MAY 1909



                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ryôrijin Kisuke (料理人喜介)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
 
Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記); Horikawa (堀川); Narita Risei Homare no Yûten
(成田利生誉祐天); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/09
Print Date: 05/09/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 





               
Meijiza (明治座)

Plays: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃); Horikawa (堀川);
Hanashôbu Keian Jikki (花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/09
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. 107 (June 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 




               
Ichimuraza (市村座)

Play: ?; Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香); ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/13/09
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. 107 (June 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the May bill at the Ichimura-za were Kinpira
Hōmon  Arasoi (金平法問争); Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbê
(極付幡随長兵衛); Touzumou Hana no Edogata (唐相撲花江戸方);
and Uraomote Date Tezome Kosode (裏表伊達染小袖).