May 1924

MAY 1924

Sawamura Denjirô I (沢村伝二郎; 沢村傳二郎) as
Ranchô (蘭蝶)

Play: Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/29/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Denjirô I also performed this role at the Miyato-
za in April 1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that
this print reflects that performance.

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II also played Chûya at the Meiji-za in April
1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects
Sadanji II's April 1923 performance.

        Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
        市川左團次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(        神下周峯)?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson

        Note: It is possible that this print is
        not by Chikamine but a knock-off of
        Chikamine's print. Presumably, it
        was issued around the time of
        Chikamine's pochibukuro.

Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya
(丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

        Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

        Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/03/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson

        Note: It is possible that this print is
        not by Chikamine but a knock-off of
        Chikamine's print. Presumably, it
        was issued around the time of
        Chikamine's pochibukuro.

            Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
            Nyôbô Osetsu (女房おせつ)

            Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
            Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 05/03/24
            Print Date: 1928?
            Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
            Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
            Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
            (當世名優面影双紙) #8
            Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 06/01/24
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. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
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Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 01/01/26
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1926)
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

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
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)
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Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
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)
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kajiwara Kagetoki ( 梶原平三景時)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原}
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role in Agehachô
Homare Kajiwara Kajiwara (揚羽蝶誉梶原) at the Shintomi-za
in January 1923 and in Kajiwara Heizô Homare Ishikiri
(梶原平三誉石切) at the Hongô-za in January 1927. I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of these other
performances.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara (梶原)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 11/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection

Note: It is possible that this print reflects a regional performance.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara Heizo (梶原平三)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 07/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com

Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川国貞), which is outside the scope of this site. It is possible that this print reflects some
regional performance.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Go Sanji Ume no Yoshibê (御存梅由兵衞)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/1924
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed the role of Ume no
Yoshibê at the Hôgaku-za in April 1925. I
cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects
Kichiemon I's April 1925 performance.

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (武智光秀)

Play: Go Sanji Ume no Yoshibê
(御存梅由兵衞))
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed
this role at the Hôgaku-za in April
1925. I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects
that performance.

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Oshichi (お七)

Play: Oshichi Kichisa (お七吉三)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/1924
Print Date: 05/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Osato (お里)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Note: Eizaburô VII died on May 7,
1926.

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺 )
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: 1924?
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/24
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. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Note: Although Kikugorô VI performed this role at the Ichimura-za in Tokyo starting on May 12,
1924, that performance would have been after the publication date of this issue. Kikugorô VI's
immediate prior performance in Tokyo was at the Ichimura-za in October 1921. The print likely
represents some intermediate regional production.