April 1926

APRIL 1926

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Yodogimi Odawarajin (淀君小田原陣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#13)
Personal Collection

Note: Utaemon V first played the role of Yodo no Kata
(淀の方) in Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
at the Hongo-za in Tokyo in November 1913, at the Kabuki-za
in October 1916, April 1919, and June 1925; at the Shintomi-
za in May 1921, and at the Meiji-za in February 1924. He
also played the character in a play called Yodogimi (淀君) at
the Kabuki-za in November 1918, January 1921, and October
1925; in a play called Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉) at the Kabuki-za
in October 1919 and at the Hongo-za in October 1924; in a
play called Ôsakajô (大阪城) at the Kabuki-za in January
1921; and in a play called Seki-ga-Hara (関ヶ原) at the
Kabuki-za in April 1925. It is possible that this print
depicts any of these performance, especially the one at the
Kabuki-za in October 1925 if the print was published
before April 1926.

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Yodogimi Odawarajin (淀君小田原陣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Okamoto Ippei (岡本一平)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村雁治郎; 中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Kameya Jihê (心中紙屋治兵衛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 04/1926?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô I also portrayed Kameya Jihê in a
production of Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
at the Shintomi-za in November 1922. I cannot rule
out the possibility that this print reflects that
performance.

[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site. The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.

                Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村雁治郎 as
                Kamiya Jihei (紙屋次兵衛)

                Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 04/01/26
                Publication Date: 1927
                Artist: ?
                Medium: Machine printed lithograph

        Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘彌) as
          Ashikaga Mitsuuji (足利光氏)

        Play: Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome (田舎源氏露東雲)
          Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 04/01/26
        Publication Date: 1927
        Artist: ?
          Medium: Machine printed lithograph

Plays: Nigatsudô (二月堂); Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅); Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome
(田舎源氏露東雲); Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 04/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Okaru (お軽; おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1926
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#D]
Personal Collection

        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/1926
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#D]
        Personal Collection

        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
        Matsuômaru (松王丸)

        Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車) as
        Tonami (戸浪)

        Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
        Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

        Ichikawa Ebijûrô VII (市川鰕十郎) as
        Shundô Genba (春藤玄蕃)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/01/26
        Print Date: 1926
        Artist: Kono Michisei (河野通勢)
        Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
        Personal Collection

        Note: All but Ebijûrô I performed their particular roles at the
        Kabuki-za in Tokyo in April 1926. It is unclear if Ebijûrô I
        is listed in error, if he was a replacement for the actor
        during the run, or if the print actually reflects a performance
        on tour and not the one at the Kabuki-za.

[Kabuki Manga]

Play: [Reminiscences of Numata and the Chronicles of Gimin Mozaemon]
Numata Kaiko Gimin Mozaemon Ichidaiki (沼田回顧義民茂左衛門一代記)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 04/11/26?
Print Date: 11/1926
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed?
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Performed by Inoue Masao's troupe (井上正夫一派).