APRIL 1923

                    
Murata Masao I (村田正雄) as Oshima (おしま)

Play: Shimizu Jirochō (清水次郎長)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/23
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)  (#6)
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unpublished design.  Masao I died on June 7, 1925 at age 55.
 
 

                    
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Saruhashi Uemon (猿橋右門)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koshimoto Chidori (腰元千鳥)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘蛛の精)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Mitsunari (三成)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nanao Kinshirô (七尾金四郎)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Tsuchigumo (蜘蛛); Saki Kisô Yuki no Ume ga Ka
(咲競雪梅香); Hideyoshi to Sorori (秀吉と曾呂利)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (其小唄夢廓);
Sukeroku Sakura no Futae Obi (助六櫻の二重帯)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (其小唄夢廓);
Sukeroku Sakura no Futae Obi (助六櫻の二重帯)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI ( 尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/23
Print Date: 05/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1923)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the actor is not identified on the print, there are photos from the production the month
before at the Ichimura-za that make it likely that it depicts Kikugorô VI.
 
 

                           
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

        Play:  Benten Musume Meo no
        Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
        Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/02/23
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro folder [Undated
        Pochibukuro Set #3]
        Series: [Portrait of **] ** no
        Omokage (**の面影) Part 1
    `   Personal Collection
 
        Note: Although not signed, it has
        been attributed to Shikô because
        one other pochibukuro in the set
        was identical to prints signed Shikô.
        The identification of the actor as
        Kikugorô VI may not be accurate.

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/23
Print Date: 05/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1923)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the actor is not identified on the print, photos of Sadanji II
in this role in the magazine from a production the month before make it
likely that it is Sadanji II.