YOSHITSUNE SENBON ZAKURA

Ehon banzuke for the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was produced by the zamoto Nakayama Ushimatsu and staged at the Ônishi no Shibai in 1801

The actors Asao Tamejûrô I, Ichikawa Danzô IV and Nakamura Noshio II playing the roles of Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan, the fox Genkurô and Shizuka Gozen in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1792 at the Kado no Shibai (cover of the illustated banzuke)

The actors Iwai Kumesaburô II and Bandô Mitsugorô III playing the role of Kyô-no-Kimi and Kawagoe Shigeyori in the "Kawagoe Jôshi" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1828 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actors Onoe Eizaburô V, Onoe Kikugorô V, Onoe Kanijûrô II and Nakamura Fukusuke IV playing the roles of Shizuka Gozen, Tadanobu, Hayami no Tôta and Yoshitsune in the "Torii Mae" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in January 1896 in Tôkyô at the Meijiza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada III)

Nakamura Shikan II (left) and Segawa Kikunojô V (right) playing the roles of Tokaiya Ginpei (in reality Taira no Tomomori) and Ginpei's wife Oryû (in reality Suke-no-Tsubone) in the "Tokaiya" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1829 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Nakamura Utaemon IV (left), Matsumoto Kinshô I (center), Onoe Baikô IV (right print; left) and Nakamura Otojirô (right print; right) playing the roles of Taira no Tomomori, Sagami no Gorô, Suke-no-Tsubone and Antoku in the "Funayagura" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1847 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Nakamura Utaemon III playing the role of Taira no Tomomori in the "Daimotsu no Ura" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1808 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

The actors Sakata Hangorô IV (left print) and Seki Sanjûrô II (right print) playing the roles of Musashibô Benkei and Taira no Tomomori in the "Daimotsu no Ura" scene of the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1825 at the Ichimuraza
(print made by Utagawa Kuniyasu I)

The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII and Ichimura Uzaemon XII playing the roles of Gonta and Kokingo in the "Ko-no-Mi" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1828 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actors Seki Sanjûrô II, Iwai Kumesaburô II and Bandô Mitsugorô III playing the roles of Gonta, Osato and Yasuke in the "Sushiya" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was performed in the 5th lunar month of 1820 in Edo at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actors Arashi Sangorô III and Ichikawa Dannosuke III playing the roles of the fox Tadanobu and Shizuka Gozen in the michiyuki "Yoshinoyama" of the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was performed in the 3rd lunar month of 1815 in Edo at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII et Ichikawa Monnosuke III playing the roles of the fox Tadanobu and Shizuka Gozen in the travelling dance (michiyuki) "Yoshinoyama" of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1822 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actors Nakamura Matsue III, Nakamura Utaemon III and Onoe Baikô III playing the roles of Shizuka Gozen, the fox Tadanobu and Yoshitsune in the "Shi-no-Kiri" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged at the Nakamuraza in the 11th lunar month of 1815

The actors Onoe Tamizô II and Mimasu Baisha I playing the roles of the fox Tadanobu and Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan (in reality Taira no Noritsune) in the "Okuniwa" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu

Illustration from a tsuji banzuke for the staging of the 4th act of the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" at the Kawarasakiza in the 4th lunar month of 1853 with Arashi Rikaku II, Arashi Rikan III, Bandô Shûka I, Bandô Takesaburô I, Kawarasaki Gonjûrô I and Ichikawa Omezô II in the roles of the fox Tadanobu/Genkurô, Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan, Shizuka Gozen, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Kamei Rokurô and Kawatsura Hôgen

 
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