May 1918

MAY 1918

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Chôkichi (or Nagayoshi) (長吉)

Play: Myôkendô Kezuka Yurai
(妙見堂毛塚由来)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
            Ushiuemon (?) (丑右衛門?)

            Play: Myôkendô Kezuka Yurai
            (妙見堂毛塚由来)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/02/18
            Print Date: 05/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代栄劇彩)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
            Mitsukuni (光国)

            Play: Takiyasha (瀧夜叉)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/02/18
            Print Date: 05/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代栄劇彩) #10
            Personal Collection

          Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
          Takiyasha (瀧夜叉)

          Play: Takiyasha (瀧夜叉)
          Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 05/02/18
          Print Date: 05/1918?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
          (千代栄劇彩) #10
          Personal Collection

          Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
          [Abe no] Sadatò (貞任)

          Play: Òshù Adachi-ga-Hara
          (奥州安達原)
          Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 05/05/18
          Print Date: 05/1918?
          Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
          Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
          (千代栄劇彩)
          ^Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團郎) as
Abe no Munetô (安倍宗任)

Play: Òshù Adachi-ga-Hara
(奥州安達原)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 1918?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[E2-2]
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿第二編) #3
Personal Collection

                Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
                Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

                Play: Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô (梅雨小袖昔八丈)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 05/05/18
                Print Date: 06/01/18
                Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
                Medium: Lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                Vol. 12, No. 6 (June 1, 1918)
                Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon
(鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿第二編) #3
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon
(鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #2]
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon
(鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[E2-2]
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon (鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Konatsu (小夏)

Play: Yanagi Shima Kezuka no Yurai
(妙見堂毛塚由来)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Since Kikujirô III died on August 27,
1919, the performance in this print would
have occurred on or before August 1919.

            Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎)
            as Konatsu (小夏)

            Play: Yanagi Shima Kezuka no
            Yurai (妙見堂毛塚由来)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/02/18
            Print Date: 05/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

            Note: Since Kikujirô III died on
            August 27, 1919, the performance
            in this print would have occurred
            on or before August 1919.

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Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Komazawa Jirozaemon (駒沢次郎左衛門)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tokuemon (徳右衛門)

Plays: Shin Kagamiyama (新鏡山); Shinobu Sato Busshi no Monogatari (信夫里佛師物語);
Ikiutsushi Asagao Nikki (生寫朝顔日記); Uso no Yo no Naka (嘘の世の中)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

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Play: Shinobu Sato Busshi no Monogatari (信夫里佛師物語)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/18
Print Date: 06/01/18
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of Columbia University

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shirakoya Okuma (白子屋お熊)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三) [Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 07/01/20
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University