FEBRUARY 1912

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

            
            Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as Oyumi (お弓)    
           
            Play: Dondoro (どんどろ)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/08/12
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

            Note: While Shunsen has written "中村梅玉," the program uses kanji that
            resembles "中村梅崔."  Could this be Nakamura Baijaku I (中村梅雀)?

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yamakage Ukyô (山陰右京)
 
Play: Migawari Zazen (身替座禅)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/17/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
 
Plays: Chikamatsu Kaikei Soga (近松会稽曽我); Higo no Kami Kiyomasa (肥後守清正);
Migawa Zazen (身替座禅);   Koi Sumô Haru Kaobure (恋相撲春顔触); Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (寿靭猿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/17/12
Print Date: 02/17/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as O-Fuji (お藤)
 
Play: Keiko Ôgi (稽古扇)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Hito no Oya (人の親); Musume Setsuyô (娘節用); Keiko Ôgi (稽古扇);
Taihen Taihen Taihen (大変大変大変)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/12
Print Date: 02/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

    Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村雁治郎 [sic: 中村鴈治郎]) as
    Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)
 
    Play: Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門)
    Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 02/08/12
    Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
 
Plays: Shiobara Takao (塩原高尾); Hinode (日の出);  Kumano (opera) (熊野); Yôkina Nyôbô
(陽気な女房); Ume Shochiku (梅松竹)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/12
Print Date: 02/02/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum