Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)
 
 

Play:  Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/07
Print Date: 01/1907?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Medium: Three woodblock
printed postcards
Image courtesy of Kobikido
Shoten
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村 羽左衛門) as
Todorokibô Shinsai (轟坊震斎)
 
? as ?

 
 

? as Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
(蒲冠者範頼)


 

Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as
Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
 
Ichikawa Dan'emon? (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
  
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)

Play:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Onoe Baikô VI as Motome (求女)
 
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)
  





Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/07
Print Date: 04/1907
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC
 
 

Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

    
     Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Aburaya Osome (油屋お染)
   
     Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Hisamatsu (久松)
    
     Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)
    
     Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ)
    
     Play: Nozaki-mura (野崎村), Volume 1, Scene 2 of
     Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 04/1907
     Print Date: 04/1907
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Aburaya Haha [Otsune]
(油屋母[お常])

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Musume Osome (娘おそめ)

Sawamura Tosshô III
(沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
Hisamatsu (久松)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ)

Play: Nozaki-mura (野崎村),
Volume 1, Scene 2 of
Shinpan Utasaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1907
Print Date: 06/20/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum 
 
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Yukihime (雪姫)
 
Plays: Gishi no Yoshi Homare (義士の芳誉); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Kokkei Ataka no Seki (滑稽安宅関)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/07
Print Date: 07/15/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) in
the play of the same name.

En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Okaru (お軽)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵); Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 11/14/07
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi1907 Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵), Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助),
and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) rotated in the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助); 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) and Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) rotated in the role of Kô no Moronô
(高野師直); Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門),
Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門), Sawamura
Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of Hayano
Kanpei (早野勘平); and Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), and Sawamura Tosshô III
(沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) rotated in the role of Okaru (お軽).
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
 
Plays: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura  (義経千本桜); Retsujo Shikinami (烈女敷浪); 
Futaribakama (二人袴); Yuki no Akebono Homare Akagaki (雪曙誉赤垣); Hoken Girahi (保険ぎらひ)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/21/08
Print Date: 05/21/08
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
 
Plays: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘); Seishôkô (清正公); Hana no Ueno Homare no
Ishibumi (花上野誉碑); Nyôbô no Kokoroe (女房の心得)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/09
Print Date: 04/01/09
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in
Seishôkô (清正公).

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助 )

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Ôshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Okaru (おかる)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/06/09
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢 )
  
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)

Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵); Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: Tôkyô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/09/09
Print Date: 10/11/09
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Tamiya Iemon (民谷伊右衛門) in
Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談).  

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Hoshikage Doemon (星影土右衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵) 
 
Plays: Iwatesan (岩手山); Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵); Kokaji (小鍛冶); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/11
Print Date: 05/12/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Yakko-Dako (奴凧)
 
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
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Shigenoi (重ノ井) and
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Tanba no Yosaku (丹波の与作) in Tanba Yosaku (丹波与作).
 

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
          
Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/15/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Chidori (千鳥)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka (梶原平次景高)
 
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: 04/10/12A
Artist: ?
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
Artist: ?
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.
 
 
 
 

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

Unread as
Gosho Goròmaru (御所五郎丸)

Unread as Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

Unread as Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Unread as Unknown

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)
 
Play:  Soga Jûban Giri (?)
(曽我十番切)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 1913?
Print Date: 05/05/13
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Although this print depicts a
Sogamono play such as Youchi Soga
Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙),
I have not found a production of such a
play with this cast.
 
 
 

Unread as Unknown

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
 
Play: Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/14
Print Date: 11/14/14
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #1]
Image courtesy of David Bull
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Narihira Bunji (業平文次; 業平文辞)

Play: Narihira Bunji (業平文次; 業平文辞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/22/14
Print Date: 1914?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

           
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Image courtesy of David Bull

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII  (市川八百蔵) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/08/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Artist:  Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection

Note:  The same design was used for a later production at the
Kabuki-za in 1925 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 

                
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Nippon Dauemon (日本駄右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as   
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎;  中村叉五郎)
as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
 
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (弁天小僧菊之助)

Play: Benten Musume Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06//05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Hiyokuzuka  (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Banzuiin Chôbé (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Plays: On'na Kabuki (女歌舞伎); Kajiwara Heizô Tameshi no Wazamono (梶原平三試名劒);
Suzu-ga-mori (鈴ヶ森); Ten no Amijima Shigure no Kotatsu (天網島時雨炬燵); Noriaibune (乗合船惠萬歳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/16
Print Date: 02/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Kiri Ouchizuke (桐大内蔵) in
On'na Kabuki (女歌舞伎); Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as Konaya Magoemon (粉屋孫右衛門) and
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Koharu (小春) in Ten no Amijima Shigure no Kotatsu
(天網島時雨炬燵);  Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時) in
Kajiwara Heizô Tameshi no Wazamono (梶原平三試名劒); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) and  Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) in unknown roles.
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no
Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 12/18/16
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #1]
*Courtesy of Artelino.com

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門;
市村卯左衛門)
as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
      
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 1916?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)

Play:  Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 09/15/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
Series: [Fujisawa Print Set #1]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; お祭左七)
 
 
 
Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

                 
Onôe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村 羽左衛門) as Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七)
 
Plays: Mito Kômonki (水戸黄門記); Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome (田舎源氏露東雲);
Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 06/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mito Kômon Mitsukuni-kyô
(水戸黄門光圀卿),  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Genseki (玄硯),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kyûgorô (久五郎), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Kotomi (小富) in Mito Kômonki (水戸黄門記). 
 

JULY 1917

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村 羽左衛門) as
Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢),
 
Play: Iseondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
&Performance Date: 07/01/17
Print Date: 07/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #7
Personal Collection
 
 
  

DECEMBER 1917

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #3
Personal Collection
 
 
 

           
           

JANUARY 1918
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Watônai (和藤内
 
Play: Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合戦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #4
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection

 

               

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Watônai (和藤内)

Play:  Kokusen'ya Gassen
(国性爺合戦)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/04/18
Print Date: 1918?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄) 
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection

               

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Watônai (和藤内)

Play:  Kokusen'ya Gassen
(国性爺合戦)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/04/18
Print Date: 05/25/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄) 
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata Dainihen
Series 2 (歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #8
Personal Collection

               

FEBRUARY 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Tananobu (忠信)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #6
Personal Collection
 
 

           
 
 

APRIL 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #9
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

MAY 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 1918?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄) 
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection

             

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄) 
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #3
Personal Collection

 

JUNE 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kozaru Shichinosuke (小猿七之助)
           
Play: Hashima Tsunagi Kobune Yawa
(橋間繋小舟夜話助)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/09/18
Print Date: 06/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
 ^Personal Collection

 
 
 

           
           
 
           

JULY 1918

             

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari 
(児雷也豪傑物語; 児雷也豪傑譚話) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/05/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 

           
           
             

           
           
             

SEPTEMBER 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Miuranosuke (三浦之助)
 
Play: Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記) 
Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
Yokohoma
Performance Date: 09/05/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

Note: This design was posthumously
reissued in a slightly different color
scheme when Uzaemon XV reprised this
role at the Kabuki-za in February 1921.
 
 
 

OCTOBER 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Oda Harunaga (小田春永)
 
Play: Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage
(時今也桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/29/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Print Date: 1918/10?
Personal Collection

         

         

NOVEMBER 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Samurai Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection           

           
           Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
            as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

            Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/18
            Print Date: 11/28/18
            Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
            藤沢竜雄)
            Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
            Dainihen Series 2
            (歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #10
            Personal Collection

 

DECEMBER 1918

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ten'ichibô (天一坊)

Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
(天一坊大岡政談)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/18
Print Date: 12/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

            
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV
            (市村羽左衛門) as
            Ten'ichibô (天一坊)
 
            Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
            (天一坊大岡政談)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 12/03/18
            Print Date: 12/1918?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

       
 
 
 

JANUARY 1919

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #1 or 2?]
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Courtesy of FujiArts.com

               

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)


Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

FEBRUARY 1919

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
           
Play: Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
(名橘誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/1919
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
           
           

           
           
           

           
           
 

APRIL 1919

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Yoriie (頼家)
            
Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 

MAY 1919

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
 
Play: Ehon Taikôki
(繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection