June 1925

JUNE 1925

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Sayuri (小百合)

Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#4)
Personal Collection

Note: Baikô VI first played the role of Sayuri in Tokyo at
the Kabuki-za in October 1904. Depending on the precise
publication date of this print, it is possible that Shunsen
modeled this print after one of Baikô VI's performances
at the Teikoku Gekijô in March 1913, April 1918, or
April 1922.

Plays: Ookurakyô (大蔵卿); Modoribashi (戻橋); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Futaribakama (二人袴)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as
Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)

Play: Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Shôjirô also portrayed Tsukigata Hanpeita in
productions at the Shinbashi Enbujô in July 1924, at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1926, and at the Ichimura-za in March
1928, as well as in a film version released in 1925.    I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of those
performances.

Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as
Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)

Play: Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Shôjirô also portrayed Tsukigata Hanpeita in
productions at the Shinbashi Enbujô in July 1924, at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1926, and at the Ichimura-za in March
1928, as well as in a film version released in 1925. I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of those
performances.

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play: Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama. However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play: Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play: Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama. However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Utaemon V first played the role of Yodigimi in this
play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in November 1918. He
also played the character in a play called Kiri Hitoha
( 桐一葉) at the Kabuki-za in October 1919 and at the
Hongo-za in October 1924, in a play called Ôsakajô
(大阪城) at the Kabuki-za in January 1921, in a play
called Seki-ga-Hara at the Kabuki-za in April 1925, and
in a play called Yodogimi Odawarajin (淀君小田原陣)
at the Kabuki-za in April 1926. It is possible that this
print reflects Utaemon V's performance in one of those
other productions.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play: Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI also played Yasuna in a production at
the Teikoku Gekijô in March 1923 and at the Meiji-za in
April 1928. I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those performances.

Bandô Tsumasaburô (坂東妻三郎) as
Yamaoka Tetsutarô (山岡鐵太郎)

Film: [Dance of the Falling Petals: Part 1]
Rakka no Mai: Zenpen (落下の舞前編)
Released: 06/06/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Tsumasaburô also performed this role in [Dance of the
Falling Petals: Part 2] Rakka no Mai: Kôhen (落下の舞後編), which
was released on June 19, 1925. It is possible that this print
depicts Tsumasaburô in the second part of this film.