MAY 1919

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Mitsuhide (光秀)
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
Note: This design was posthumously
reissued in a slightly different color
scheme when Chûsha VII reprised this
role at the Meiji-za in September 1922.

Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as
Hisayoshi (久吉)
Play:
Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print
Date: 05/1919?
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series:
Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal
Collection

Sawamura
Sojuro VII (:沢村宗十郎) as
Hatsugiku
(初菊)
Play:
Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print
Date: 05/1919?
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
Takechi
Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
Play:
Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print
Date: 05/1919?
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series:
Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal
Collection

Kataoka
Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as
Masakiyo
(正清)
Play:
Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print
Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Chiyo ni
Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image
courtesy of Fuji Arts
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Gogatsu no Asa (五月の朝);
Noroi (呪);
Mei Ranfan [Mei Lanfang] Shinageki (梅蘭芳支那劇); Musume Jishi (娘獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Noroi (呪); Kingo Hideaki (金吾秀秋);
Modori Kago (戻駕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Hana Arasoi (花争); Kagura Kitsune (神楽狐); Momoiro Ômu (桃色鸚鵡);
Kanae Hôshi (鼎法師);
Oshi Nyôbô (唖女房); Komachi Odori (小町踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/15/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Hisayoshi (久吉)
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Mori Shunchô (森春鳥)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
Play: Tanzen Asahina (丹前朝比奈)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
Mei Lanfang (梅蘭芳) as [Celestial Maiden] Ten'nyo (天女)
Play: Ten'nyo Sange (天女散華)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Kojô Gentaya (小条源太耶)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University