SHIMIZU MIEZÔ (清 水三重三) 

 
1919

Ichikawa Chûsha VII ( (市川中車)) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/11/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
 
Note: In the relevant time frame,
Chûsha VII also performed this
role at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in
May 1921.  I cannot rule out that this
print reflects that performance.  It is
also possible that this print reflects
a regional performance.
 
 

Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) 
as Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Play: Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
Performance Place: Shinbashi
Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1919
Print Date: 09/1919
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
 
Note: In the relevant time frame,
Hikosaburô VI also performed this
role at the Kôen Gekijô in November
1920.  I cannot rule out that this print
reflects that performance.  It is also
possible that this print reflects a
regional performance.