MAY 1921

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#12)
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Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
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Note: See the Hasegawa Sadanobu
III - Undated Pochibukuro #2 section
for a related pochibukuro.

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
[Komatsuya] Sôshichi ([小松屋]宗七 )   
 
Play: Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21  
Print Date: 05/1921?
Artist: ?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print is similar in format to the series of
prints designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and
1920, and was probably issued by the publisher in a
limited attempt to continue the series after Kunisada
III's death in 1920.  It is also possible that it is a
posthumous reissue of an unknown Kunisada III
design.
 
 
 
  

                       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
        Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門 )
 
        Play: Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷) 
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/01/21
        Print Date: 05/1921?
        Artist: ?
        Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
        (千代 栄劇彩)
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com

        Note: This print is similar in format to the series of prints
        designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and 1920, and
       was probably issued by the publisher in a limited attempt
        to continue the series after Kunisada III's death in 1920. 
        It is also possible that it is a posthumous reissue of an
        unknown Kunisada III design.  

                 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Daitokuji (大徳寺); Nebiki no Kadomatsu
(寿門松);  Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷); Mashira no Kusemai (猿曲舞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kajiwara Genta (梶原源太)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Suzuki Shumizu (鈴木主水)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Wakato Ichisuke (若徒市助)
 
Plays: Ebira no Ume (箙の梅); Baien (煤煙); Shiraito Mondo Wakaba no Aoyama (白糸主水若葉の青山);
Butai ni Tatsu Tsuma (舞台に立つ妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Program:  Bran Pie (5/21); Oh, Joy! (5/22); The Kiss Call (5/23); The Maid of the Mountains (5/24);
Afgar (5/25); Going Up (5/26); Irene (5/27); Better 'Ole (5/28); The New Shop Girls (5/29);
Buzz Buzz (5/30); Pot-Pourri (5/31; selections from the above shows)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/21/21 - 05/31/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
Note: Performed by the Bandman Company
 

               
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辦慶)

Play: Hashi Benki  (橋辨慶; 橋弁慶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/21
Print Date: 11/01/23
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1923)
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Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.