JANUARY 1918







Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Dokko no Daroku (独鈷の駄六)

Play: Medashi Doki Aoyagi Suzuri
(芽出時候青柳硯)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #5
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
            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: 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

            
            Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
            Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
            Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 01/02/18
            Print Date: 01/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩) #5
            ^Personal Collection

 

            
            Nakamura Karoku III
            (中村歌六) as
           Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
            Play: Hirakana Seisuiki
            (ひらかな盛衰記)
            Performance Place: Meiji-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 01/02/18
            Print Date: 01/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 

 


Bandô Shûchô III as Ofude (お筆)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #5
^Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Yaozô VII as
Sendô Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門), in actuality, 
Higuchi Jirô (桶口次郎)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #5
^Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               


Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: 01/30/18
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) #4
Personal Collection

               



Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

               

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
as Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒悟助)
     
Play: Oyayuzuri Nozarashi Gosuke
(親譲野晒悟助)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 1918?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 

                 
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Oedo Nihonbashi (お江戸日本ばし); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ôgiya (扇屋); Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船惠方萬歳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum