UNKNOWN ARTIST

1910

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助)  as Senoo Jûrô (瀬尾十郎)
 
Ichikawa Kuzô IV (市川九蔵) as Aoi Gozen (葵御前)
 
? as ?
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Toyotomi Tenshûni (豊臣天秀尼);
Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘);
Harugeshiki Kumoi no Kyokumari (春景色雲井曲毬)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/10
Print Date: 01/14/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

                   
Opening Ceremonies

Performance Place: Teikoku-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/27-28/10
Print Date: 02/1910?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: The Teikoku-za was the first Western-style theater in Osaka. 
It was built by the actor Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎; 川上音次郎).
 
 
 
  

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kisen (喜撰)
 
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
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sonobe Hyôe (園部兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Saizaki Iga-no-Kami  (幸崎伊賀守)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ume-no-Kata (梅の方)
 
Plays: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari (新薄雪物語); Kuramayama no Kisei Kakegaku (鞍馬山祈誓 掛額);
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪夕夜入谷畔道)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/10
Print Date: 04/01/10
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku (女殺油地獄); Kaikei no Yuki Gojitsu Hachinoki 
(会稽雪後日鉢木); Sekenshi (世間師)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/30/10
Print Date: 05/01/10
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 Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as ?
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ukifune (浮舟)/Kesataro (袈裟太郎)

Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Seikihara 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
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Play: Oando [Much Ado About Nothing] (御安堵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/15/10
Print Date: 06/1910?
Medium: Machine lithograph 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 Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)  as ?
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Danshichi Shima no Okaji (團七縞お梶)
 
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
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Nue Taiji (鵺退治); Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝); Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿国);
Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨); Rokkasen Kyôga no Suminuri (六歌仙狂画墨塗)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/10
Print Date: 06/01/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀) disguised as the farmer Tajû (太十)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?
 
? as ?
 
Plays: Tonosama Kanji (殿様勘次); Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記); Kaji (借児);
Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/07/10
Print Date: 07/10/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
? as ?
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友)
 
Plays: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝); Sannin Katawa (三人片輪); Shimizu Ikakku (清水一角);
Shirôto Geshukuya (素人下宿屋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/10
Print Date: 08/09/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Sawamura Chônosuke III (沢村長之助; 澤村長之助) as ?
 
Plays: Jitsuroku Sakura Sôgo (実録佐倉宗吾); Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki  (檀浦兜軍記);
Takayama Hikokurô  (高山彦九郎); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: Tôkyô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/09/10
Print Date: 09/12/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as ?
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as ?
 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Baba Sarurobê (馬塲三郎兵衛)

Plays: Taiheiki 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
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
? as ?
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Matsushima Senta (松島千太)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as  Akashi no Shimazô (明石の島蔵)

Plays: Shima Chidori Tsuki (島鵆月白浪); Hachijin Shugo no Honjô (八陣守護城);
Fûryû Kuruwa-tsû (風流曲輪通); Toba-e Masu Ochi (鳥羽絵升落);
Mochizuki no Yoru no Tama Usagi (望月夜玉兎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/13/10
Print Date: 09/15/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Tawara no Kotôta (俵藤太)
 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Taira no Yoshikado (平良門)
 
Plays: Kamahige (鎌髭); Ko Bon'nô (子煩悩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/10
Print Date: 10/10/10
Medium: Woodblock printed 0sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
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
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum