APRIL 1922

                    
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Osen (お仙}

Play: Fuyuki Shinjû (冬木心中)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/22
Print Date: 03/1923?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔似顔繪), #14
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋お半)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Obiya Chôemon '(帯屋長右衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Geki (松平外記)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Chichi Yorimo (父頼母)
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri  (樓門五三桐); Takatoki (高時); Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Watanabe no Tsuna (渡辺綱)
 
Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #9
Image courtesy of Ukiyo-e.org

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa April 1918. 
 
  

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Maizuru (舞鶴)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)    
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Kôtô (勾當)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Yura Hyôgonosuke (由良兵庫助)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki  (根元草摺引); Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kosodemaku Yamato Nishikie (小袖幕大和錦繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/17/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artists: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠); Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎)
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This was an entertainment for the Tokyo City Welcome Party for His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales.