneko Ichinojô (金子市之丞)



 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次)

 
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Musume Osato (娘おさと)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/1900
Print Date: 03/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan        
 
 
 
 

             
            Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
            Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)

            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

            Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
            Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

            Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
            Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/01/1900
            Print Date: 04/1900?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Hara Shobo
 
 

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Benten Oteru (弁天お照)


Play: Shima Chidori Tsuki no
Shiranami (島鵆月白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/21/1900
Print Date: 05/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

   Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as 
   Akashi Shimazô (明石嶋蔵)

Play: Musume Kanjinchô (処女勧進帳 )
Performance Place: Haruki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/1900
Print Date: 06/1900
Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

   Nakamura Fukusuke IV (尾上菊五郎) as
   Yaegoromo (八重衣)
'

Ichikawa Yaozô  VII (市川八百蔵) as Chienai (智恵内)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Torazô (虎蔵),
actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/10/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
.
Note: This design was originally issued in connection with
a September 1896 production at the Meiji-za.
 
 
 
 

           
             Ichikawa Yaozô  VII (市川八百蔵) as
             Chienai (智恵内)


     
    
             Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
             (鬼一法眼三略巻)
             Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
             Performance Date: 10/12/1900
             Print Date: 10/1900
             Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
             Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
             Memorial Theatre Museum

    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
    Torazô (虎蔵), actually 
    Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
   
    Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
    市川團十郎) as
    Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

  

 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Torazô (虎蔵), actually
Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)


Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
   市川團十郎) as
   Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)


 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

    
      Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
      Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)


     
      Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
      (鬼一法眼三略巻)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 10/12/1900
      Print Date: 10/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
      (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tokyo
      Metropolitan Central Library
 
 
 

 Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
 Torazô (虎蔵), actually
 Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸))

 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
 市川團十郎) as
 Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 

Ichikawa Yaozô  VII (市川八百蔵) as
 Chienai (智恵内)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Chienai (智恵内)




Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki 
(鬼一法眼三略巻; 喜市法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:This posthumously-issued print
is a revised version of a design for
some earlier production with a
different cast.
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
   (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
   Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
        Koharu (小春)



        Play: Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima
        (小夜時雨天網島)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/12/1900
        Print Date: 10/15/1900
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
        Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調) as
  Nyôbô Osan 女房おさん

   Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
   Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Ban'nai (伴内)

  

  
Play:  Na-ni Takaki Chûshingura
(高名忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/17/1900
Print Date: 11/12/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Koshimoto Okaru (腰元おかる)
  Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)



 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as

 

       
        Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
        Goshôgun Kanki (伍将軍甘輝)

        Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Watônai (和藤内)

        Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Kinshôjo (錦生女)

        Play: Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合戦)
        Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/17/1900
        Print Date: 11/1900
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
 
 
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Watônai (和藤内)

 
Play: Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合戦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/17/1900
Print Date: 11/1900?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This posthumously-issued print
is a revised version of a design
originally issued in connection with a
March 1897 production at the Tokyo-
za with a somewhat different cast.
 
 
 

   Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
   as Kinshôjo (錦生女)

   Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
   (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
   Goshôgun Kanki (伍将軍甘輝)

JANUARY 1901

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)



Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
(増補玉藻前)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Kintôji Hidekuni (金藤次秀国)

   Onoe Eizaburô V
   (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)
 
   Bandô Shûchô II (坂東秀調)  as
   Kôshitsu Hagi-no-kata (後室萩の方)
 

    
     Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
     Hatsuhana-hime (初花姫)


     Play: Zôho Tamamo-no-Mae
     (増補玉藻前)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 01/13/01
     Print Date: 01/18/01
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Washizuka Hidekuni (鷲塚金藤次)

   Onoe Eizaburô V
    (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
   Katsura-hime (息女桂姫)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Yûjo Matsuyama (遊女松山)

Play: Nezumi Komon Harugi no
Hinagata (鼠小紋春着雛形)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/01
Print Date: 01/04/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Umeyama (梅山), in actuality Kôzô
  (幸蔵)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Fujii Mondayû (藤井紋太夫)


Play: Zokusetsu Bidan Kômonki
(俗説美談黄門記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/01
Print Date: 03/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Kômon Mitsukunikô (黄門光国公)

   Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
   Koshimoto Hakubai (こし元白梅)

  
MAY 1901     

 


Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
(楼門五山桐)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Print Date: 05/20/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Mashiba Hisayoshi (羽柴久吉)

   Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
   Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

JULY 1901

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川元)




Play: Oke Hazama Narumi
Gundan (桶狭間鳴海軍談)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/13/01
Print Date: 07/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Kôri Kônai (郡幸内)

Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
Katsura Yamadaemon (葛山弾右衛門)

 Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
 Okazaki Masayuki (岡崎正行)
 

    
    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢 )
    
    Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
    Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)

    Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
    Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 07/13/01
    Print Date: 07/1901?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)

Sawamura Tosshi VII
(沢村訥子;  澤村訥子)  as
Hanzawa Rokurô (半沢六郎)




 
Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto
Gunki (壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Ichimura
-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/25/01
Print Date: 09/1901?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 
Note:  This design was
originally used in connection
with a May 1900 production
at the Meiji-za.

Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Akoya (あこや)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Hatakeyama Shigetada
(畠山重忠)

Sawamura Tosshô III(沢村訥升;
 澤村訥舛;澤村訥升) as
Iwanaga Saemon (岩永左衛門)
 

OCTOBER 1901   

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
omatsuya Sôshichi (小松屋惣七)


Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
(恋湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 1901/10/06/01
Print Date: 09/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as'
  Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)

   Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
   Kojorô (小女郎)

NOVEMBER 1901

Play: Misao Kagami Bijin no Ikiume
(操鑑美人の生埋)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Oran (おらん)

                                                                          
                                                                           Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助)? as Kogane (小がね)
 
                                                                           Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as Ishiiyama Saya? (石井山三耶)
 
                                                                           Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Oran (おらん)    
   
                                                                           Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as *川圃書?
   
                                                                           Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Edoya Hanni (江戸屋半ニ)?

                                                                           Play: Misao Kagami Bijin no Ikiume (操鑑美人の生埋)
                                                                           Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
                                                                           Performance Date: 11/01/01
                                                                           Print Date: 11/1901
                                                                           Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
                                                                           Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery
 
 
 
 

Play: Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Tomoe (巴)

JANUARY 1902

           
Kataoka Ichizô  III (片岡市蔵) as Wada Yoshimori (和田義盛)
    
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as Udaijin Sanetomo (右大臣実朝) 
    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (市川染五郎) as Hôjô Yoshitoki (北条義時)

Play: Kamakurayama Haru no Asahina (鎌倉山春朝比奈)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/09/02
Print Date: 01/1902?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
 
 

                
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
 
Plays:  Kamakurayama Haru no Asahina (鎌倉山春朝比奈); Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝);
Kogane no Shachihoko Uwasa no Takanami (金鯱噂高浪)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/09/02
Print Date: 01/11/02
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Yaegaki Hime (八重垣姫) in
Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝), and two additional characters from Kogane no Shachihoko Uwasa no
Takanami (金鯱噂高浪), one of which is a yakko.  It is unclear what these two characters' names are or
who portrayed them in the play.
 

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Omiwa (おみわ) and
Iruka Daijin (入鹿大臣)

Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/02
Print Date: 02/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)  as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)





Play: Zôho Momoyama
Monogatari (増補桃山譚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/27/02
Print Date: 03/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sumizô V
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Kôzô Su (幸蔵主)

Onoe Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Matsuno Maru (松の丸)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Taikô Hideyoshi (太閤秀吉)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ômandokoro (大政所)

 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋おはん)

    
    



Play: Katsuragawa Renri no
Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/27/02
Print Date: 03/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 

Onoe Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Nyôbô Okinu (女房おきぬ)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Obiya Chôemon (帯屋長右衛門)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)  as
Shûto Hansai (舅繁斎)

     
      Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
      Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋おはん)

      Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘)
      as Dcchi Chôkichi (でつち長吉)



     Play: Katsuragawa Renri no
     Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
     Tokyo
     Performance Date: 03/27/02
     Print Date: 03/1902
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
    (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Central Metropolitan Library

Onoe Eizaburô V
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Nyôbô Okinu (女房おきぬ)
'
Ichikawa Yaozô VII
(市川八百蔵) as
Obiya Chôemon (帯屋長右衛門)

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
 (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Inkiyo Hansai (いんきよ半斎)
 
 
 

  
Play: Hana Ishû Chinosome
Furisode (花衣裳血染振袖)

Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/23/02
Print Date: 05/01/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Central Metropolitan Library
 
 

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ôkawa Tomoe (大川友江)

       
        Ichikawa Somegorô IV
        (市川染五郎) as
        Inukawa Sôsuke (犬川荘助)

        Play: Satomi Hakkenden
        (里見八犬伝)
        Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/23/02
        Print Date: 04/1902
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
        (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
        Memorial Theatre Museum
 
        Note: This design was reused for
        a performance at the Kabuki-za in
        November 1902 with a different
        cast.

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)

  Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
  Musume Hamaji (娘濱路)

Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Shihei-kô (時平公)

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Sugiômaru (杉王丸)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Ichikawa Komazô VII.8 (市川高麗蔵)
as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1
of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku
Ôtani Library
 
Note:  I have not found a contempor-
aneous stage performance with this
particular cast.  Many of actors,
however, did appear in a production
at the Kabuki-za in November 1903.
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Nihon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Aoto Fujitsuna (青砥藤綱)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Akahoshi Jûzô (赤星十三)

? as Asaba Jûrô (浅羽十郎)

? as Torite Otoni (とりて音二)

? as Torite Morizô (とりて森蔵)

Play: Gokurakuji Sanmon (極楽寺山門),
Act V of Shiranami Gonin Otoko
(白波五人男)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa (歌川小国政)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection

Note: I have not found a specific
performance that includes all of these
actors.  The on-line database entry
suggests that this is a mitate print.

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次) as
Ikago. Shichirô (五十子七郎)
'

  
'

  
'

  
'

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Nowake-hime Rei (野分姫霊)


Play: Sumidagawa Zoku Omokage
(墨田川続俤; 隅田川続俤)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
 Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/07/02
Print Date: 07/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

   Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
   Hôkaibô (法界坊)
 

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)
as Seitaka Dôji (逝多迦童子)
 

,



Play: Nachi no Taki Chikai no
Mongaku (那智滝祈誓文覚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/11/02
Print Date: 10/1902
Artist: Toyohara Kunisada III
(豊原国周))
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Library

Note This is a posthumous
reissue of an 1896 print by
Kunichika with a somewhat
different cast.  It is not known
 why the publisher put Utagawa
Kunisada III's name on this
print.  Kunisada, however, 
appears to have designed a
similar kumiage dôrôô-e in May
1901 shown above.
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Fudô Myôô (不動明王) and
Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人;
文覺上人)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Konkara Dôji (矜羯羅童子)
 

       
    Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
    Endô Moritô (遠藤盛遠)
    
    Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
    Kesa Gozen (袈裟御前)
    
    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
    Watanabe Wataru (渡辺亘)

    Play: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智滝祈誓文覚)
    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 10/11/02
    Print Date: 10/1902
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as    
Kitsune Kuzu no Ha (狐葛の葉)
    
lay: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
(芦屋道満大内鑑; 蘆屋道満大内鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/07/02
Print Date: 10/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan    

     
      Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Nyôbô Orie (女房おりゑ)

      Ichikawa Kimitarô (市川君太郎) as Segare Ôichi (悴太市)

      Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎; 市川團十郎) as
     Yazama Jûtarô (矢間重太郎)

      Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Yazama Kinai (矢間喜内)

      Play: Chûshin Kanagaki Kôshaku (忠臣仮名書講釈)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 11/13/02
      Print Date: 11/1902
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Inukawa Sôsuke (犬川荘助)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Musume Hamaji (娘浜路)

Play: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
Note: This design is a recycled version of one used for a performance at the Shintomi-za in
April 1902 with a different cast.  The image of Danjûrô IX as Inuyama Dôsetsu was also
used for a memorial print by Kunisada in 1903.
 
 

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Musume Okura ( 娘おくら)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Efu Rinnosuke (恵府林之助)

Play: Ningen Banji Kane no Yo no Naka (人間万事金世中)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03
Print Date: 12/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)  as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)



Play: Kiyomasa Seichûroku
(清正誠忠録)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection
 

Ichikawa Kimitarô (市川君太郎) as
Hideyori (秀頼)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Ôyano Gonnojô (大矢野権之丞)

Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Tenjiku Tokubei (天竺徳兵衛)/Ichikawa Ichizô (市川市蔵)
       
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Geisha Kogane (芸者小金)
       
Play: Hanazakari Kabuki no Momijiba (花盛劇楓葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 02/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

      
       Left Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread; Unknown as Unread;
       Unknown as Unread

       Left Panel, Middle Row: Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
       Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門); Unknown as Unread

       Left Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
       市川權十郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈);
       Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
       Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

       Middle Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread;
       Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎);
       Unread as Unknown, Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Unread

       Middle Panel, Bottom Row: Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
       Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成);
       Onoe ô EizaburVI (尾上栄三郎;  尾上榮三郎) as
       Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
     
       Right Panel, Top Row: Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
       市川團十郎) as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経);
       Unread as Unknown; Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
       Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将); Unknown as Unread

       Right Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
       as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太); Unknown as Unread

       Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎)
       [aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
       Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
       Performance Date: 03/16/03
       Print Date: 03/1903
       Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
       Image courtesy of Kabuki21.com
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎)
as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
(工藤左衛門祐経)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

Unknown as
Unread













Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue
(吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 06/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

  Unknown as Unread
 
  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
  Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Unread

  Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎;
  尾上榮三郎) as
  Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)

  Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
  as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)

  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Inaba Sado no Kami (稲葉佐渡守)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Okaji Tsubone (お梶局)


Play: Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/03
Print Date: 05/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as Ieyasu-kô (家康公)

 

  Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
  Hidetada-kô (秀忠公)

  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
  Ôdaidokoro (御台所)

     
     Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
     as Kaji no Kyoku (梶の局)

    
     Play: Kasuga no Tsubone
     (春日局)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
    Tokyo
     Performance Date: 05/09/03
     Print Date: 05/06/03
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
     (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Central  Metropolitan Library
 
 
 
  

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎 市川團十郎) as
Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局)

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎 市川團十郎) as
  Ôgosho Ieyasu-kô (大御所家康公)

 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵)
as Aoyagi Yûhei (青柳勇平)


Play: Onna Date Komagata Osen
(女侠駒形おせん)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/03
Print Date: 05/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of  UPS Marega
 

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Komagata Osen (駒形おせん)

  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)
  as Araki Tsuyoshi Saemon
  (荒木剛左衛門)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)
    
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Unread

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Unread

Unknown as Unread

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as Unread

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Kejyo Osugi (下女お杉)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/12/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Although this toy print depicts
an Oshichi-kichisamono play such as
Shôchikubai Yushima no Kakegaku
(松 竹梅湯島掛額), the exact title of
the play in this print is not known at
this time.  Shikan V did portray
Oshichi in a November 1901 Kabuki-
za production of Shôchikubai
Yushima no Kakegaku, but the cast
was otherwise different.

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Sendô Shichirôji (船頭七郎次)
    
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康)

Kataoka Gatô III (片岡 我當) as Nozawa Yajûrô (野沢弥十郎)
 
Play: Matsu no Sakae Chiyoda no Shintoku (松栄千代田神徳)
Performance Place: Kabukii-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/17/03
Print Date: 10/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

   
    Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Nyôbô Omatsu (女房おまつ)

    Kataoka Gatô  III (片岡 我當) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)

    Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tayû Agemaki (太夫揚巻)

    Play: Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
    Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 10/17/03
    Print Date: 10/1903
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

                    
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Hananoi (花の井)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Koshimoto Shinobu (腰元志のふ)
    
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Yonezô Jijû Tarô (侍従太郎)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討) [Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1904
Print Date: 10/15/04
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
   
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
 
Plays: Soga Danmari (曽我だんまり); Gotô Matabê (後藤又兵衛); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討); Shûshiki Sakura Ueno Hayasaki (秋色桜上野早咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/04
Print Date: 01/16/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Hangaku (板額) and Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Plays:  Jiraiya Gonichi Monogatari (児雷也後日物語); Wada Gassen Onna Maizuru (和田合戦女舞鶴);
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi (奥州白石噺); Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/03
Print Date: 01/03/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yodogimi (淀君)
 
Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当; 片岡我當) as Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元)
 
Plays: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉); Nihon Kachidoki (日本勝利歌)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/27/04
Print Date: 03/05/1904
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

APRIL 1904

                
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as [Kusunoki] Kawachi no Kami Masahige ([楠木]河内守正成)
 
Plays: Shônankô (小楠公); Ryôko (竜虎); Sakura Gosho (桜御所); Kokkei Katsudô Hatsuon-ki
(滑稽活動発音機)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/21/04
Print Date: 04/25/1904
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Kahoyo Gozen (貌御前)
 
Plays: Kanagaki Taiheiki  (かながき太平記); Haha Iku Tanima Uguisu (母育谷間鴬);
Hachiman Sairei Yomiya Nigiwai (八幡祭礼夜宮賑)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/10/04
Print Date: 07/16/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Kahoyo Gozen (貌御前)
 
Play: Kanagaki Taiheiki  (かながき太平記)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/10/04
Print Date: 07/04?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed flyer
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as O-Fuji (お藤)
 
Plays: Retsujo O-Fuji (烈女お藤); Buaku (武悪); Gojûnotou (五重塔)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/04
Print Date: 11/05/1904
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The other figures on the cover are as yet unidentified.
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as  ?
 
Plays: Chikyôdai (乳姉妹); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/05
Print Date: 01/02/05
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Natsumoto Tôgo
(夏本東吾) in Makaze Koikaze (魔風恋風) and an unknown actor in an unknown role.
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Natsumoto Tôgo (夏本東吾)
 
Plays: Makaze Koikaze (魔風恋風); Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Kottsukei Hachi Shôjin (滑稽八笑人)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/17/05
Print Date: 03/19/05
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) and an unknown actor in unknown roles.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Moriyoshi (守義)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Maki no Kata (牧の方)
 
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
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The other two figures on the cover are as yet unidentified.   The child actor might be Nakamura
Kansuke [III?] (中村翫助).
 
 

  Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升) as
  Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
 
  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Shizuka Gozen (I静御前)
 
  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)
  Hangan Minamoto no Yoshitsune (判官 源義経)
 
 Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
 Performance Place: ?
 Performance Date: ?
 Print Date: 1905
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)

Note: I have not found a contemporaneous stage performance with this particular cast.
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Plays: Jûni Doki Kaikei Soga  (十二時會稽曽我); Sakigake Genpei Tsuji (魁源平躑躅);
Adesugata On'namaiginu (艶容女舞衣); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/06
Print Date: 01/03/06
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yaegaki Hime (八重垣姫)

Plays: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月); Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝);
Sandaibanashi Totoya no Chawan (三題噺魚屋茶碗)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/06
Print Date: 03/26/06
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kotarô II (中村兒太郎) as Chiyomatsu  (千代松)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Menoto Asaoka (乳人淺岡)

Plays: Koi Monogatari (恋物語); Futaribakama (二人袴); Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩);
Oatsurae Kariganezome (御誂雁金染)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/23/06
Print Date: 04/27/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Kotarô II (中村兒太郎) as Chiyomatsu  (千代松) and  Nakamura
Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Menoto Asaoka (乳人淺岡) in Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩).
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;  市川左団次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守) 
 
Plays: Yo ni Hibiku Taiko no Isahoshi (世響太鼓功); Momijigari (紅葉狩); Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
(源平布引滝); Nanitaka Keian Taiheiki (名高慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/09/06
Print Date: 09/09/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum