UTAGAWA KUNISADA III (歌川国貞) 

  aka Baidô Hôsai (梅堂豊斎); Baidô Kunimasa IV (梅堂国政); Kôchôrô Hôsai (香朝楼豊斎)

1922

                   
Ichikawa Chùsha VII (市川中車) as
Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)
          
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/22
Print Date: 01/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was
originally issued in a slightly different
color scheme with the same actor
playing this role under his previous name
in a production at the Kabuki-za in April
1918.
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)
          
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/22
Print Date: 01/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
sgnature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) is likely a reissue
of an as yet unlocated print showing Kichiemon
or another actor in this role.
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
          
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/22
Print Date: 01/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
sgnature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
with the same actor playing this role at the
Kabuki-za in April 1918.
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Chùsha VII (市川中車) as
Tsubone no Iwafuji (局岩藤)
          
Play: Kagamiyama Kokyò no Nishikie
(加賀見山旧錦絵; 鏡山旧錦繪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 02/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum
of Art

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was likely
originally issued in a slightly different
color scheme with a different actor
playing this role in February 1918.  A
copy of the original version of this print
has not as yet been located, although a
related senshafuda print exists.
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Chûrō Onoe (中老尾上)

Play: Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishiki
(鏡山故郷錦)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 02/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
^Personal Collection
 
Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
with a different actor playing this role in
February 1918.
 
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Ohatsu (お初)

Play: Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishiki
(鏡山故郷錦)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 02/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
 
Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was likely
originally issued in a slightly different
color scheme with a different actor
playing this role in February 1918.  A
copy of the original version of this print
has not as yet been located, although a
related senshafuda print exists.
 
 
 

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Hatsushiraga (初白髪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 02/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
 
Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
with the same actor playing this role in a
different play in November 1918.  However,
it is possible that this print reflects Utaemon V's
performance as Yodogimi in Daigo no Haru
(醍醐の春) at the Shintomi-za in June 1921.
 
 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
          
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/22
Print Date: 03/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color
scheme circa June 1919 when Kichiemon
I played this role at the Kabuki-za.
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Watanabe no Tsuna (渡辺綱)
 
Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #9
Image courtesy of Ukiyo-e.org

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa April 1918. 
 
  

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa March 1919 depicting the actor
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) in this role at
the Shintomi-za.
 
 
 
  

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa March 1919 depicting the actor
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛)
in this role at the Shintomi-za.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print (lacking Kunisada's normal
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920 is similar to a
senshafuda designed by Kunisada circa
March 1919 depicting the actor Ichikawa
Chùsha VII (市川中車) as Toneri Matsuômaru
(舎人松王丸) at the Shintomi-za.  
 
 
       

               
Ichikawa Chùsha VII (市川中車) as
Mitsuhide (光秀)
          
Play: Ehon Taikòki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/22
Print Date: 09/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa May 1919 when Chùsha VII played
this role at the Kabuki-za.
 
 
 
 

               
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as
Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
          
Play: Ehon Taikòki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/22
Print Date: 09/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa May 1919 when a different actor played
this role at the Kabuki-za.
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Hatsugiku (初菊)
          
Play: Ehon Taikòki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/22
Print Date: 09/1922?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa May 1919 when a different actor
played this role at the Kabuki-za.