AUGUST 1915

Nakamura Kotarô II (中村児太郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (お小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興]鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke IV  (中村福助; 
中村幅助) as
Kôbei (興兵衛)

Play: Uzuki no Momiji (卯月の紅葉)
Performance Place: Naniwa-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 08/1915
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Ogawa Hyôe (小川兵衛)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
 (新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Hishikawa Shigenobu no Rei
(菱川重信の靈)

Play: [Kaidan] Chibusa no Enoki
([怪談]乳房榎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Bandô Jusaburô III
(坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎) as
Isogai Namie (磯貝浪江)

Play: [Kaidan] Chibusa no Enoki
([怪談]乳房榎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Uwabami no Sanji (蟒三次)
 
Play: Chibusa no Enoki (乳房榎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ki no Aritsune (紀有常)
 
Play: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari
(競伊勢物語)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語); Migawari Zazen (身替座禅);
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔),
Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/1915?
Artist: ?

Note: Although lacking any information about the
subject or the artist, the print's resemblance to
Koka's print of KikugorôVI as Shinza is
unmistakable.  However, this might also be by an
anonymous artist copying the Koka print.
 
 
 

Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Okuma (おくま)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode MukashiHachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection