March 1919

MARCH 1919

Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/11/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

Note: This design was posthumously reissued
in 1922 in a slightly different color scheme
depicting the actor Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) in the role.

            Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as
            Sakuramaru (桜丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛)
            as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            Note: This design was posthumously
            reissued in 1922 in a slightly different
            color scheme depicting the actor Bandò
            Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) in the role.

            Ichikawa Sanshô V
            (市川三升; 市川三舛) as
            Umeômaru (梅王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

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

            Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            Note: This design was post-humously
            reissued in 1922 in a slightly different
            color scheme depicting the actor
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
            as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in the role.

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

            Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            Note: This design was post-
            humously reissued in 1922
            in a slightly different color
            scheme depicting the actor
            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as
            Matsuômaru (松王丸) in the
            role.

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Michizane (道実)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/11/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代栄劇彩)
Medium: woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

            Nakamura Ganjirô I
            (中村鴈治郎) as
            Michizane (道実)

            Play: Sugawara Denju
            Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原伝授手習鑑;
            菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
            Kakuju (覚寿)

            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/11/19
            Print Date: 03/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛)

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakan Chôbê (左官長兵郎)

Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Imohori Chôja (芋堀長者);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Mitsu Ningyô (三人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum