YOSHIDA EISHÔ (吉田永昇)

  Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競) Senshafuda Series (1921)



Note: The prints in this series do not seem to have been based on
contemporaneous performances but rather imagine the leading
kabuki actors of the day in roles involving sorcerers, magicians,
magic spells, or physical transformations.   A few actors, however,
have played their roles on stage in prior productions.   The series
appears to have been inspired by Kunisada I's series "Toyokuni
Kigô Kijutsu Kei" (豊国揮毫奇術競).


NOVEMBER


Colophon
 
Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Index
 
Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as 
Mo’un Kokushi (蒙雲國師; 蒙雲国師)
 
Play: ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前)
 
Play: Tamamo-no-Mae Kumoi no Hareginu (玉藻前御園公服)

Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as  
Hokkesan no Kesatarô (法華山の袈裟太郎)

Play: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島のだんまり)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Shimizu Kaja Yoshitaka (清水冠者義高)

Play: ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Gorô (五郎)?
 
Play: ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Narukami Shônin (鳴神上人)
 
Play: Act IV of Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura
(雷神不動北山櫻)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Sadanji II
performed this role in Tokyo at the Meiji-za in May
1910, and at the Teikoku Gekijô in December 1919.




               


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Kôshirô VII
performed this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in
April 1916.
 
 
 
 
 

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tenjiku Tokube (天竺徳兵衛)
 
Play: Tenjiku Tokube (天竺徳兵衛)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Kikugorô VI
performed this role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in July 1906,
and at Teikoku Gekijô in August 1918.
 
 

               


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo (犬山道節忠友)

Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Kichiemon I
performed this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in August 1910.

               


Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Fujinami Yukarinosuke (藤波由縁之助)
 
Play:  ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Kaja-kai Ushiwaka (冠者会牛若)
 
Play:  ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takiyasha-hime (滝夜叉姫)
 
Play: Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Baikô VI
performed this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijo in
September 1912, though the play was called neither Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者) nor Masakado (将門).
 
 

 



               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚語)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Uzaemon XV
performed this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in July 1918.
 

               


Suehiro Mutsumi (末廣睦)?
 
Print Date: 11/03/21
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
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