APRIL 1916

Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Yaegiri (八重桐)

Play: Komochi Yamanba
(嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Tokizô III also performed this role at
the Aomori Kabukiza in August 1921
and at the Shôchiku Gekijô in May
1926.  It is possible that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rô Kitsune (老狐)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as ?
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)

Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前); Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
(博多小女郎浪枕); Hanagoyomi Hasshojin (花暦八笑人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum