OCTOBER 1917

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Yuranosuke (由良之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #10
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
                       

         
          Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
          Tonami (戸名瀬)
 
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 09/22/17
          Print Date: 10/1917?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
          (千代 栄劇彩) #10
          Personal Collection
                       

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
as Tonase (戸名瀬)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Konomi (小浪)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/22/17
Print Date: 10/06/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2
Personal Collection

         
          Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
          Honzô (本蔵)
 
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 09/22/17
          Print Date: 10/1917?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
          (千代 栄劇彩) #10
          Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
                       

Ichikawa Danshirô II
(市川段四郎) as
Gotobê (五斗兵衛)
 
Play: Goto Menuki (五斗目貫)
Performance Place: Shintomi-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Yoshitsune (義經)
 
Play: Gotô no Menuki (五斗目貫)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
 
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            Ichikawa Ennosuke II
            (市川猿之助) as
            Yoshitsune (義經)
 
           Play: Gotô no Menuki
           (五斗目貫)
           Performance Place: Shintomi-
           za, Tokyo
           Performance Date: 10/01/17
           Print Date: 10/1917?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
           Medium: woodblock printed
           senshafuda
           Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
Kôchiyama (河内山)
  Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
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: The lack of a set number on this print
would indicate that it was made in circa
1918-1920.  However, the only record I can
find of Sadanji II portraying Kôchiyama at
the Shintomi-za was in October 1917.
                       

            
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
            (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
            Matsue Izumo-no-Kami (松江出雲守)

            Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
            (天衣紛上野初花)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/01/17
            Print Date: 10/1917?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: The lack of a set number on this print
            would indicate that it was made in circa
            1918-1920.  However, the only record I can
            find of Sumizô VI portraying Izumo-no-Kami
            at the Shintomi-za was in October 1917.
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as ?
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Gotobê (五斗兵衛)
 
Onôe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as ?
 
Plays: Ichiharano (市原野); Matsudaira Fumaikô (松平不昧公); Yoshitsune Koshigoejô (義經腰越状);
Keisei Onigajô (傾城鬼ヶ城)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum