MAY 1905

                        
Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我當; 片岡我当) as
Yodogimi (淀君) and
Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu
(沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kado-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 05/13/05
Print Date: 05/1905
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu/Konobu III (長谷川貞信)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Although attributed to Sadanobu II, this print is
possibly an early print by Sadanobu III.
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Moriyoshi (守義)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Maki no Kata (牧の方)
 
Plays: Maki no Kata (牧の方); Shinpan Utazaimon (新板歌祭文); Misao Sanbasô (操三番叟);
Nuno-zarashi (布晒し; 布さらし)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/05
Print Date: 05/06/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The other two figures on the cover are as yet unidentified.   The child actor might be Nakamura
Kansuke [III?] (中村翫助).
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Tosabô (土佐坊)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Plays: Horikawa Youchi (堀川夜討); Tsuchigumo (土蜘); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪); Sangen Nagaya (三軒長家)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/22/05
Print Date: 05/22/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
[Thunderstorm at the Tanabata Festival]
Tanabata Matsuri No Raiu (七夕祭の雷雨)

Play: Maki no Kata (牧の方) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/05
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 62 (Jun. 1, 1905)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Nozakimura (野崎村)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新板歌祭文);
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/05
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 62 (Jun. 1, 1905)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

 
 
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Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Katagiri Katsumoto           Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijo (鬼女) in Momijigari (紅葉狩),
(片桐且元) in Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉), which opened at the Kabuki-       which opened at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in May 1905.
za in Tokyo in October 1910. 
                                                                                                                       Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Iwasaki Kazuhiko (岩崎一彦) in [Loving My 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takatoki (高時) in                Husband] Sôfuren (想夫憐),which opened at the Hongo-za on
Takatoki (高時), which opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in July             December 4, 1908.
1913.
                                                                                                                      Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kurzaka (栗作) in
? as ?                                                                                                           Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門), which opened at the Kabuki-za
                                                                                                                      in November 1912.
Onoe Usaburô II (尾上卯三郎) as ?
                                                                                                                      Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Karikaya Doshin
Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)                                                                (苅萱道心) Karukaya Doshin Tsukushi no Iezuto (苅萱桑門筑紫𨏍) at
Medium: Offset print?                                                                               the Kabuki-za on September 26, 1908.
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)                                                                    ? as ?
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center