FEBRUARY 1927

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play:  Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage
( 時今也桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô,Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/27
Print Date:  02/1927?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also portrayed Mitsuhide in a
production of Toki-mo Kikyô Shusse no Ukejô
(時桔梗出世請状) at the Yokohama-za  in September
1922.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects that performance.
 
 

       
        Nakamura Kichiemon I
        (中村吉右衛門) as
        Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

        Play: Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage
        (時今也桔梗旗揚)
        Performance Place: Shinbashi
        Enbujô, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/04/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        1st Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        1-shû (舞台絵巻 第1集)
        Personal Collection
 
       

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Yojirô (与次郎)

        Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki (近頃河原の達引)
        Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/03/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        1st Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        1-shû (舞台絵巻 第1集)
        Personal Collection
 
             

       
        Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
        as Okaru (おかる)
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as Kanpei (勘平)

        Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
        (道行旅路花聟) between Acts IV and
        V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        1st Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        1-shû (舞台絵巻 第1集)
        Personal Collection
 
       
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke V
        (中村 福助) as
        Princess Yaegaki (八重垣姫)

        Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
        Performance Place: Shinbashi
        Enbujô, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/04/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        1st Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        1-shû (舞台絵巻 第1集)
        Personal Collection
 
       

Plays: Taira no Masakado (平將門); Shinyû (親友); Oshichi (お七)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/10/27
Print Date: 02/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Taira no Masakado (平將門); Shinyû (親友); Oshichi (お七)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/10/27
Print Date: 02/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by Carpi's Italian Grand Opera Co.