MAY 1929

                     
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記) (Act X)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/29
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#18)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Chûsha VII died on July 12, 1936 at
age 77.  He first played the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in May 1919.  Although Chûsha
II's final Tokyo appearance in this role was at the Kabuki-
za in November 1931, it is possible that Gakô based
this print on one of Chûsha VII's prior performances.
 
 
 

Plays: Bubusu Sensei (ブブス先生)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shôgekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/11-30/29
Print Date: 05/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: Jyûsan Sai no Yoritomo (十三歳の頼朝); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記);
Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); Hitozame (人鮫); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/29
Print Date: 05/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Plays: Jyûsan Sai no Yoritomo (十三歳の頼朝); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記);
Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); Hitozame (人鮫); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/29
Print Date: 05/1929?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library