MAY 1919

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Mitsuhide (光秀)
         
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
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 a slightly different color
scheme when Chûsha VII reprised this
role at the Meiji-za in September 1922.
 
 
 
 

            
            Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
            as Hisayoshi (久吉)
 
            Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/03/19
            Print Date: 05/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Sawamura Sojuro VII (:沢村宗十郎) as
            Hatsugiku (初菊)
 
            Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/03/19
            Print Date: 05/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
            Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
 
            Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/03/19
            Print Date: 05/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as
            Masakiyo (正清)
            
            Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/03/19
            Print Date: 05/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 

                 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
 
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝); Gogatsu no Asa (五月の朝); Noroi (呪);
Mei Ranfan [Mei Lanfang] Shinageki (梅蘭芳支那劇); Musume Jishi (娘獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
 
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Noroi (呪); Kingo Hideaki (金吾秀秋); Modori Kago (戻駕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Plays: Hana Arasoi (花争); Kagura Kitsune (神楽狐); Momoiro Ômu (桃色鸚鵡); Kanae Hôshi (鼎法師);
Oshi Nyôbô (唖女房); Komachi Odori (小町踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   05/15/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center