MAY 1923

                    
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Bunzaemon (文左衛門)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shôya Mohei  (庄屋茂兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kakutarô (角太郎)
 
Plays: Jinniku no Ichi (人肉の市); Kinokuni Bunza Daijin Mai (紀國文左大盡舞);
Gimin Jinbê (義民甚兵衛); Byakko no Yu (白狐の湯); Natsu no Hi no Koi (夏の日の戀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/06/23
Print Date: 05/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎) as Ama Isona (海女磯菜)

Play: Shiokumi (汐汲み) [Shichimai Tsuzuki Hana no Sugatae (七枚続花の姿繪)]
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1923
Print Date: 08/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (歌川豊国),
which is outside the scope of this site.

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune Tabi (道行初音旅), Act IV, Scene I of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/23
Print Date: 06/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1923)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the actor is not identified on the print, a photo of Fukusuke IV in this role in the
magazine from a production the month before make it likely that it is Fukusuke IV.

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)

Play: Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/23
Print Date: 06/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1923)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1923
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Uzaemon XV performed this role six times in
Tokyo between 1905 and 1923.