NOVEMBER 1912

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

   
    Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Chienai (智恵内)

    Play: Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of
    [Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)]
    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 11/01/12
    Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Chienai (智恵内)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵), actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Plays:  Shin Nanba Senki (新難波戦記); Kikubatake (菊畑); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Jitsugetsusei (日月星)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Print Date: 11/03/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Takada Minoru (高田実) as Arao Jôsuke (荒尾譲介)
 
Play:  Arao Jôsuke (荒尾譲介)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/15/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

           
Takada Minoru (高田實; 高田実) as
Arao Jôsuke (荒尾讓助;荒尾譲介)

Play: Arao Jôsuke (荒尾讓助; 荒尾譲介)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/15/12
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#1)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Arao Jôsuke was a sequel to Konjiki
Yasha (金色夜叉), a novel by Kôyô Ozaki, Konjiki
Yasha was adapted for the stage in a March 1898
production at the Ichimura-za that starred Minoru and
was included on November 1912 bill at the Hongô-za,
Since Minoru played the same character in both plays,
the print could depict him in either play.  Takada
Minoru died on September 20, 1916 at age 46.
 
 
 

       
        Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Ofude (お筆)
 
        Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oyoshi (およし)
 
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sendô Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門), in actuality,
        Higuchi Jirô (桶口次郎)
 
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hatakeyama Shoji Shigetada (畠山庄司重忠)
 
        Plays:  Horibe Myôkaini  (堀部妙海尼);  Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Renjishi (連獅子);
        Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門); Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/16/12
        Print Date: 11/1912
        Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
        Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum