YOSHIKAWA KANPÔ (吉川観方) 

 1916

                 
Wrapper for [Famous Actors From East and West Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata (東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)

Print Date:  08/15/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata (東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Given that Kanpô was a Kyoto artist and the publisher was based in
Kyoto, the actors depicted in this series likely performed their roles in Kyoto
(or Osaka).   However, because the title references famous actors from the
east (i.e., Tokyo), it is possible that some postcards may depict
contemporaneous performances in Tokyo as well.

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団治; 市川左團治)
as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑);
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Fukushimaya Osono (福島屋おその)

Play: Shinjû Naniwa no Harusame
(心中浪華春雨)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Shôchô II played this role multiple
times over the course of his career.  Since
his most recent performance in Tokyo was
at the Hongo-za in January 1915, this likely
depicts a subsequent performance in Kyoto.
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Fukushimaya Osono (福島屋おその)

Play: Shinjû Naniwa no Harusame
(心中浪華春雨)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This is a variant version lacking the
silver mica background.
 
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛)

Play: Kane Morotomo Urami no Samezaya
(鐘もろとも恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Enjaku II performed this role at the
Hongô-za in Tokyo in February 1916.  It is not
known at this time if he subsequrently
performed this role in Kyoto.
 
 
 
 

                 
Wrapper for [Famous Actors From East and West Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata (東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)

Print Date:  09/01/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata (東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Given that Kanpô was a Kyoto artist and the publisher was based in
Kyoto, the actors depicted in this series likely performed their roles in Kyoto
(or Osaka).   However, because the title references famous actors from the
east (i.e., Tokyo), it is possible that some postcards may depict
contemporaneous performances in Tokyo as well.

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Igami no Gonta ( いがみの權太)
[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)]
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01//16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in August 1916.  There
was a production at the Minami-za in Kyoto in
June 1916, but I have not been able to confirm
whether Kikugorô VI was in the cast.

 
 

                 
Nakamura Shibajaku IV  (中村芝雀) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)

Play: Some Oshichi-mono play
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Note: This postcard was missing when the
set was acquired.
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Umekawa (梅川)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai  (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Fukusuke IV performed this role in the
"Fûin Giri" scene at the Naniwa-za in Osaka
 in June 1916 opposite Nakamura Ganjirô I.

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai  (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô I performed this role in the "Fûin
Giri" scene at the Naniwa-za in Osaka in June
1916 opposite Nakamura Fukusuke IV