JUNE 1923

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 06/09/23
Print Date: 1923
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo (吉川観方)
*Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 06/09/23
Print Date: 1923
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Medium: Keyblock print
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Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ataka Gôemon (安宅郷右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôta Ôi (太田大炊)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nishina Rin'nosuke (仁科林之助)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hebitsukahi Okinu (蛇つかひお絹)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Toyokichi (豊吉)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Ono Komachi (小野小町)
 
Plays: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋);
Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ono Komachi (小野小町)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/23
Print Date: 06/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô  VII (松本幸四郎) as Wada Hyôe Hidemori (和田兵衛秀盛)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋), Act VIII of Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館 )
Performance Place: 06/01/23
Performance Date: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Print Date: 10/01/23
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. 10 (Oct. 1, 1923)
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Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osada no Kata (お貞の方)

Play: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/23
Print Date: 07/01/23
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. 7 (July 1, 1923)
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 Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Wet Nurse Shigenoi (乳人重の井),
as portrayed by actress Bando Kaeda (坂東カ枝)

Play: Kyôenroku (俠艷録)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/22/23
Print Date: 08/01/23
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. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)
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Note: The play within the play is some version or excerpt of Koi Nyôbô
Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱).