NAKAMURA KAROKU III (中村歌六)
05/08/1849 - 05/17/1919


APRIL 1915

                 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Yojirô no Hahaoya (與次郎の母親)
[Yojirô's bliind mother Ogin] 

Play: Horikawa (堀川) aka Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
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)  (#2)
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unpublished design.  Karoku III died on May 17, 1919 at
age 71.
 
 


AUGUST 1917



 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Tsuribune no Sabu (釣船の三婦)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/17
Print Date: 08/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #8
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
 

JANUARY 1918

                   
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #5
^Personal Collection

 


Nakamura Karoku III
(中村歌六) as
Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
Play: Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Meiji-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
 

 

AUGUST 1918


Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Nami Roku (浪六)

Play: Hidakagawa Koi no Jakago
(日高川恋の蛇篭)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/06/18
Print Date: 08/1918?
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