JUNE 1909

Unread as Nyòbò Chiyo (女房千代)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Unread as Shundò Genba (春藤玄蕃)

Unread as
Nyòbò Tonami (源蔵女房戸浪)

Unread as Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)
 
Play:Terakoya (寺子屋), Act IV,
Scene 3 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 1909?
Print Date: 06/04/09
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Although Yaozô VII played the
role of Matsuòmaru on a number of
occasions, I have not found a
contemporanous performance of
this play with this cast around the
time that the print was made.
 
 
 
 

Unread as Hyakushô (百姓)

Unread as Terako (寺子)

Unread as Hyakushô (百姓)

Unread as Genan Sansuke (下男三助)

Unread as Yodarekuri [Yotarô]
(よだれくり [与太郎])

Unread as Terako (寺子)

                 
Ichikawa Danzo VII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hatsugiku (初菊)
 
Play: Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記); On'na Kusunoki (女楠); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛); Setsugekka (雪月花)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/09
Print Date: 06/04/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

               
Kabukiza (歌舞伎座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/09
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 108 (July 1, 1909)
Personal Collection
 
Note: The plays on the June bill at the Kabuki-za were Ehon
Taikôki  (絵本太功記); On'na Kusunoki (女楠); Yowa Nasake
Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛); and Setsugekka
(雪月花).
 

               
Yûrakuza (有樂座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Yûraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1909
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 108 (July 1, 1909)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the plays performed this month at the Yûraku-za
are not currently known, one would appear to be a Sambasô-mono.
 
 

               
[Peeking at the Kabuki-za] Kabuki-za no Zoki (歌舞伎座のぞき)
[Performing Arts Caricatures] Engei Fûshiga (演藝諷刺畫)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
? as ?
 
Plays: Ehon Taikoki (絵本太功記); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛); ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/09
Artist: Kitazawa Rakuten (北澤樂天)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 8 (July 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California