APRIL 1916

Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Yaegiri (八重桐)

Play: Komochi Yamanba
(嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Tokizô III also performed this role at
the Aomori Kabukiza in August 1921
and at the Shôchiku Gekijô in May
1926.  It is possible that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rô Kitsune (老狐)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as ?
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)

Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前); Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
(博多小女郎浪枕); Hanagoyomi Hasshojin (花暦八笑人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujibei (藤兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五耶) as Seiji (清次)

Play: Hototogisu Amayo Nomi no Kasa (時鳥雨夜の箕笠)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/16
Print Date: 05/01/16
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 5 (May 1, 1916)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺所化清心)
 
 
Play: Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/09/16
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Collotype
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV or V ((中村福助) as Hanako (花子)

Play: Dôjôji (道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, TOkyo
Performance Date: 04/09/16
Print Date: 10/01/18
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1918)
Personal Collection