JUNE 1922

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
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 (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa March 1919 depicting the actor
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) in this role at
the Shintomi-za.
 
 
 
  

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

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 March 1919 depicting the actor
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛)
in this role at the Shintomi-za.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print (lacking Kunisada's normal
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920 is similar to a
senshafuda designed by Kunisada circa
March 1919 depicting the actor Ichikawa
Chùsha VII (市川中車) as Toneri Matsuômaru
(舎人松王丸) at the Shintomi-za.  
 
 
       

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date:  ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role
at the Meiji-za in April 1928.  I cannot rule
out the possibility that this print reflects that
performance.
 
 

Plays: Shusse Kaidô (出世怪童); Kantan (邯鄲); Sôbô o Shôte (僧房を焼て);
Shiyakuntara-hime (シヤクンタラ姫); Nôin Hôshi (能因法師); Inaka Genji (田舎源氏)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/26-30/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the Takarazuka Girls' Opera.
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Shusse Kaidô (出世怪童); Kantan (邯鄲); Sôbô o Shôte (僧房を焼て);
Shiyakuntara-hime (シヤクンタラ姫); Nôin Hôshi (能因法師); Inaka Genji (田舎源氏)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/26-30/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sheet music cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the Takarazuka Girls' Opera.
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵); Tabi Sugata Omoi no Kake Ine
(旅姿思掛稲); Tsuyu no Harema Sora ha Sumiyoshi (入梅晴間空住吉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum