UTAGAWA KUNISADA III (歌川国貞) 

  aka Baidô Hôsai (梅堂豊斎); Baidô Kunimasa IV (梅堂国政); Kôchôrô Hôsai (香朝楼豊斎)

1922



FEBRUARY 1922


Ichikawa Chùsha VII (市川中車) as
Tsubone no Iwafuji (局岩藤)
          
Play: Kagamiyama Kokyò no Nishikie
(加賀見山旧錦絵; 鏡山旧錦繪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 02/1922?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum
of Art

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was likely
originally issued in a slightly different
color scheme with a different actor
playing this role.  A copy of the original
version of this print has not as yet been
located.  However, it is also possible
that it is the work of another artist.
 
 
 



MARCH 1922


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
          
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/22
Print Date: 03/1922?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color
scheme circa June 1919 when Kichiemon
I played this role at the Kabuki-za.
 



JUNE 1922


Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa March 1919 depicting the actor
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) in this role at
the Shintomi-za.
 
 
 
  

 

       


Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa March 1919 depicting the actor
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛)
in this role at the Shintomi-za.

       



Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
          
Play: Sugawara Denjù Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print (lacking Kunisada's normal
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920 is similar to a
senshafuda designed by Kunisada circa
March 1919 depicting the actor Ichikawa
Chùsha VII (市川中車) as Toneri Matsuômaru
(舎人松王丸) at the Shintomi-za.  
 
 
       


SEPTEMBER 1922


Ichikawa Chùsha VII (市川中車) as
Mitsuhide (光秀)
          
Play: Ehon Taikòki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/22
Print Date: 09/1922?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color scheme
circa May 1919 when Chùsha VII played
this role at the Kabuki-za.