MATSUMOTO KÔSHIRÔ VII (松本幸四郎)
06/10/1870 - 01/27/1949

aka ICHIKAWA KOMAZÔ VIII (市川高麗蔵)
ICHIKAWA SOMEGORÔ IV (市川染五郎)




 
MARCH 1900
    

 
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)


Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 02/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum


   Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
   Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)
  
   Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
   as     Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

 


  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
  市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)


    
      Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
      Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

      Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
      市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

      Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
      Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)

      Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
      Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

      Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
      Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)

      Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
      (夜討曽我狩場曙)
      Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 03/07/1900
      Print Date: 04/14/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum


   


 


 

          
 

 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
Gosho Goromaru (御所五郎丸)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
(夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 05/21/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 


  
  
 

 


 


    


 


OCTOBER 1900    

              


Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎)  as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)




Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This posthumously-issued print is a
revised version of a design originally
issued in connection with an October
1895 production at the Shintomi-za with a
different cast.


   Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
   Fujiwara no Shiheikô (時平公)

   Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
   Matsuômaru (松王丸)




 


Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)




         
           Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎)  as
           Sakuramaru (桜丸)


     
     
           Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
           (菅原伝授手習鑑)
           Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
           Performance Date: 10/12/1900
           Print Date: 10/1900?
           Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
           Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
           Memorial Theatre Museum

           Note: This posthumously-issued print is a
           revised version of a design originally
           issued in connection with a November
          1898 production at the Meiji-za with a
          different cast. 
 
 
 


  Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
  Umeômaru (梅王丸)

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Fujiwara no Shiheikô (時平公)
 


   Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
   Matsuômaru (松王丸)




JANUARY 1902

 


Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
Ningyô Tsukaihi (人形遣ひ)
  

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/09/02
Print Date: 01/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Kunitachi
College of Music Library (Takeuchi
Bunko)
 
 
 



  Onoe Eizaburô V
  (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
  Yaegaki Hime (八重垣姫)
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Ningyô Tsukaihi (人形遣ひ)


  Unread as Musician
  Unread as Musician

 

                

 

    


  

           

            
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as ?

? as [Musicians] 
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as [Puppeteer] Ningyôtsukai (人形遣)

Onoe Eizaburô V  (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Yaegaki Hime (八重垣姫)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as [Puppeteer] Ningyôtsukai (人形遣)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/09/02
Artist: ?
Print Date: 03/27/02
 
 

APRIL 1902


Ichikawa Somegorô IV
(市川染五郎) as
Usui Yojirô Hyôe
(笛吹与次郎兵衛)

Play: Fukitori Tsuma (吹取妻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/27/02
Print Date: 03/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection


Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎)  as
Inakasha Karoku (田舎者鹿六)


  Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
  Yomegoryô (嫁御寮)

    

  


Ichikawa Somegorô IV
(市川染五郎) as
Inukawa Sôsuke (犬川荘助)

Play: Satomi Hakkenden
(里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/23/02
Print Date: 04/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This design was reused for
a performance at the Kabuki-za in
November 1902 with a different
cast
 
 
 
.


Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)


  Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
  Musume Hamaji (娘濱路)

MAY 1902


Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as Sanshô Mitashi  (山樵三田仕)
 
Onoe Ushinosuke II (尾上丑之助) as Kaidômaru  (怪童丸)
 
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
Play: Yamanba (山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/17/02
Print Date: 1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
Note: Three actors alternated in the role of Yamanba.  With the use of a "shikake" flap, two different  actor faces
were created for Yamanba, although it is not known which face corresponds to which actor.
 
 
 
 



           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap down.
 
 



           
             Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as Yamanba (山姥) or
 
            Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
            Yamanba (山姥)
 
            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/17/02
            Print Date: 1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
            Note: Face of Yamanba with flap up.
 
 

NOVEMBER 1902


Ichikawa Saruzô (市川猿蔵) as
Tengu (天狗)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Tengu (天狗)

,
Play: Takatoki (高時)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/13/02
Print Date: 11/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 




  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Hôjô Takatoki (高時)
 


  Ichikawa Shinjûrô III (市川新十郎) as
  Tengu (天狗)
 

    

     
     

MARCH 1903


Left Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread; Unknown as Unread;
Unknown as Unread

Left Panel, Middle Row: Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門); Unknown as Unread

Left Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈);
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Middle Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread;
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎);
Unread as Unknown, Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Unread

Middle Panel, Bottom Row: Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成);
Onoe ô EizaburVI (尾上栄三郎;  尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
     
Right Panel, Top Row: Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎) as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経);
Unread as Unknown; Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将); Unknown as Unread

Right Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太); Unknown as Unread

Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Kabuki21.com
 


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎)
as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
(工藤左衛門祐経)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

Unknown as
Unread














Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue
(吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 06/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 



  Unknown as Unread
 
  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
  Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

  Unknown as Unread

  Unknown as Unread

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Unread

  Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎;
  尾上榮三郎) as
  Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)

  Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
  as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)

  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
  Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎)



  


 


  

MAY 1903

 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵)
as Aoyagi Yûhei (青柳勇平)


Play: Onna Date Komagata Osen
(女侠駒形おせん)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/03
Print Date: 05/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of  UPS Marega





Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Komagata Osen (駒形おせん)


  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵)
  as Araki Tsuyoshi Saemon
  (荒木剛左衛門)

     
     Onoe Eizaburô VI
     (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
     Tachimochi (太刀持)

     Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
     Daimyô Bô (大名某)

     Play: Suô Otoshi (素襖落)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 05/09/03
     Print Date: 05/1903
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
     Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 


Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as
Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)


  Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
  Hime Goryô (姫御寮)

NOVEMBER 1903


Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Fudôyama Hidegorô
(不動山秀五郎)

Play: Mikazuki (三日月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Central Metropolitan Library
       




  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
  Nyôbô Okiku (女房お菊)
 


Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
Mikazuki Jirokichi (三日月治郎吉)



JANUARY 1904   


    
  

Play: Chûkô Ume no Kanazawa
(忠孝梅金沢)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/04
Print Date: 01/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Sakata Zenzaburô (坂田善三郎)


  Ichikawa Komazô VIII 
  (市川高麗蔵) as
  Takamura Banemon (高村伴右エ門)


MAY 1904


Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Yatôta (弥藤次?)

Play: Tekikoku Kôfuku
(敵国降伏)
Performance Place: Meijii-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1904
Print Date: 05/1904?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
 
 
 


Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Koukichi Shiya? (弘吉剌?)



Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵)
as Unread (?烈)

JANUARY 1905

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as  ?
 
? as ?
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Takahama Isamu (高濱勇)
 
Plays: Chikyôdai (乳姉妹); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/05
Print Date: 01/02/05
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




MARCH 1905

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Natsumoto Tôgo (夏本東吾)
 
Plays: Makaze Koikaze (魔風恋風); Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Kottsukei Hachi Shôjin (滑稽八笑人)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/17/05
Print Date: 03/19/05
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) and an unknown actor in unknown roles.
 
 




APRIL 1905

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hoshikage Doemon (星影土右衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Omiwa (お三輪)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Fukashichi (鱶七)
 
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Otokodate Gosho no Gorozô (侠客御所五郎蔵);
Roei no Yume (露営の夢); Kosode Maku Genroku Moyô (小袖幕元禄模様)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/29/05
Print Date: 04/01/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




MAY 1905

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Moriyoshi (守義)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Maki no Kata (牧の方)
 
Plays: Maki no Kata (牧の方); Shinpan Utazaimon (新板歌祭文); Misao Sanbasô (操三番叟);
Nuno-zarashi (布晒し; 布さらし)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/05
Print Date: 05/06/05
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The other two figures on the cover are as yet unidentified.   The child actor might be Nakamura
Kansuke [III?] (中村翫助).
 





UNKNOWN MONTH 1905


Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)


  


Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3,
Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1905
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)

Note: I have not found a
contemporaneous stage performance
with this particular cast.  Some of
the actors, however, did appear in a
production at the Kabuki-za in
November 1903.  See also Kunisada
III's paper model prints of April
1902.
 
 
 


Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵)
as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Fujiwara no Shihei (藤原時平)


  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Matsuômaru (松王丸)


JANUARY 1906
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Plays: Jûni Doki Kaikei Soga  (十二時會稽曽我); Sakigake Genpei Tsuji (魁源平躑躅);
Adesugata On'namaiginu (艶容女舞衣); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/06
Print Date: 01/03/06
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




MARCH 1906

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Izumi no Saburô Tadahira (泉三郎忠衡)
 
Kataoka Jûzô IV (片岡十蔵) as Okugata Kureha (奥方呉羽)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Plays: Oku no Kiroku (陸奥記録); Gunjin Katagi (軍人気質); Yakko Dôdôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/06
Print Date: 03/09/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library





MARCH 1907
 


Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as
Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
 
Ichikawa Dan'emon? (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
  
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)

Play:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.

 





Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Onoe Baikô VI as Motome (求女)
 
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)




  


 


  



APRIL 1907


Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)
  

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/07
Print Date: 04/1907
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC
 
 


Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)


JULY 1907

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yukihime (雪姫)

Plays: Gishi no Yoshi Homare (義士の芳誉); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Kokkei Ataka no Seki (滑稽安宅関)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/07
Print Date: 07/15/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
and  Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yukihime (雪姫) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記).
 
 




APRIL 1909

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
 
Plays: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘); Seishôkô (清正公); Hana no Ueno Homare no
Ishibumi (花上野誉碑); Nyôbô no Kokoroe (女房の心得)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/09
Print Date: 04/01/09
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
in Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘).





OCTOBER 1909

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Tamiya Iemon (民谷伊右衛門)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵); Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: Tôkyô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/09/09
Print Date: 10/11/09
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺) in Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭恋寝刃). 





MARCH 1910

                
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Goshôgun Kanki (伍将軍甘輝)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Watônai (和藤内)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Kinshôjo (錦生女)

Plays: Tengajaya (天下茶屋); Kokusen'ya Gassen (国姓爺合戦); Rokkasen (六歌仙)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/10
Print Date: 03/02/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kisen (喜撰) in
Rokkasen (六歌仙). 





MAY 1910

                 
 
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Sekihara Kami Aoha (関原神葵葉); Narukami (鳴神); 
Suô Otoshi (素襖落); Fune-he Uchikomu Hashima no Shiranami (船打込橋間白浪);
Shinsekai-gai Nigiwai (新世界街賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/10
Print Date: 05/05/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The coverdepicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
in Narukami (鳴神);  Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ukifune (浮舟)/Kesataro
(袈裟太郎) in Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); and Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) and
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) in unknown roles. 





JUNE 1910

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Takatoki (高時);
Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七);
Wakamidori Sorazumiyoshi (若緑空住吉)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/12/10
Print Date: 06/13/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑), Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助)
as Danshichi Shima no Okaji (團七縞お梶) in Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七), and Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) in an as yet unidentified role.   
 





SEPTEMBER 1910

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛)
 
Plays: Taiheki Asuwa Gassen (太平記足羽合戦); Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者);
Taira no Koremori (平維盛); Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛); Ni Fûfu (二夫婦)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/14/10
Print Date: 09/16/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Baba Sarurobê
(馬塲三郎兵衛) in Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者), and Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次),  Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助), and Nakamura
Shikan V (中村芝翫) in unknown roles.





NOVEMBER 1910

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Taira no Koremochi (平維茂)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Sarashina-hime (更科姫), in reality Togakushi no Kijo (戸隠の鬼女)

Plays: Seichû Yoshiomi-roku (誠忠義臣録); Ya-no-Ne (矢の根); Ansei Kurofune Banashi (安政黒船話);
Momijigari (紅葉狩); Ômisoka (大晦日)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/09/10
Print Date: 11/11/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 






JANUARY 1911

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Sadatô Munetô (貞任宗任); Yagura Daiko Shusse no
Torikumi (櫓太鼓出世取組); Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13//11
Print Date: 01/13/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)
and  Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Agemaki (揚巻) in Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen
Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑).
 
 


 

MARCH 1911

                   
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Honda Dainaiki (誉田大内記) and Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
 
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Plays at the Initial Opening of the Imperial Theater:
Hagoromo (羽衣), Igagoe (伊賀越), and Yoritomo (頼朝).

Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/11
Print Date: 03/04/11
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed playbill
Image courtesy of the Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints

Note: The center panel is by Kiyotada IV.  The artist for the other two panels are unread.  The playbill
also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Amatsu Otome (天津乙女)/[Celestial Maiden] Tennyo (天女),
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hakuryô (伯竜), and an unknown actor in
Hagoromo (羽衣); Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門) in Igagoe
(伊賀越); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Katô-ji (加藤次) in Yoritomo (頼朝).
 
 
 



                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kato-ji (加藤次)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
 
Plays: Yoritomo (頼朝), Igagoe (伊賀越), and Hagoromo (羽衣).
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/11
Print Date: 03/04/11
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門) and
Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀) as Onochi (おのち) in Igagoe (伊賀越), and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kato-ji (加藤次) and  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫) in
Yoritomo (頼朝)


JUNE 1911

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as
Chienai (智恵内)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/11
Print Date: 06/1911?
Artist: Yamamoto Kanae (山本鼎)
Series: Sôga Butai Sugata (草画舞台姿), Vol. 1
[Les Feuilles Théâtrales]  
Personal Collection

Note: This print was self-carved by Yamamoto Kanae for members
of the Tokyo Hanga Kurabu Hakko (東京版画倶楽部發行).
 
 
 


                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Chienai (智恵内)
 
Ichikawa Danzô VII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hanzawa Heikurô (榛沢平九郎)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otani (お光)

Plays: Rômon Gosan Kiri (楼門五山桐); Shinbugun (振武軍); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻); Mikamiyama (三上山)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/11
Print Date: 06/01/11
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




JULY 1911


Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Plays: Suikoden Yui no Danmari (水滸伝雪挑闘); Kokoro no Koe ( 心の声); Itarian, Dansu, Ze, Rôzu
(イタリアン、ダンス、ゼ、ローズ); Eshi Jitsuha Kanja (画師実は間者);  Dokushô (独唱); Santarô
(三太郎); [Cakewalk] Kêki Uôku (ケーキウオーク); Kumadori Ataka no Matsu ( 隈取安宅松);
Yûsuzumi Kamo no Kawakaze (夕涼鴨川風)  
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   07/01/11
Print Date: 07/1911?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center  
 
 

 
 
 


SEPTEMBER 1911

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as
Anewa Heiji (姉輪平次)

Play: Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/11
Print Date: 09/17/1911
Artist: Sakamoto Hanjirô (坂本繁二郎)
Series: Sôga Butai Sugata (草画舞台姿), Vol. 3
[Les Feuilles Théâtrales]    
Personal Collection

Note: This print was carved by Yamamoto Kanae for members
of the Tòkyò Hanga Kurabu Hakkò (東京版画倶楽部發行).
 
 


                   
Onoe Baikô VI  (尾上梅幸) as Osetsu (おせつ)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Aoyagi Raihachi (青柳賴母)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oyoshi (お義) 
 
Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as Matsudaira Yoshimine (松平吉峯)
 
? Kunigorô (國五郎) as Shinjô Heihachi (新庄平八)
 
Plays:   [A Change of Heart] Shinki Itten (心機一転); Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅), and
Yumedono (夢殿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/11/1911
Print Date: 09/1911?
Medium: Woodblock printed playbill
Image courtesy of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts

Note: The playbill also depicts Onoe Baikô VI  (尾上梅幸) as Kurihara Kônosuke (栗原幸之助) in
[A Change of Heart] Shinki Itten (心機一転), and Sawamura Chôjûrô VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as
Mukan tayû Atsumori (無官太夫敦盛) and  Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as Kumagai Jirô
Naozane (熊谷次郎直実 ; 熊谷次郎直實) in Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅).
 
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Kokugorô (沢村國五郎; 澤村國五郎) as Shinjô Heihachi (新庄平八)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oyoshi (お義)  
 
Onoe Baikô VI  (尾上梅幸) as Osetsu ( おせつ) 
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Aoyagi Raihachi (青柳賴母)
 
Plays: Yumedono (夢殿); Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅), and [A Change of Heart]
Shinki Itten (心機一転)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/11
Print Date: 09/01/11
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Chôjûrô VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as Mukan tayû
Atsumori (無官太夫敦盛) and  Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as Kumagai Jirô
Naozane (熊谷次郎直実 ; 熊谷次郎直實) in Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅).
 
 
 
   




 

NOVEMBER 1911

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu (佐藤四郎兵衛忠信)
   
Plays: Nobi (野火);  Yoshitsune Koshigoejô (義経腰越状); Goban Tadanobu (碁盤忠信); 
Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima (小夜時雨天網島); Kinmô Kitsune (金毛狐)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/11
Print Date: 11/01/1911
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Sai'nyû I (市川齊入) as Gotobê (五斗兵衛) in Yoshitsune
Koshigoejô (義経腰越状); Ichikawa Udanji II (市川右団次; 市川右團次) as Miurasuke Yoshizumi
(三浦介義澄) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamo no Mae (玉藻の前) in Kinmô Kitsune
(金毛狐);  and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koharu (小春) and  Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛) in Sayo Shigure Ten no Amijima
(小夜時雨天網島).
   




DECEMBER 1911

                   

Print Date: 12/28/11, Appendix to Engei Gahô Vol. 6
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

 
  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
  Chobei (長兵衛)
 
  Play: Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori
  (御存鈴ヶ森)
  Performance Place: ?
  Performance Date: ?
  Print Date: 012/28/11
  Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
 
  Note: Since Kôshirô VII assumed that name
  in November 1911, it would appear that Torii
  Kiyotada is depicting him a performance
  under an earlier name.

           


                      

       


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 012/28/11
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
 
Note: Since Kôshirô VII assumed that name
in November 1911, it would appear that Torii
Kiyotada is depicting him a performance
under an earlier name.
          
        

 

            
            Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as ?
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: 012/28/11
            Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
 
            Note: Since Kôshirô VII assumed that name
            in November 1911, it would appear that Torii
            Kiyotada is depicting him a performance
            under an earlier name.