FEBRUARY 1925




                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六由縁江戸櫻) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date:  02/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
 


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection
      

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as
        Sukeroku (助六)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六所縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        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) #2
        Personal Collection
 
 
 


       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as
        Sukeroku (助六)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六所縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: It is possible that this print is
        not by Chikamine but a knock-off of
        Chikamine's print.  Presumably, it
        was issued around the time of
        Chikamine's pochibukuro.
 
 
 


               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戶助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由緣江戶櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date: 03/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 3) (三十六家選 (その三))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

 


Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Agemaki (揚巻)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
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) #2
Personal Collection


       
        Nakamura Fukusuke V  (中村福助)
        as Shiratama (白玉)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六所縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        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)  #2
        Personal Collection
 
 
 


       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
        (松本幸四郎) as Ikyû (意休)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六所縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        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) #2
        Personal Collection

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/08/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection

Note: The same design was used for an earlier production at
the Kabuki-za in 1915 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 
 
 




Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sutara (Taishi) (須太拏(太子))
 
 ? as ?
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Funetakumi Shirôzo (船匠四郎藏)
 
 ? as ?
 
Plays: Sanetomo Kyô Toson Senki (實朝卿渡宋船記); Fuse Taishi no Nyûzan (布施太子の入山);
Gekkyûtori (月給取); Pariatchi (パリアツチ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/01/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 


 
 



               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由緣江戶櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date: 03/01/26
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. 3 (Mar. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 




               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郞) as Yayoi (弥生)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/25
Print Date: 01/01/26
Artist:  Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 13) (三十六家選 (その十三))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 



               
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Oshun (お俊)

Play: Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure (勝相撲浮名花触)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1925
Print Date: 07/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1928)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周),
which is outside the scope of this site.