ICHIKAWA SADANJI II (市川左團次; 市川左団次)
  10/19/1880 - 02/23/1940

aka ICHIKAWA ENSHÔ II (市川莚升; 市川莚舛)
aka ICHIKAWA KOYONE I (市川小米)

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Sono Sugata Danshichi Jima (其姿団七縞)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/21
Print Date: 1921/04?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Personal Collection

L: Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Danshichi Kurobei
(団七九郎兵衛);
R: Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七)
 
Play: L: Sono Sugata Danshichi Jima
(其姿団七縞);
R: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七 )
Performance Place: L: Meiji-za, Tokyo;
R: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: L: 04/03/21
R: 02/06/21
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

   
    Ichikawa Sadanji II
    (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
    Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛)

    Play: Sono Sugata Danshichi Jima
    (其姿団七縞)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 04/03/21
    Print Date: 1921?
    Artist: ?   
    Medium: Woodblock printed
    senshafuda
    Personal Collection
 
    Note: The artist is possibly Tanaka
    Shiko (田中紫光). 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Hishikawa Gengobei (菱川源五兵衛)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 10/31/23
Print Date: Autumn 1923
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Versions with slightly different colored kimonos can be
found on the Internet, but it is not clear if they are true color
variants or if the reproduction of their colors was inaccurate.
 
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MAY 1924

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: Asakusa Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo       
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Personal Collection
 

                         
        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: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 05/1924?
        Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
        Medium: Lithograph
        ersonal Collection

        Note: Sadanji II also played Chûya at the Meiji-za in April
        1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects
        Sadanji II's April 1923 performance.

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya
(丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo    
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛;
薩摩源吾兵衛)
       
Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                             
            Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛; 薩摩源吾兵衛)

            Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
            Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/01/1924
            Print Date: 1926
            Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
            Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵)
            Personal Collection

            Note: Without the original folder, the information for this listing is
            subject to revision.  However, Sadanji II was the only actor to play
            this role in Tokyo in the 1920s.
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Teppô Watashi (鉄砲渡し), Act V of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1924
Print Date: 12/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Teppô Watashi (鉄砲渡し), Act V of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1924
Print Date: 12/1924?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

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

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1924
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵), No. 7
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

               
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: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in
February 1926 and February 1928, and at the Teikoku Gekijô
in June 1929.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those  performances.  Kôshirô VII, however,
did not appear in those productions, so if Hanayama's prints
of  Kôshirô VII and Sadanji II are from the same production
of Kanjinchô, it would have been the March 1925 production
at the Kabuki-za

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami  (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  /06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama.  However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.

                 
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)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Sadanji II's performance in
that later production.
 
 

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

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#9)
*Personal Collection

Note:  Sadanji II first played this role in Tokyo at the Meiji-za
in May 1910.  He would again play this role at the Teikoku
Gekijô in December 1919.  Depending on the precise
publication date of this print, it is possible that Shunsen
modeled this print after Sadanji II's 1919 performance.
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kusunoki Masashige (楠正成)

Play: Kusunoki Masashige (楠木正成)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Okamoto Ippei (岡本一平)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII ( 松本幸四郎)
as Miura (三浦)

Ichikawa Sumizô VI ( 市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
as Hanaregoma (放駒)

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

Ichikawa Ennosuke II ( 市川猿之助; えん之助)
as Tôinu (唐犬)

Play: Otokodate Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Konô Michisei (河野通勢)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
Personal Collection
 

[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site.  The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.
 
 
 
 

                       
                        Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次) as
                        Sukejû (助十)
          
                        Play: Gonza to Sukejû (権三と助十)
                        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                        Performance Date: 07/02/26
                        Publication Date: 1927
                        Artist: ?
 
 
 
 

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次)
as Yasha-ô  (夜叉王)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Baba Sarurobê (馬塲三郎兵衛)

Play:  Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/27
Print Date:  10/1927?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
Note: Sadanji II also performed this role in Tokyo at the
Meiji-za in May 1922 and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in
April 1926.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)

Play: Kenuki (毛抜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/1928
Print Date: 03/31/1929
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Kabuki Omokage (歌舞伎俤草)
Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e
Personal Collection

Note: Seifû made a similar print of Sadanji II based on his May 1917
appearance at the Shintomi-za in Tokyo.
 
 
  

Ichkawa 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: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/28
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
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: 01/02/29
Print Date: [1929]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Sadanji II first performed the role of Marubashi in
Tokyo at the Meiji-za in September 1906.  He reprised this
role at the Meiji-za in May 1909, at the Hongô-za in
October 1912, at the Kabuki-za in June 1916, at the
Shintomi-za in May 1920, at the Meiji-za in April 1923,
and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in May 1924.
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as Marubashi Chuya (丸橋忠弥)
 
Ichikawa Chùsha VII  (市川中車) as Izu no Kami (伊豆守)
 
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed hikifuda
Personal Collection


 
 
 
 
   

            
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
[Cyrano de Bergerac] Shirano do
Berujurakku (シラノ・ド・ベルジュラック)
 
? as Christian
 
? as Roxanne

Play: [Cyrano de Bergerac] Shirano do
Berujurakku (シラノ・ド・ベルジュラック)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/31
Print Date: 02/1931?
Series: [Teigeki February Show Prints]
Teigeki Nigatsu Kôgyô Hanga
(帝劇二月興業版画)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
Note: A image of the envelope for these prints
is not available at this time.  The production
also featured Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵), Ichikawa Shôchô VIII (市川松蔦),
and Sawamura Tosshi IV (沢村訥子; 澤村訥子).

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Yashaô (夜叉王)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1940
Print Date:  1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#20)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Sadanji II died on February 23, 1940
at age 61.  He first played the role of Yashaô in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in May 1911.  Although Sadanji's final Tokyo
appearance in this role was at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
February 1940, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Sadanji II's prior performances.