ONOE MATSUSUKE IV (尾上松助)
03/29/1843 - 09/05/1928 

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)

       
        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: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
        Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
        ARC Collection
 
        Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial
        Theatre Museum attributes this
        print to Toyohara Kunichika
        (豊原国周).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Shiheikô (時平公)

Ichikawa Somegorô IV
(市川染五郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
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Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Ban'nai (伴内)

  
Play:  Na-ni Takaki Chûshingura
(高名忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/17/1900
Print Date: 11/12/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
  Koshimoto Okaru (腰元おかる)
  Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)



 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as

 

JANUARY 1902

           
Kataoka Ichizô  III (片岡市蔵) as Wada Yoshimori (和田義盛)
    
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as Udaijin Sanetomo (右大臣実朝) 
    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (市川染五郎) as Hôjô Yoshitoki (北条義時)

Play: Kamakurayama Haru no Asahina (鎌倉山春朝比奈)
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 Yamada Shoten
 
 
 

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)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)
    
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Unread

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Unread

Unknown as Unread

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as Unread

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Kejyo Osugi (下女お杉)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/12/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Although this toy print
depicts an Oshichi-kichisamono
play such as Shôchikubai
Yushima no Kakegaku
(松 竹梅湯島掛額), the exact title
of the play in this print is not
known at this time.  Shikan V
did portray Oshichi in a
November 1901 Kabuki-za
production of Shôchikubai
Yushima no Kakegaku, but the
cast was otherwise different.
 
  

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Uma-Samurai Koheita (馬士小平太)
  

Play: Sanzen Ryô Haru no Kurairi
(三千両初春蔵入)
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 the
Ritsumeikan ARC 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Sanshirô Nobutaka (三七郎信孝)

  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
  Shôya [Tokuemon] (庄屋 [徳右衛門])

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)

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

                        Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
                        Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)    
           
                        Play: Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of
                        Kanadehon Chûshingura(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
                        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                        Performance Date: 10/16/12
                        Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Naosuke Gonbei (直助權兵衞)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Oyamada Shôzaemon 小山田庄左衛門
  
Plays: Iroha Sôshi (いろは雙紙); Fujin Dôshikai (婦人同士会); Tôdai Mori (燈臺守);
Mugente Kibarê (夢幻的バレー)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)


Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date:  06/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 

 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Mukôkizu Yosaburô ((向疵与三郎)
[Kirare Yosa (切られ与三)]
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (お富)
 
Plays: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太閤記); Adesugata
On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Ninin Bakama (二人袴);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛);
Gion no Yo Zakura (祇園の夜櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/15
Print Date: 04/02/15
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as Takasago Jôbei (高砂尉兵衛),
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Sumiyoshi Kichisaemon (住吉左衞門), and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Umanosuke (右馬之助) in Ninin Bakama
(二人袴).  

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kiyomi Hidemitsu (清見秀光)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujiwara Motofusa (藤原基房)
 
Plays: Yamabuki Hime Tomoe Gozen Koi no Yoshinaka (山吹姫巴御前戀の義仲); Tsubosaka (壺坂);
Joyû Fuzei (女優風情); Ôgijishi (扇獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Chôsuke (長助)

Play: Takao Zange (高尾ざんげ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magoemon (孫右衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;  澤村宗十郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kinokuniya Koharu (紀の国屋小春)
 
Plays: Takao Zange (高尾さんげ); Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島); Sumidagawa (隅田川);
Yoshiware Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takao (高尾) and  Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Date Tsunamune (伊達綱宗) in Takao Zange (高尾さんげ).

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)
 
Plays: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語); Migawari Zazen (身替座禅);
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Ki no Aritsune (紀有常) in
Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語).
 
 
 

                 
 Fukui Mohei (福井 茂兵衛) as Oda Harunaga  (小田 春永)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takechi Jûbee Mitsuhide (武智十兵衛光秀)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Matsushita Kaheiji (松下嘉平次)
 
Play: Taikôki On'na Bunshô (太功記婦女文章); Tôrô Daijin (燈籠大臣); Akunin (悪人);
Mitsu no Nagame Sugata no Irodori (三景眺容艶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 09/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Narita Kosaburô Takashin (成田小三郎尭心)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年)
 
Plays: Shikorobiki (錣引); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡);
Shûshin no Oni (執心の鬼); Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/26/15
Print Date: 11/1915?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Mionoya Shirô
(三保谷四郎) in Shikorobiki (錣引); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togakushiyama no Kijo (戸隠山の鬼女)
in Momijigari (紅葉狩); and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ofune (お舟) in Shinrei
Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡).
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kobayashi no Maizuru (小林の舞鶴)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Onio Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)
 
Plays: Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我對面); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Tobaya Jishi (鳥羽屋獅子);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山權現誓助太刀); Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rokujô Shôshô Tadaaki (六條少将忠顕)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Narita Kosaburô Takashin (成田小三郎尭心)

Plays: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Momijigari (紅葉狩);
Kiyari Ondo Mutsuki no Nigiwai (木遣音頭睦月賑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/20/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takega (丈賀)
 
Plays: Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚); Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子);
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪 暮夜入谷畦道); Dontsuku (どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/16
Print Date: 03/1916?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in
Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚).
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前); Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
(博多小女郎浪枕); Hanagoyomi Hasshojin (花暦八笑人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rô Kitsune (老狐) in Tamamo-no-Mae
(玉藻前); Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in Hakata Kojorô
Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown
role.
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Matsubara Onio (松原鬼王)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致)
 
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭禮信仰記);
Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Usugumo (薄雲);
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Gonpachi (権八) in Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), and
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Kinoshita Tôkichi (木下藤吉) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki
(祇園祭禮信仰記).
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Saitô Sanemori (斎藤実盛)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Senoo Jûrô (瀬尾十郎)
 
Plays: Tsurukame (鶴龜); Mitsu no Kokoro (三つの心); Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧);
Mizu Kakeron (水掛論); Tamatori no Ama (玉取の蜑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/16
Print Date: 07/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazaemon (弥左衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)
  
Plays: Igami no Gonta (いがみの權太); Suôotoshi (素襖落); Zôho Tenjinki (増補天神記);
Tôkaidô Hizakurige (東海道膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/16
Print Date: 08/1916?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in Zôho
Tenjinki (増補天神記).
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tatsuma Saburôbei (達摩三郎兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ikushima Shingorô (生島新五郎)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ejima (江島)
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Ejima Ikushima  (江島生島);
Funa Benkei (船辨慶); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/16
Print Date: 09/1916?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kesa Gozen
(袈裟御前),  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kinugawa (衣川), and Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人) in Nachi no Taki Chikai no
Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚).
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,  Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 1917
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the Ringling Museum of Art

Note: Given the similarity to the earlier print Toyonari made of Matsusuke IV
in this role, it is possible that it depicts Matsusuke IV in his performance at
the Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo, in April 1915.
 
 
 

               
                Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
                Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)

                Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no
                Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
                Tokyo
                Performance Date: 09/28/16
                Print Date: 12/18/16
                Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
                Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
                [Fujisawa Postcard Set #1]
                *Personal Collection

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kasane (累)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magarikane no Kingorô (曲金の金五郎)
 
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Hosokawa Tadaoki no Tsuma (細川忠興の妻); Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝);
Kasane Monogatari (累物語); Kuruwa no Sayaate (廓鞘當); Kiku Ningyô (菊人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/16
Print Date: 11/1916?
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 also Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Akoya (阿古屋) in
Kagekiyo (景清); Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Takeda Katsuyori (武田勝頼)
and Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Yaegahime (八重垣姫) in Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝); and an unidentified actor in an unknown role. 
 

                 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Utazawa Omon (歌澤おもん)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yoshigorô (吉五郎)
 
Plays: Goban Tadanobu (碁盤忠信); Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生寫朝顔日記);
Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語); Mitsu no Tomoe Yukino Yobanashi (三巴雪夜話)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/16
Print Date: 12/1916?
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 an unidentified actor in an unknown role and Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左團次; 市川左団次) as Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu (佐藤四郎兵衛忠信) in Goban Tadanobu
(碁盤忠信); and Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Miyuki (深雪) in Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi
(生寫朝顔日記). 
 
 

                   
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Kasugaya Tokijirô (春日屋時次郎)
 
Onôe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Urasato (浦里)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Okaya (おかや)
 
Play: Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局); Kanjinchô (勧進帳);
Akegarasu Haru no Awa Yuki (明烏春淡雪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/17
Print Date: 01/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳).
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kiuchi Sôgorô (木内宗五郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Plays: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民傳); Bôshibari (棒しばり); Oyayuzuri Gosho Gorozô
(親譲御所五郎藏); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/17
Print Date: 03/1917?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵) in
Oyayuzuri Gosho Gorozô (親譲御所五郎藏). 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sukeroku (助六)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ikyû (意休)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kanpera Monbei (かんぺら門兵衛)
 
Plays: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉); Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Sakura (助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/17
Print Date: 04/1917?
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 Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as Yodogimi (淀君) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kimura Nagato-no-Kami (木村長門守) in Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉).
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Otestu (お鐵; おてつ)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #?
[Fujisawa Print Set #2]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mito Kômon Mitsukuni-kyô (水戸黄門光圀卿)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Genseki (玄硯)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kyûgorô (久五郎)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kotomi (小富)
 
Plays: Mito Kômonki (水戸黄門記); Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome (田舎源氏露東雲);
Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 06/1917?
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 Onôe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸) and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村 羽左衛門) as Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七) in Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七).
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Saitô Kuranosuke Toshizo (斎藤内蔵之助利三)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shibazaki (芝崎)
 
Plays:  Saito Toshikazu Katataochi  (齋藤利三堅田落); Kyôran Ikushima (狂亂生嶋);
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎); Mukashi Banashi Bunbuku Chagama (昔噺文福茶釜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/17
Print Date: 08/1917?
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 Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sôgorô (宗五郎) in
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎).
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Ichiharano (市原野); Matsudaira Fumaikô (松平不昧公); Yoshitsune Koshigoejô (義經腰越状);
Keisei Onigajô (傾城鬼ヶ城)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Gotobê (五斗兵衛) in Yoshitsune
Koshigoejô (義經腰越状),  It also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助), Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎), and  Onôe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) in unknown roles.
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyubei (九兵衛)
 
Plays: Chausuyama Gaika no Jindate (茶臼山凱歌陣立); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Onatsu Seijûrô (お夏清十郎); Takigyô Yukima no Ichikawa (薪荷雪間の市川)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/17
Print Date: 11/1917?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Chihaya-hime (千早姫)
in Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
in Kanjinchô (勸進帳); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kimura Nagato-no-Kami
Shigenari (木村長門守重成) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Miyauchi no Tsubone (宮内の局) in
Chausuyama Gaika no Jindate (茶臼山凱歌陣立). 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Horibe Yahei (堀部彌兵衛)
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Oedo Nihonbashi (お江戸日本ばし); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ôgiya (扇屋); Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船惠方萬歳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛) in Tsuchigumo
(土蜘蛛); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Anewa Heiji (姉輪平次),
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Jiro Naozane (熊谷次郎直実), and  Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Oriko Kohagi jitsu Atsumori (折子小萩 実敦盛) in Ôgiya (扇屋).
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jakushôbô  (寂照坊)
 
Plays: On'na Tateshi Gomai no Soroigi  (女達師五枚揃着); On'na Shibaraku (女暫);
Karukayadô (苅萱堂); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑);
Musume Gonomi Ukina no Yokogushi (處女翫浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Shiratayû (白太夫),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸),  Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Matsuômaru
(松王丸), and Sawamura Chôjûrô,VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸) in Sugawara
Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑).
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ôguchiya Jizaemon (大口屋冶左衛門)
 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Karigane Shôbê (釣鐘庄兵衛)
 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Henmi Tetsushinsai (逸見鉄心斎)
 
Plays: Hamuretto [Hamlet] (ハムレット); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Tsubouchi Shikô (坪内士行) as Hamuretto [Hamlet]  (ハムレット)
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Bimyô (微妙)
 
Plays: Katakiuchi Shiraishi Banashi (敵討白石噺); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫); Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
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 Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺清心) in
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫).
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)
 
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Hikozaemon Musashi Abumi  (彦左衛門武蔵鐙);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami  (辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in Modoribashi (戻橋); and
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôkubo Hikozaemon (大久保彦左衛門) in Hikozaemon Musashi
Abumi (彦左衛門武蔵鐙). 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as  Komazawa Jirozaemon (駒沢次郎左衛門)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tokuemon (徳右衛門)
 
Plays: Shin Kagamiyama (新鏡山); Shinobu Sato Busshi no Monogatari (信夫里佛師物語);
Ikiutsushi Asagao Nikki  (生寫朝顔日記); Uso no Yo no Naka (嘘の世の中)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The other actor and his role is as yet unidentified.
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kuriyama Daizen (栗山大膳)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kedani Omomizu (毛谷主水)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kurahashi Jûdayû (倉橋重太夫)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Matsue (尾上 梅幸)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yamato (大和) 
 
Plays: Kuroda Sôdô Kuriyama Daizen (黒田騒動栗山大膳);  Tsuri On'na (釣女);
Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談); Kioi Hada Matsuri no Hitotsugi (勢肌祭揃衣)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/18
Print Date: 06/1918?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown role. 
 

                 
? as ?
 
? as ?
 
Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)
 
? as ?
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yasuke (八助)
 
Plays: On'na Chûshingura (女忠臣蔵); Kekkon no Mae (結婚の前); Ataka Shinseki (安宅新關)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Rokubei (六兵衛)
 
Plays: Ominaeshi Tsuka (女郎花塚);  Hakuin Oshô (白隠和尚); Gekkô no Motoni (月光の下に);
Gaijin Otoko Joyû Butô (外人男女優舞踏); Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (實録先代萩);
Tamashii no Irekae (魂の入替)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Dokko no Daroku (獨鈷の駄六)
in Ominaeshi Tsuka (女郎花塚).
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hayada Hachiemon (早田八右衛門)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Plays: Senji no Hanayome (戰時の花嫁); Hakuin Oshô (白隠和尚); Gekkô no Motoni (月光の下に);
Gaijin Otoko Joyû Butô (外人男女優舞踏); Sakura-Buro (櫻風呂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/14/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ryôzen (了然)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Bôtarô Uba Otsuji (坊太郎乳母おつじ)
 
Plays: Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清); Hana no Ueno Homare no Ishibumi (花上野譽碑);
Setsugekka (雪月花)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shizu no
Jyôtamai (賤の女田毎) in Setsugekka (雪月花); and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Yoritomo (頼朝) in Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清).  
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ochô (お蝶)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kichiemon (吉右衛門)
 
Plays: Atakemaru  (安宅丸); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻);
Some Moyô Imose no Kadomatsu (染模様妹背門松)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Minazuru-hime
(皆鶴姫),  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Torazô (虎蔵; 寅蔵), and  Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Chienai (智恵内) in Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yôhachi (人楊八)
 
Plays: Taikôki Chôsen no Maki (太閤記朝鮮之巻); Shin Asagao Nikki (新朝顔日記); Ôsakazuki Shusen
no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戰強者); Yûgiri Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô (夕霧伊左衛門廓文章)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/18
Print Date: 12/1918?
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 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 (大杯觴酒戰強者); and Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童)
as Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in Yûgiri Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô (夕霧伊左衛門廓文章).  The other
two figures are unidentified.
 
 

                 
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)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hatayama Shôji Shigetada (畠山庄司重忠)
 
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: The cover also depicts Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者) and Onoe
Ushinosuke III (尾上丑之助) as Daimyô Bô (大名某) in Kotobuki Saruwaka (壽猿若); 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).
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
 
? as ?
 
Plays: On'na Kurumabiki (女車引); Shiobara Tasuke Nidai Kagami (鹽原多助二代鑑);
Futatsu no Shi (二つの死); Komurasaki Kaidai Hiyokuzuka (小紫改題比翼塚); Senshô Odori (戰勝踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
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 Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Shiobara Tasuke 
(塩原太助) in Shiobara Tasuke Nidai Kagami (鹽原多助二代鑑).
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shûto Hansai (舅繁斎)
 
Plays: Sôga no Danmari (曾我のだんまり); Yotsugi Sôga (世継曾我); Katsuragawa Renri no
Shigarami (桂川連理柵); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Dôchù Hizakurige (道中膝栗毛);
Senshô Odori (戰勝踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/15/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
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 Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari
(曾我十郎祐成) and an unknown actor in an unknown role.
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakan Chôbê (左官長兵郎)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Imohori Chôja (芋堀長者);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Mitsu Ningyô (三人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Karaki Masaemon
(唐木政右衛門) in Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六).
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kurihara Tôtômi (栗原遠江)
 
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Nikkô Yômeimon (日光陽明門); Ibaraki (茨木);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲日記); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子) in Ibaraki (茨木);
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Atsumori (敦盛) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実) in Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) in an unknown role.
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kagatobi Gorôji (加賀鳶五郎次)

Play: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/19       
Print Date: 1920
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art
 

                                 
                Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Gorôji (雷五郎次)
 
                Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Minosuke (巳之助)
 
                Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Umeyoshi (梅吉)
 
                Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Banjaku Ishimatsu (磐石石松)
 
                Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Dôgen (道玄)
  
                Plays: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji (州合邦辻);
                Kamakura Bushi (鎌倉武士)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 06/01/19
                Print Date: 06/1919?
                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 Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ôgushi Jirô (大串次郎) in
                Kamakura Bushi (鎌倉武士); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tamate Gozen (玉手御前) in Sesshû
                Gappô-ga-Tsuji (州合邦辻). 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nakayama Shuzen (中山主膳)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Nambata (難波田)
 
Plays: Kabuto no Hoshikage (兜の星影); Ikeru Katami (生ける形見); Hatena? (ハテナ？);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来); Yûsuzumi Kamo no Kawakaze (夕涼鴨川風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kameya Chûbei (亀屋忠兵衛)
in Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来). 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hagiwara Sanai (萩原左内)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Nakamura Kansuke (中村勘助)
 
Plays: Chûshin Fuyunauri (忠臣冬菜賣); Yahata no Musume (八幡屋の娘); Hatena (？);
Hiyokumon Itoshi no Ji (比翼紋愛井の字)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/18/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Shirai Gonpachi
(白井権八) in Hiyokumon Itoshi no Ji (比翼紋愛井の字). 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Endô Moritô (遠藤盛遠)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kinugawa (衣川)
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Yoshiwara Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
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 Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵) and Bandô Mitsugorô
VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎) in Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠). 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hiki Daigaku Kumamoto (比企大学熊本) or Daigaku Saburô (大学三郎)
 
Plays: On'na Narukami (女鳴神);  Ikka Zoku (一家族); Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿國);
Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sakuragawa Ranchô (桜川蘭蝶)
in Ranchô (蘭蝶), and an unidentified actor in an unknown role. 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Maeda Dainagon Toshiie (前田大納言利家)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as  Asaka Shôjirô (浅香庄次郎)
 
Plays: Seki-ga-Hara (關ヶ原); Uchi Ubume (姑穫鳥); Godairiki Koi no Fûjime (五大力戀緘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/19
Print Date: 10/1919?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Tobe Toshitake (卜部季武) and 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hana no Ka (花の香) in Uchi Ubume (姑穫鳥); and  Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koman (小萬) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛) in Godairiki Koi no Fûjime (五大力戀緘).
 

                 
 
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘);
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/19
Print Date: 11/1919?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Iruka Daijin (入鹿大臣), Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Fukashichi (鱶七), and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Omiwa (三輪; おみわ) in Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門)
as Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otsuma (お妻) in
Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) and Sawamura
Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) in unknown roles.
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kuroda Genpachi (黒田源八郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ichibei (市兵衛)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sô Ranzan (僧覧善)
 
Sawamura Sonosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Osoyo (おそよ)
 
Plays: Shichi Fukujin (七福神); Kongen Kuzazuribiki (根元草摺引); Tatakai no Ato (史劇戰の後);
Mizunoya Takao (水谷高尾)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/20
Print Date: 01/1920?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Chôgorô (長五郎) and  Onoe
Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otoshi (お俊) in Mizunoya Takao (水谷高尾). 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Akidarugai Kyûhachi (明樽買久八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tasuke (多助)
 
Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録); Sannin Katawa (三人片輪); Shiobara Tasuke (鹽原多助)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/20
Print Date: 03/1920?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
and Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元) in Kiyomasa Seichûroku
(清正誠忠録).
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hojo Tokimasa (北条時政)

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yahachirô (屋八郎)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫)
 
Plays: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番); Yoritomo (頼朝); Nimai Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙); Otsue (大津繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/20
Print Date: 04/1920?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oshima (お島) and 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nagara Ichirōemon (長柄市郎右衛門) in Nimai
Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙).
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道実)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Harunori (渡會春彥)
 
Plays: Haisho no Kankô (配所の菅公); Midare Konparu (亂れ金春); Docchadan'ne (ドッチヤダンネ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Daimaruya Hikuemon
(大丸屋彥右衛門) in Midare Konparu (亂れ金春).
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tarôsuke (太郎助)
 
Plays: Sanzen Ryô Kogane no Kurairi (三千両黄金藏入); Shinohara Ichiza (篠原一座);
Mitsugashiwa Kozue no Yoarashi (三柏葉樹頭夜嵐); Izutsu (song) (井筒)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/16/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
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 Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kiyomoto Eijutayû
(清元栄壽太夫) in Mitsugashiwa Kozue no Yoarashi (三柏葉樹頭夜嵐).
 
 
 

                 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Rinpei (林平)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Manno (万野)
  
Plays: Kuramayama  (鞍馬山); Kuchinawa Monogatari (くちなは物語); Gion Sairei Shinkôki
(祗園祭禮信仰記); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳)
in Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祗園祭禮信仰記); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Tarôji
(太郎次) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Maroya (まろや) in Kuchinawa
Monogatari (くちなは物語).