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)  

Dates Unknown



Note:  All these chuban-size prints should relate to plays performed between 1917 and 1920.


Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Konatsu (小夏)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
            Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎)
            as Konatsu (小夏)
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            
            Morita Kan'ya XIII
            (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
            Kamon'nosuke (掃部之助)
            
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

            
            Morita Kan'ya XIII
            (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
            Kamon'nosuke (掃部之助)
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
            Heiji (平次)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VI
            (大谷友右衛門) as
            (市村羽左衛門) as
            Heiji (平次)
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as ?
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 

            
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as ?
            
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 

            
            Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as
            Masakiyo (正清)
            
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 

           
 

 

            Bandô Shûchô III
            (坂東秀調) as ?
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 

 
Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as ?
           
Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Print Date: ?
           

         
          Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
          Tsukahara [Bokuden] (塚原 [卜伝])
 
          Play: ?
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: ?
          Print Date: ?
          Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
          Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III ( 中村雀右衛門) as
            Oshizu (お しづ)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
            Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
            Ôkami Roku (狼六)

            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
           Image courtesy of Artelino.com 
 
   

 
 

            
            Ichikawa Chùsha VII (市川中車) as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com



 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen

       
          ? as ? 
 
        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
        Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
  

            
            ? as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen

            
            Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection


 
? as ?
           
Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
  
 

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III  (中村雀右衛門)
            as Osan (おさん)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

       
        Nakamura Denkurô VI  (中村伝九郎) as ?
 
        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
            (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
            Asou Heiji (?) (阿僧兵次?)

            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 
 

            
            Ichikawa Sumizô VI
            (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as ?

            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: It is possible that Sumizô VI is
            portraying Keiyasu (景安) in Amano
            Yokyoku  (雨夜の曲), which played at the
            Shintomi-za, Tokyo, on July 3, 1919.
 
 


Nakamura Shikaku I (中村芝鶴?) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 
 

            
            Jitsukawa Enjaku II  
            (実川延若; 實川延若) as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

           
            Arashi Kichisaburô VI  (嵐吉三郎?) as
            Tadasuke (忠助)
 
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 
 

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門)
            as Fujie (?)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

            
            Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as
            Hideyasu (秀康)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            ^Personal Collection
 

           
 


Nakamura ?  as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
 
 
 
 
 

            
            Nakamura  Denkurô VI
            (中村伝九郎; 中村傳九郎)?  as
            Genroku (権六)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection

            Note: Since Denkurô VI assumed that
            name in May 1919, the print would have
            been produced on or after that date.  It
            is possible that the play is Kanadehon
            Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵).
 
 

            
            Bandô Jusaburô III (坂東寿三郎) as
            *mori (*盛)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 

            
            Bandô Shûchô III  (坂東秀調) as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 

            
            Kawarasaki Gonjûrô II
            (河原崎権十郎; 河原崎權十郎) as
            Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四))
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            ^Personal Collection
 

           
 



Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
 
 
 
 
 

            
            Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
 

            
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
            Dainaiki (大内記)
          
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: c. 1917-1920
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
 
            Note: Uzaemon XV portrayed Honda Dainaiki
            (誉田大内記) in a production of Igagoe Dôchû
            Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六) at the Shintomi-za
            in Toyko in December 1919.  It is possible that
            theater designation on the print is in error.
 

            
            Ichikawa ****? as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 
 

           
            Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
        市川團十郎) as  Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)
          
        Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono
        (夜討曽我狩場曙)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Series: ?
        ^Personal Collection
 
        Note: This print is not from the Shin Kyôgen
        (新狂言) but from one one devoted to roles
        performed by Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.  Danjûrô
        IX last performance in this role in Tokyo was
        at the Kabuki-za  in March 1900, although it
        may well reflect an earlier performance and
        have been issued prior to 1900.