Unknown Artists - Undated Postcards #3

UNKNOWN ARTISTS

Undated Postcards #3

Woman in Kimono Holding a
Battledore with an Actor's Portrait

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Note: The actor's role appears to
be Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)
in Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染).

        [The First Ranking List of Actors]
        Hatsubanzuke (発番付)

        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Series: Ejirushi Bijin
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        ? as Moronao (師直)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      Actor With Costume

        Play: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Daisuke (大助)

Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
(天一坊大岡政談)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Note: Uzaemon XV performed this
role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in
December 1918, at the Hongô-za
in November 1924 and at the
abuki-za in May 1942.

        Saizaburô (才三郎)

        Play: Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijô
        (戀娘昔八丈)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as
        Togashi no Saemon (富樫ノ左衛門)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Note: Uzaemon XV performed this
        role in Tokyo at least 11 times
        between April 1907 and November
        1943.

        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)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Note: Kichiemon I performed this
        role in Tokyo at least eight times
        between May 1900 and September
        1953.

        Masaemon (政右衛門)

        Play: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku
        (伊賀越道中双六)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Inagawa (稻川)

Play: Sekitori Senryô Nobori
(関取千両幟)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

        Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
        (伽羅先代萩)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Togashi no Saemon (富樫ノ左衛門)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      ? as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
        (弁天小僧菊之助)

        Play: Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

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? as Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa
(鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no
Goshozome (曾我綉侠御所染)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Note: Uzaemon XV performed
this role in Tokyo at least ten
times between April 1905 and
April 1940.

        Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)

        Play: Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
        (博多小女郎浪枕)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Ichikawa Sadanji II
        (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
        Yakko Chienai (奴智恵内)

        Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
        (鬼一法眼三略巻)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Note: Sadanji II performed this role
        in Tokyo four times between
        November 1919 and February 1928.

      Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
        as Yodogimi (淀君)

        Play: Some Yodogimi-mono
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      Actor Seated at Mirror, with New Year Decorations and
        Other Actors Paying Their Respects

        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Baba Sarurobê (馬塲三郎兵衛)

Play: Ôsakazuki Shusen no
Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)

        Play: Kenuki (毛抜)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Kumagai Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

        Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
        (一の谷嫩軍記)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      Gengobei (源五兵衛)

        Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Kan U (関羽)

Play: Kan U (関羽)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Matsuômaru (松王丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Jirôsaku (次郎作)

        Play: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata
        (戻駕色相肩)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
        (悪七兵衛景清)

        Play: Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo
        (大銀杏榮景清)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      Sakura Sôgo (佐倉宗吾)

        Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Hisamatsu (久松)

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Umeômaru (梅王丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

         Sakuramaru (桜丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
        Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)

        Play: Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Karukaya Dôshin (苅萱道心)

Play: Koyasan (高野山)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Oshimodoshi (押戻)

        Play: Oshimodoshi (押戻)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Yasuna (保名)

Play: Yasuna (保名)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Katsugorô (勝五郎)

        Play: Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi
        (箱根霊験躄仇討)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

      Actor in Costume

        Play: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Woman Holding a Battledore with
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima
(心中天網島)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Woman Looking at a Kabuki Actor
        Image on Battledore

        Play: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

         Three Kyôgen Actors

        Play: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

        Battledore Showing Watônai (和藤内)
        and Tiger

        Play: Kokusen'ya Gassen
        (国性爺合戦)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Pulling an Object

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

        Play: Utsubo Zaru (靭猿)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

         Narihira (業平)

        [Rice Vendor’s Daughter]
        Kameya no Musume (米屋の娘)

        Play: Narihira Mochi (業平餅)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

        [Swindler] Sagi-shi (詐欺師)

        Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)

        Play: Suehirogari (末廣)
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts