TANAKA SHIKÔ (田中紫光)

1922

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date:  ?
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role
at the Meiji-za in April 1928.  I cannot rule
out the possibility that this print reflects that
performance.
 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play:  Toki-mo Kikyô Shusse no Ukejô
(時桔梗出世請状)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
Yokohama
Performance Date: 09/1922
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed
this role at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
February 1927.  I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print
reflects that performance.

       
        Nakamura Kichiemon I
        (中村吉右衛門) as
        Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

        Play: Badarai no Mitsuhide
        (馬盥の光秀), Act II of Toki-ha Ima
        Kikyô no Hataage (時今也桔梗籏揚)
        Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
        Yokohama
        Performance Date: 09/1922
        Print Date: 09/1922?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts
   
        Note: During the relevant time frame,
        Kichiemon I also performed this role
        at the Shinbashi Enbujô in Tokyo in
        February 1927.  I cannot rule out the
        possibility that this print reflects that
        later performance.
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)
as Chidori (千鳥)
 
Play: Heike Nyogoshima
(平家女護島) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo       
Performance Date: 09/30/22
Print Date: 10/1922?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
 
Note: It is possible that this print
depicts Fukusuke IV or V as
Chidori in a different play.