May 1924

MAY 1924

Sawamura Denjirô I (沢村伝二郎; 沢村傳二郎) as
Ranchô (蘭蝶)

Play: Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/29/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Denjirô I also performed this role at the Miyato-
za in April 1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that
this print reflects that performance.

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II also played Chûya at the Meiji-za in April
1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects
Sadanji II's April 1923 performance.

        Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
        市川左團次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(        神下周峯)?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson

        Note: It is possible that this print is
        not by Chikamine but a knock-off of
        Chikamine's print. Presumably, it
        was issued around the time of
        Chikamine's pochibukuro.

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya
(丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Note: During the relevant time frame,
Sadanj II also performed this role
at the Meiji-za in Tokyo in April 1923
and at the Kabuki-za in January 1929.
I cannot rule out the possibility that
this print reflects one of those
performances.

        Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson

        Note: It is possible that this print is
        not by Chikamine but a knock-off of
        Chikamine's print. Presumably, it
        was issued around the time of
        Chikamine's pochibukuro.

            Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
            Nyôbô Osetsu (女房おせつ)

            Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
            Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/03/24
            Print Date: 1928?
            Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
            Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
            Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
            (當世名優面影双紙) #8
            Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 06/01/24
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
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Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 01/01/26
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1926)
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[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
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Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
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Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kajiwara Kagetoki ( 梶原平三景時)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原}
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role in Agehachô
Homare Kajiwara Kajiwara (揚羽蝶誉梶原) at the Shintomi-za
in January 1923 and in Kajiwara Heizô Homare Ishikiri
(梶原平三誉石切) at the Hongô-za in January 1927. I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of these other
performances.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara (梶原)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 11/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection

Note: It is possible that this print reflects a regional performance.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara Heizo (梶原平三)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 07/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com

Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川国貞), which is outside the scope of this site. It is possible that this print reflects some
regional performance.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Go Sanji Ume no Yoshibê (御存梅由兵衞)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/1924
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed the role of Ume no
Yoshibê at the Hôgaku-za in April 1925. I
cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects
Kichiemon I's April 1925 performance.

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (武智光秀)

Play: Go Sanji Ume no Yoshibê
(御存梅由兵衞))
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed
this role at the Hôgaku-za in April
1925. I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects
that performance.

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Oshichi (お七)

Play: Oshichi Kichisa (お七吉三)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/1924
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
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Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Osato (お里)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Note: Eizaburô VII died on May 7,
1926.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺 )
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: 1924?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph
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Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/24
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Note: Although Kikugorô VI performed this role at the Ichimura-za in Tokyo starting on May 12,
1924, that performance would have been after the publication date of this issue. Kikugorô VI's
immediate prior performance in Tokyo was at the Ichimura-za in October 1921. The print likely
represents some intermediate regional production.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七)

Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
Shôkurô (庄九郎)

Plays: Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (義経千本桜);
Daruma (だるま); Oatsurae Kariganezome
(御誂雁金染); Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: 05/12/24
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
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