APRIL 1915

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Agemaki (揚巻)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 
 

 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as ?
Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15           
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]   
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

           
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ikyû (意休)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Personal Collection

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

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

           
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Image courtesy of David Bull

           
Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎) as
Shirozaki Uri (sweet white sake seller)
Shinbei (白酒売新兵衛)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as
Shiratama (白玉)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date:06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Ichikawa Yaozô 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:  04/08/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection

Note:  The same design was used for a later production at the
Kabuki-za in 1925 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)


Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date:  06/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 

 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as
Mukôkizu Yosaburô ((向疵与三郎)
[Kirare Yosa (切られ与三)]

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

            
            Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as  
            Mukôkizu Yosaburô ((向疵与三郎)
            [Kirare Yosa (切られ与三)]

            Play:  Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
            (与話情浮名横櫛)
            Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/1915
            Print Date: 03/02/15
            Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
           Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
            Personal Collection
    
 
 
 
 

                   

Plays: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太閤記); Adesugata
On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Ninin Bakama (二人袴);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛);
Gion no Yo Zakura (祇園の夜櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/15
Print Date: 04/02/15
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 

                   

Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録);
Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa (助六曲輪菊);
Hyakugumi Shusse Tobi (百組出世鳶) ;
Jômi no Sechie (上巳の節会)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 03/31/15
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) 
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)

Play: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsude Seifû (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

                    
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa
(助六曲輪菊)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Yojirô no Hahaoya (與次郎の母親)
[Yojirô's bliind mother Ogin] 

Play: Horikawa (堀川) aka Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#2)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Karoku III died on May 17, 1919 at
age 71.
 
 
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Yojirô (與次郎; 与次郎)

Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引) [Horikawa (堀川)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsude Seifû (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

                 
[Gondola Song] Gondola no Uta (ゴンドラの唄)
 
Play::[The Night Before] Sono Zen'ya  (その前夜)
Perfomance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/26/15
Print Date:  06/29/16 (first printing, though the
image shown is from a later printing)
Artist: Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二)
Medium: Woodblock printed sheet music cover
 
Note: This song was introduced by Matsui Sumako
(松井須磨子) in Sono Zen'ya, who later recorded it.
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Meshi (飯); Sono Zen'ya (その前夜); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/26/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum