JULY 1917

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Badarai no Mitsuhide (馬盥の光秀), Act II of
Toki-ha Ima Amagashita Shiru Satsuki Kana
(時今天下知皐哉)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/17
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#1)
*Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also played this role in a production at
the Yokohama-za in September 1922.  I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects that performance. The print,
however, strongly resembles a production photograph from
the 1917 production.
 
 
 
 

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
Banzuiin Chôbé (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)

Play: Suzu-ga-mori (鈴ヶ森)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/17
Print Date: 07/1917?
Artist: Matsude Seifû (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
*Personal Collection

                   
                    Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎; 喜多村綠郞) as
                    Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

                    Play: Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森)
                    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 07/14/17
                    Print Date:  07/1917?
                    Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
                    Publication: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
                    Personal Collection

                 
 
Plays: Kokoro no Nazo Chûgi no E-Awase (意中謎忠義繪画合); Giô (祗王); Udewa (腕環);
Meisaku Kirikono Akebono (銘作切籠曙)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/30/17
Print Date: 06/1917?'
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kamakura no Hito Yo (鎌倉の一夜); Tsunbo Zatô (つんぼ座頭); Madamu Batafurai (蝶子夫人);
Natsu Matsuri On'na Danshichi  (夏祭女團七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/17
Print Date: 07/1917?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum