MARCH 1918

Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車) as
Ôuchi Yoshihiro (大内義弘)
 
Play: Hachijin Shugo no Honjô
(八陣守護城)
Performance Place: Shintomi-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #7
^Personal Collection
  
 

                               
            Nakamura Kaisha I
            (中村魁車) as
            Ôuchi Yoshihiro (大内義弘)
 
            Play: Hachijin Shugo no Honjô
            (八陣守護城)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/07/18
            Print Date: 03/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 

 
Arashi Kichisaburô VI (嵐吉三郎) as
Gotô Mototsugu (後藤基次)
 
Play: Hachijin Shugo no Honjô
(八陣守護城)
Performance Place: Shintomi-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #7
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
            Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
            Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門)

            Play: Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/07/18
            Print Date: 03/1918
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩) #8
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

            
            Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
            [Mother] Haha Myôjun (母妙順)     
 
            Play: Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/07/18
            Print Date: 03/1918
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩) #8
            ^Personal Collection
  
 

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)
as [Celestial Maiden] Tennin (天女)
 
Play:  Hagoromo (羽衣)
Performance Place: 03/07/18
Performance Date: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Print Date: ?   
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: Fukusuke IV also performed
this role at the Kabuki-za in March
1926.  Other undated senshafuda prints
from this series can be found in Eishô's
Senshafuda Set #2.

            
            Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)
            as [Celestial Maiden] Tennin (天女)
 
            Play:  Hagoromo (羽衣)
            Performance Place: 03/07/18
            Performance Date: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Series: 盛會御禮  
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: Fukusuke IV also performed
            this role at the Kabuki-za in March
            1926.  Although the actor is not identified
            on this print, it is presumably Fukusuke IV
            based on Eishô's related senshafuda. 
            Other undated senshafuda prints
            from this series can be found in Eishô's
            Senshafuda Set #3.
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門)
 
Play: Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 04/01/18
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Collotype
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Bimyô (微妙)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺清心)
 
Plays: Katakiuchi Shiraishi Banashi (敵討白石噺); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫); Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Moritsuna Jin'ya (盛綱陣屋)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)    
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 04/01/18
Artist: Kubota Kinsen (久保田金僊)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Yohê (与兵衛)

Play: Hikimado (引窓), Act VIII of Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 12/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University