UNKNOWN ARTIST

1912

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fudô Myôô (不動明王)
 
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 Miyoshino (侍三吉)
              
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Shinagawa no Daiba (品川の台場); Fudô (不動);
Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku (一刀流成田掛額); Shôchikubai Yuki Akebono (松竹梅雪曙)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/12
Print Date: 01/1912
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Yakko-Dako (奴凧)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Shigenoi (重ノ井)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Tanba no Yosaku (丹波の与作)
 
Plays: Yakko-Dako Haru Muneage (奴凧春棟上); Tanba Yosaku (丹波与作); Taketori Monogatari
(竹取物語); Katakiuchi Ranru Nishiki (敵討襤褸錦); Godô no Nozarashi (悟道の野晒)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/12
Print Date: 01/14/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Chikamatsu Kaikei Soga (近松会稽曽我); Higo no Kami Kiyomasa (肥後守清正);
Migawa Zazen (身替座禅);   Koi Sumô Haru Kaobure (恋相撲春顔触); Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (寿靭猿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/17/12
Print Date: 02/17/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover possibly depicts Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Ochikubo Koshirô (落窪小四郎)
and Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in Higo no Kami Kiyomasa
(肥後守清正).
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Midaroku ( 弥陀六)
 
Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as Sagami (相模)
 
Plays: Date Masamune (伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iroha Shinsuke (いろは新助)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Print Date: 03/12/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Shirabyôshi Kami-ô (白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記); Gojôbashi (五条橋);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);  Hanakura Tai Amigasa (花競対編笠)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Print Date: 04/10/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichikawa Yonezô V (市川米蔵) as Usugumo (薄雲)
 
Ichikawa Sai'nyû I (市川齊入) as Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Sawai Matagorô (沢井股五郎; 澤井股五郎)
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Otogirisô (弟切草);  Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/12
Print Date: 05/12/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Ushiwaka (源牛若)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Chienai (智恵内), actually Kisanta (喜三太)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Play: Kiichi Hougen Kuramayama Jutsuken (鬼一法眼鞍馬山術健)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/12
Image courtesy of Yamabosi Shoten

Note: This appears to be a version of a Kuramayama play such as Kuramayama no Danmari (鞍馬山のだんまり), possibly combined with portions of
Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).  Yaozô VII, Uzaemon XV, and Utaemon V later performed these roles at the Kabuki-za in Toyko in
November 1912  in a production of Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki.  The role of Chienai/Kisanta was played by
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) in that production.  It is possible that this print depicts a performance outside of Tokyo or that it is a mitate-e.
 
 
 
 

                                 
 
                Plays: Nobunagaki Ifû Gyôretsu (信長紀異風行列); Yôrô (養老); Sakaro no Matsu (さかろの松);
                Dôchû Hizakurige (道中膝栗毛)
                Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 05/31/12
                Print Date: 05/31/12
                Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (]中村歌右衛門) as Miyokichi (美代吉)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Tajimaya Seishichi (但馬屋清七)
 
Plays: Shôutsushi Asagao Nikki (生写朝顔日記); Runin (流人); Ukina Tatsumi Haori Nakaura 
(浮名巽羽織中裏); Ôyamamai (大山詣)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/18/12
Print Date: 06/18/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Opera: Shaka (釈迦)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   06/01/12
Print Date: 06/1912?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 
 

Plays: Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥); Sêrasu Songu, Endo, Dansu (セーラス　ソング、エンド、ダンス);
Shin Fûfu (新夫婦); Dekinai Sôdan (出来ない相談); Fûzoku Meisho Awase (風俗名所合せ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   06/15/12
Print Date: 06/1912?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 

                  
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Mochizuki Saemon (望月左衛門)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Kozawa no Tomofusa (小沢友房)
 
Plays: Shikorobiki (錣引); Tôdai Yawa (東台夜話); Mochizuki (i望月); Ekirei (駅鈴);
Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki (近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/20/12
Print Date: 09/20/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
 
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Hirai Yasumasa (平井保昌)
 
Plays: Yûshô no Tsuma (勇将の妻); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Hiyokuzuka Obana Teranishi
(比翼塚尾花寺西); Go Henka (五変化)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/25/12
Print Date: 10/25/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Chienai (智恵内)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵), actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Plays:  Shin Nanba Senki (新難波戦記); Kikubatake (菊畑); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Jitsugetsusei (日月星)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Print Date: 11/03/12
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum