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). 

         
Play: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記)     
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Also on the bill were Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人), Heikegani (平家蟹), Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕), and Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者). 
The cast included  Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥), Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上 栄三郎), Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸), and Onoe Kikugorô VI 
(尾上菊五郎).      
 
       

Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Osato (お里)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Note: Eizaburô VII died on May 7,
1926.

                 
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Oshichi (お七)

Play: Kichisama Mairu Yukari no Otozure
(吉様参由縁音信)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/10/25
Print Date: 09/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Eizaburô VII also played Oshichi in a production of
Oshichi Kichisa (お七吉三) at the Hôgaku-za, Tokyo, in
December 1924.  I cannot rule out the possibility
that this print reflects Eizaburô VII's December 1924
performance.

                   
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Okaru (お軽; おかる)

Play: Kanpei Harakiri (勘平腹切), Act 6 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#11)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Some authorities date this print to 1925, but I have found
no record of Eizaburô VII performing this role prior to February
1926.
 
 

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)?] as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎); [Nakamura
Fukusuke V (中村福助)?] as Oschichi (お七);
[Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)?] as Naojirô
(直次郎); [Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎;
尾上榮三郎)?] as Osono (お里); Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)) as
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎); [Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)?] as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Print Date: c. 1920s
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)

Note: This set of uncut prints is not signed but
stylistically resembles prints and paintings made
by Shikô in the 1920s.  See, for example, Shikô's
1924 print of Oschichi.

                               
                Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上榮三郎) as
                Satsuki (皐月)

                Play: ?
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Artist: Shimizu Miezo (清水三重三)
                Image courtesy of Wei Lin
 
                Note: This fan print appears to have been made to advertise a
                brand of beer.