APRIL 1919

Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Ume-no-Kata (梅の方)

Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
(新薄雪物語)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Onoe Kikugorò VI (尾上菊五郎) as
            Sonobe Hyôe (園部兵衛)
 
            Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
            (新薄雪物語)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/30/19
            Print Date: 04/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村 吉右衛門) as
            Saizaki Iga-no-Kami  (幸崎伊賀守)
 
            Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
            (新薄雪物語)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/30/19
            Print Date: 04/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            SeChiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)ries:
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                               
                Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
                Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

                Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 04/01/19
                Print Date: 05/01/19
                Artist: Mori Shunchô (森春鳥)
                Medium: Lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                Vol. 13, No. 5 (May 1, 1919)
                Personal Collection
 
 

               
Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as
Atsumori (敦盛) 
 
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
         
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kurihara Tôtômi (栗原遠江)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as ?
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Atsumori (敦盛) 
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
 
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Nikkô Yômeimon (日光陽明門); Ibaraki (茨木);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲日記); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Katsura-hime (桂姫)
 
Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

                           
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
            Yoriie (頼家)
            
            Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
            (修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/03/19
            Print Date: 04/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次)
as Yasha-ô  (夜叉王)
            
Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 

Kawarasaki Gonjûrô II
(河原崎権十郎; 河原崎權十郎) as
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四))
           
Play: Kodama Hibiki Denju Osamu Ryôtô
(谺響伝授乃両刀; 谺響傳授の兩刀)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Tsukahara [Bokuden] (塚原 [卜伝])
 

Play: Kodama ni Hibiku Denjyu no Ryôtô
(谺響伝授乃両刀; 谺響傳授の兩刀)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/19?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 05/01/19
Artist: Matsuyama Shôzô (松山省三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 5 (May 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yasuna (保名)

Play: Kosode mo no Kyô (小袖もの狂)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokoyo
Performance Date: 03/30/19
Print Date: 07/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University