January 1925

JANUARY 1925

Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), Act III of
Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (浮世柄比翼稲妻)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#10)
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Note: Sumizô VI first played Gonpachi in this play in Tokyo
at the Engi-za in July 1910. Prior to his 1925 performance,
he also played this role at the Shintomi-za in October 1914.

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Takechi Mitsuhide
(武智光秀) disguised as the farmer Tajû (太十)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (絵本大功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#17)
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Note: Chûsha VII first played Mitsuhide in this play in Tokyo
at the Kabuki-za in May 1919. Prior to his 1925 perform-
ance, he also played this role at the Meiji-za in September
1922, and at the Hongô-za in April 1924. It is possible that
Shunsen based this print on one of those earlier performances.

Nakamura Shikaku II (中村芝鶴) as Hatsugiku (初菊)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochikuza, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 10/01/25
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 10) (三十六家選 (その十))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1925)
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1925
Print Date: 01/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
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Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Chubê (屋忠兵衛)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 01/**/25
Print Date: 04/01/26
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1926)
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Note: While Ganjirô I performed this role at the Shintomi-za, Tokyo in November 1914, it is unlikely
that this print reflects that performance.

Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Tobizu Tsurukichi ( 鳶頭鶴吉)

Play: Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Asakusa Kôen
Kan'non Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #8
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Note: Ennocuki II also performed
this role in a special performance
at the Kokugikan (国技館) in
December 1924. It is possible
that this print reflects that
performance. The envelope for Set #8
is shown in the Chikamine entry for
May 1924.

        Morita Kan'ya XIII
        (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
        Yakko-dako (奴凧)

        Play: Yakko-dako (奴凧)
        Performance Place:Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) #5
        Personal Collection

        Note: The envelope for Set #5 is shown
        in the Chikamine entry for January 1928.

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yakko-dako (奴凧)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takuemon (武右衛門)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ohan (お半)

Plays: Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Yakko Dako Sato no Harukaze (奴凧廓春風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 01/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 02/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1925)
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Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), Act III of Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (浮世柄比翼稲妻)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 06/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1925)
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Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (勝川春英),
which is outside the scope of this site.