JANUARY 1929

      
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/29
Print Date: [1929]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Sadanji II first performed the role of Marubashi in
Tokyo at the Meiji-za in September 1906.  He reprised this
role at the Meiji-za in May 1909, at the Hongô-za in
October 1912, at the Kabuki-za in June 1916, at the
Shintomi-za in May 1920, at the Meiji-za in April 1923,
and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in May 1924.
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as Marubashi Chuya (丸橋忠弥)
 
Ichikawa Chùsha VII  (市川中車) as Izu no Kami (伊豆守)
 
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed hikifuda
Personal Collection


 
 
 
 
   

                 
Sawada Shôjirô (澤田正二郎; 沢田正二郎) as
Kunisada Chûji (国定忠治)

Play: Kunisada Chûji (国定忠治)
Performance Place: Yamate Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#9)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Shôjirô died on March 4, 1929 at age
34.  He first played the role of Kunisada Chûji in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in June 1921.  Although Shôjirô's last Tokyo
appearance in this role was in January 1929, it is possible
that Gakô based this print on one of Shôjirô's prior
performances in that play.
 
 
 

                   

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller atrributed the authorship to
Kiyotada IV.  Also on the bill were Gion
Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), Iro Moyô
Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆), and Kami
no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組).  
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
portrayed Yukihime in Gion Sairei Shinkôki.
 
 
 
 
   

                    
Play: Chûgi (忠義)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shôgekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01-20/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Dances   [Antonia Argentina] Antônia Aruhentîna (アントーニア・アルヘンティーナ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/26-30/29
Print Date: 01/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum