NAKAMURA AKASHI V (中村明石)
04/09/1873 - 1940

OCTOBER 1900

Front Row L-R:
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次
Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
市川莚舛)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎)
Middle Row L-R:
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥;
澤村訥舛; 澤村訥升)
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) 
Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九団次;
市川九團次)
Ichikawa Fukuzô II (市川福蔵) 
Back Row L-R:
Bandô Mitsutarô I (坂東三津太郎)
Ichikawa Yonezô I (市川米三)
Ichikawa Tsutanosuke I(市川蔦之助)
Nakamura Kansuke II (中村翫助)

Event:  Akashi [V] Hikitate no Zu
(明石引立ノ図)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1900
Print Date: 10/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 

Front Row:
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次)
Middle Row L-R:
Ichikawa Sadenji I (市川左伝次)
Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
Back Row L-R: 
Sawamura Ujûrô III (沢村宇十郎;
澤村宇十郎
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎)
Ichikawa Saisuke I (市川左伊介;
市川左伊助)
Ichikawa Kohanji II (市川小半次)
 

 Front Row L-R:
 Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石)
 Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
 Second Front Row L-
 Ichikawa Danjirô (市川団次郎;
 市川團次郎)
 Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
 市川壽美蔵)
 Ichikawa Gonza I (市川権三)
 Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
 市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸)
 Middle Row L-R:
 Sawamura Gennosuke IV
 (沢村源之助 澤村源之助)
 Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
 市川升若)
 Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女)
 Back Row L-R:
 Seki Utasuke II (関歌助)
 Ichikawa Enzaburô I (市川莚三郎)
 Ichikawa Kôtarô I (市川好太郎)
 Ichikawa Saiji I (市川左伊次)
 Ichikawa Sakizô I (市川左喜蔵)

JANUARY 1919

                 
Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
 
Onoe Ushinosuke III (尾上丑之助) as Daimyô Bô (大名某)
 
Plays: Kotobuki Saruwaka (壽猿若); Ôgi Fuji Hôrai Sôga (扇富士蓬莱曾我); Yoshino Shizuka (吉野静);
Nanbyô Dereteria (難病デレテリア)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/19
Print Date: 01/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This was Akashi V's last stage performance.  The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV
(尾上松助) as Sôga Tarô Sukenobu (曾我太郎祐信等), Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Yoritomo (頼朝), and  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hatayama Shôji Shigetada
(畠山庄司重忠) in Ôgi Fuji Hôrai Sôga (扇富士蓬莱曾我); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信) and  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in
Yoshino Shizuka (吉野静).