UNKNOWN ARTIST

1915

Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村歌右衛門) as
Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)

Play: Onna Shibaraku
(女暫; 女しばらく)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 

                   

Plays: Kentô Bôshi (劒島帽子); Igagoe Dôchû
Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Ibaraki (茨木);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫);
Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船惠方萬歳)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/15
Print Date: 12/30/14
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Omiwa (三輪; おみわ)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Fukashichi (鱶七)
 
Plays: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花); Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓); Shinobi Au Haru no Yuki Doke
(忍逢春雪解); Tenchi Kinôgi no E-Awase
(天地金扇面画合)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/15
Print Date: 02/02/15
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
 

Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Takasago Jôbei (高砂尉兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Sumiyoshi Kichisaemon (住吉左衞門)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Umanosuke (右馬之助)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Mukôkizu Yosaburô ((向疵与三郎)
[Kirare Yosa (切られ与三)]
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (お富)
 
Plays: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太閤記); Adesugata
On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Ninin Bakama (二人袴);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛);
Gion no Yo Zakura (祇園の夜櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/15
Print Date: 04/02/15
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康正)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
 
Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録);
Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa (助六曲輪菊);
Hyakugumi Shusse Tobi (百組出世鳶);
Jômi no Sechie (上巳の節会)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 03/31/15
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 

                 
Matsui Sumako (松井須磨子) as Sarome [Salome] (サロメ)
 
Plays: Meshi (飯); Sono Zen'ya (その前夜); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/26/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as
[Salome] Sarome (サロメ)

Play: [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Machine printed banzuke
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as [Queen Herodias] Ôhi Herododasu (王妃ヘロドダス)
 
Play: [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph banzuke
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 .
Note: Version that includes billing for Kawai Takeo.
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as Okuni (お國)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武 雄) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三)
 
Plays: Meguro Kôdan (目黒巷談); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Okuni to Sanza (お國と山三)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
 
Plays: Meguro Kôdan (目黒巷談); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Okuni to Sanza (お國と山三)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Moronô (師直)
 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Okaru (おかる)
 
Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Yûjyo Adauchi Matsubaya Segawa (遊女仇討松葉屋瀬川); Oya Gokoro (親ごゝろ);
Ninin Dôdôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/11/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Mizuno Sanae (水野早苗), Kobayashi Nobuko (小林延子),  and Ohara Koharu (小原小春)
alternated in the role of Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子) in this production of  Ninin Dôdôji
(二人道成寺).  The same three actresses also alternated in the role of  Shirabyôshi Sakurako
(白拍子櫻子;  白拍子桜子).  The actor playing the male role is as yet unidentified.
 
 

                 
Kawamura Kikue (河村菊枝) as Maguda [Magda] (マグダ)
 
Play: Maguda [Magda] (マグダ)
Performance Place: Yûraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/18/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Play: Sakura no Sono [The Cherry Orchard] (櫻の園)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/26/15
Print Date: 07/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sugijaki
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: It is possible that the cover depicts Yamakawa Uraji (山川浦路) as Madame Ranevskaya.
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as
Arutesu [Artemis] Ôjyo (アルテス王女)
 
Play: Ikusagami (軍神)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as
Arutesu [Artemis] Ôjyo (アルテス王女)
 
Play: Ikusagami (軍神)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Version that includes more prominent billing for Kawakami Sadayakko.
 
 

                 
[Miss] Misuse Hyêzu (ミスセ  ヒェーズ) as Helen Larouch (へレーン, ラロツシユ)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Nitobe Tokirô (新渡部時郎)
  
Play: Taifû Geki (颱風劇)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/26/15
Print Date: 10/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Horace Goldin
 
Magic Show: Eikoku Haresu Gorudoin Ichiza Engei [British Horace Goldin Theater Troupe]
(英國ホレース・ゴルドイン一座演藝)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/26/15
Print Date: 12/1915?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum