JANUARY 1927

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kan Shôjô (菅丞相; 管丞相)

Play:  Osanamoji Kabuki no Kakizome (幼字劇書初), seemingly an
abridged version of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/27
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#20)
*Personal Collection
 
 

Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as [The Spirit of the Parent Lion] Oya shishi no Sei (親獅子の精)
 
Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Sano Hyôe (佐野兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Miura Arajirō Yoshizumi (三浦荒次郎義澄)
 
Plays: Yûshoku Kamakura  (有職鎌倉山); Koito Sashichi Honchô Itoya Musume (小糸佐七本町糸屋の娘);
Shakkyô (石橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/27
Print Date: 01/1927?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Osono (お園)

Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1927
Print Date: 06/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 30) (三十六家選 (その三十))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print depicts Tokizô III as Osono in Hade Sugata
Onna Maiginu (艶容女舞衣), but I have not been able to locate such a
performance until long after the date of this publication.