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