APRIL 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.
 
 
 
 

           
            Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
            Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季)
           
            Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記; ひら仮名盛衰記)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/10/12
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Chidori (千鳥)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka (梶原平次景高)
 
Plays: Shirabyôshi Kami-ô (白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記); Gojôbashi (五条橋);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);  Hanakura Tai Amigasa (花競対編笠)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Print Date: 04/10/12A
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Myônen  (妙念)
  
Play: Dôjôji (道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/27/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 
 

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Ichijô Ôkura (一条大蔵; 一條大蔵)
 
Play: Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一条大蔵卿; 一條大蔵卿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 

                         
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
        (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
        Ichijô Ôkura (一条大蔵; 一條大蔵)
 
        Plays: Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一条大蔵卿; 一條大蔵卿); 
        Haha (母);  Anjin (按針);  Hayagaten (早合點);
        Furawâ, Dansu (フラワー、ダンス); Honchô
        Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/01/12
        Print Date: 04/01/12
        Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
        Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
        Personal Collection
 

               
[April at the Kabuki-za]
Kabukiza no Shigatsu (歌舞伎座の四月)

Play: Gojôbashi (五条橋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 143 (May 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The other plays on the April bill were Shirabyôshi Kami-ô
(白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記);  Futatsu
Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); and Hanakura Tai
Amigasa (花競対編笠).
 
 

               
[April at the Teikoku Gekijô]
Teikoku Gekijô no Shigatsu (帝国劇場の四月)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 143 (May 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the April bill were Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一条大蔵卿;
一條大蔵卿); Haha (母);  Anjin (按針);  Hayagaten (早合點); Furawâ,
Dansu (フラワー、ダンス); and Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝).