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
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Personal Collection
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 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
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Personal Collection
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) [#A]
Personal Collection
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
Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原}
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: In the 1920s when Shikô was actively
designing prints,
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
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
Personal Collection
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?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum