APRIL 1927

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I as (中村吉右衛門) as
Kôchiyama Munetoshi (河内山宗俊)

Play: Kumo ni Magau Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花 ; 雲衣紛上野初花 )
Performance Place:  Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/02/27
Print Date:  04/1927?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also portrayed Kôchiyama in a
production of  Kôchiyama (河内山) at the Meiji-za in May
1923.  I cannot rule out the possiblity that this print reflects
that performance.
 
 

       
        Nakamura Kichiemon I
        (中村吉右衛門) as
        Kôchiyama (河内山)

        Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no
        Hatsuhana(天衣紛上野初花)
        Performance Place: Hongô-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/02/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as
        Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)

        Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
        (侠客春雨傘)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/03/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
        Personal Collection

       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
        as Musashibô Benkei
        (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)
 
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
        (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎 as
        Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

        Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/01/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次)
        as Yasha-ô  (夜叉王)

        Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
        (修禅寺物語)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/03/27
        Print Date: c. 1927-1928
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
        3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
        3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
        Personal Collection
 
       

                    
Plays: Zenzen Taieiki (前々太平記); Shiraishi Banashi (白石噺); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kasane Monogatari (累物語); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Operas: The Tales of Hoffman; Carmen; Khovanschina; Faust; Samson and Delilah;
Boris Godunov; Lakmé; Sadko
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/26/27 - 05/05/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the Russian Grand Opera.
 
 
 

Plays: Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記); Nanbuzaka (南部坂); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/03/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記); Nanbuzaka (南部坂); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/03/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum