Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Ôkawa Tomoemon (大川友右衛門_

Play: Tsuta Moyô Chizome no Goshuin (蔦模様血染御書)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/06
Print Date: 11/1906?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards

 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Nitta Yoshitoki (新田義時)
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Sokokura no Yu (底倉湯); Imayô Mochizuki (今様望月);
Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/09
Print Date: 02/27/09
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 Ozawa no Gyôbu
(小澤刑部) in Imayô Mochizuki (今様望月) and Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôishi Kuranosuke
(大石内蔵助) in the play of the same name.

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Miura Arajirô (三浦荒次郎)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門)
 
Plays: Yûshoku Kamakurayama (有職鎌倉山); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記); Sakura Shigure
(桜時雨); Saruwaka (猿若)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/09
Print Date: 04/06/09
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 Konoshita Tôkichi
(此下東吉) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記). 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ryôrijin Kisuke (料理人喜介)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
 
Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記); Horikawa (堀川); Narita Risei Homare no Yûten
(成田利生誉祐天); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/09
Print Date: 05/09/09
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 Ryôrijin Kisuke
(料理人喜介) and  Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢) in Ise Ondo Koi
no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃). 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Masaoka (政岡)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi  (伽羅先代萩); Gozonji Banzui Chôbei (御存幡随長兵衛);
Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi (大経師昔暦); Waka Sanjin (和歌三神); Otsu-e (大津絵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/09
Print Date: 11/05/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 

                
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). 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
 
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 cover also depicts 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. 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
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 Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時) in
Takatoki (高時), 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. 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Baba Sarurobê (馬塲三郎兵衛)
 
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 Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛) in
Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛), 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.
 
 

                 
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 

                 
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). 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  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) 
 
Plays: Iwatesan (岩手山); Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵); Kokaji (小鍛冶); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/11
Print Date: 05/12/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Hoshikage Doemon
(星影土右衛門) and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵) in
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵).
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Gorozaburo (吉田五郎三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fujieda Geki (藤枝外記)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ayaginu (綾衣)
 
Plays: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha (四千両小判梅葉); Kaichô Taiji (怪鳥退治);
Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中);  Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/27/11
Print Date: 09/28/1911
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 Date Shinzaemon (伊達新左衛門)
in Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮).
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Enpin-ô Kokuseiya (延平王国性爺)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Rôichikan (老一官)
 
Plays: Kitasaga Yami Idomu (北嵯峨闇挑); Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪);
Kokusen'ya Gojitsu Gassen (国性爺後日合戦); Tôyama Zakura Tenpô Nikki (遠山桜天保日記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/11
Print Date: 11/21/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Benten Kozô
Kikunosuke (辨天小僧菊之助) in Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪). 
 

                   

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
 

 
 Ichikawa Danzô VII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵)
 
 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)            


           

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fudô Myôô (不動明王)I
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Miyoshino (侍三吉)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Shinagawa no Daiba (品川の台場); Fudô (不動);
Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku (一刀流成田掛額); Shôchikubai Yuki Akebono (松竹梅雪曙)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/12
Print Date: 01/1912
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed 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) in an unknown role.
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Midaroku ( 弥陀六)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as Sagami (相模)
 
Plays: Date Masamune (伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iroha Shinsuke (いろは新助)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Print Date: 03/12/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

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.
 
 

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Myônen  (妙念)
  
Play: Dôjôji (道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/27/12

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Sawai Matagorô (沢井股五郎; 澤井股五郎)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Otogirisô (弟切草);  Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/12
Print Date: 05/12/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Yonezô V 9市川米蔵) as Usugumo (薄雲) and Ichikawa Sai'nyû I
(市川齊入) as Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光) in Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸).
 

                 
 ? as ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Andô Tetsuya (安藤鉄弥)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Misao-no-mae (操の前)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Takechi Jûjirô Mitsuyoshi (武智十次郎光義)
 
Plays: [Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi
([勤王史蹟]七卿落); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記);
Sôma no Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo
Jishi (越後獅子); Teisô (貞操); Tamamo- no-
Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Print Date: 09/21/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Another version of this sujigaki exists with a different cast, presumably reflecting a matinee
performance.
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)  as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
Plays: Kankô (菅公);  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Wankyu Sue no Matsuyama
(椀久末松山); Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘戀緋鹿子)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/13
Print Date: 02/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七) and
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as Osugi (お杉) in Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘戀緋鹿子);
and  Hayashi Chôzaburô I (林 長三郎 ) as Fujiwara (藤原), and Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
Okina (翁),  Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Michizane (道真), and Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀)
as Akomaru (阿古丸) in Kankô (菅公). 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sashô II (市川左升; 市川左舛) as ?
   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Abe no Sadatô (安倍貞任)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hachiman Tarô Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家)
 
Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as ?   
 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Sodehagi (袖萩) 
 
Ichikawa Ichijûrô  IV (市川市十郎) as Abe no Munetô (安倍宗任)
 
Plays: Goban Tadanobu Genji Ishizue (碁盤忠信源氏礎); Dondoro (どんどろ); Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara
(奥州安達原); Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku (一刀流成田掛額); Hashi Benkei  (橋弁慶)
Performance Place: Kiraku-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 07/15/13
Print Date: 07/15/13
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞) 
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Abe Saburo Munenori (阿部三郎宗任)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Yawata Taro Yôshiie (八幡太郎義家)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例壽曾我); Nakoso no Seki (なこその關); Ichi no Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記); Shinjû Naniwa Harusame (心中浪華春雨); Fuwa Kazuemon (不破數右衛門)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Harada Kai (原田甲斐)
 
Play: Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/09/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)


Play: Benten Musume Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as    
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Nippon Dauemon (日本駄右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as   
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎;  中村叉五郎)
as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
 
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

Play: Zôhô Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

Play: Zôhô Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 09/1915?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)?

Note: Although lacking any information about the
subject or the artist, the print's resemblance to Seifû's
print of Sadanji II as Goemon is unmistakable. 
However,this might also be by an anonymous artist
copying the Seifû print.
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
      
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/09/16
Print Date: 1916?
Artist: Shimizu Miezo (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
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
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
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
 
 
 
 

                 
? as ?
 
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)
 
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 Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Miyuki (深雪) in Shôutsushi Asagao
Banashi (生寫朝顔日記); and Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Utazawa Omon (歌澤おもん)
and  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yoshigorô (吉五郎) in Mitsu no Tomoe Yukino Yobanashi
(三巴雪夜話).  
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)


Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Sano Jirôzaemon (佐野次郎左衛門)｜

Play: Kagotsurube (日向島)
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
 
  
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
Kôchiyama (河内山)
 
Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
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
 
Note: The lack of a set number on this print
would indicate that it was made in circa
1918-1920.  However, the only record I can
find of Sadanji II portraying Kôchiyama at
the Shintomi-za was in October 1917.
 
 
                       

           
Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
(?) Daigaku (? (大学))
 
Play: Kiyomasa no Musume (清正の娘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: 11/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #2
 
 
 
 

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II
        (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as
        Son Gaku (孫悟空) and Miura Arajirô
        Yoshizumi (三浦荒次郎義澄)

        Play(s): Saiyûki (西遊記);
        Kawanakajima Azuma Nishikie
        (川中島東都錦画)
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: 11/03/1917
        Print Date: 11/1917?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Aoyama Harima (青山播磨)
 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hôkoma Shirôbei (放駒四郎兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊)
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
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 Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Oyoshi (およし), Kataoka
Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助), Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as Yoshida Chuzaemon (吉田忠左衛門), and Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Terasaka
Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)in Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (梅川) in Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来).  The other figure is unknown.
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次;  市川左團次) as 
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no
Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪;
辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18       
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #2]
Personal Collection

                   
                    Ichikawa Sadanji II
                    (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as 
                    Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

                    Play: Benten Musume Meo no
                    Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪;
                    辨天娘女男白浪)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
                    Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 04/01/18       
                    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) #3
                    Medium: Woodblock printed
                    envelope
                    Personal Collection


       

                   
                    Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as  
                    Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

                    Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
                    (弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 04/01/18
                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
                    (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
                    Medium: Woodblock print
                    [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
                    Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團郎) as
Abe no Munetô (安倍宗任)
           
Play: Òshù Adachi-ga-Hara
(奥州安達原)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as  
Chijimiya Shinsuke (縮屋新助)
 
Play: Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri
(名月八幡祭)
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
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Print Date: 10/1918?
Personal Collection
 

            
            IIchikawa Sadanji II
            (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishida Mitsunari (石田三成)
Play: Yodogimi  (淀君)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #1]
Personal Collection

Note: This print is not signed, but
the artist of certain other pochibukuro in
the set has been identified as Fujisawa.

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/28/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
eries: [Fujisawa Print Set #2]
Personal Collection

               
                Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
                Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)


            Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/18
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
            (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
            Medium: Woodblock print
            [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
            Personal Collection