AUGUST 1916

                 
Wrapper for [Famous Actors From East and West Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata (東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)

Print Date:  08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata (東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Given that Kanpô was a Kyoto artist and the publisher was based in
Kyoto, the actors depicted in this series likely performed their roles in Kyoto
(or Osaka).   However, because the title references famous actors from the
east (i.e., Tokyo), it is possible that some postcards may depict
contemporaneous performances in Tokyo as well.

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団治; 市川左團治)
as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Zôho Tenjinki (増補天神記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II performed this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in August 1916.  It is
not known at this time if he also performed
this role in Kyoto around the same time.
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Fukushimaya Osono (福島屋おその)

Play: Shinjû Naniwa no Harusame
(心中浪華春雨)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Shôchô II played this role multiple
times over the course of his career.  Since
his most recent performance in Tokyo was
at the Hongo-za in January 1915, this likely
depicts a subsequent performance in Kyoto.
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Fukushimaya Osono (福島屋おその)

Play: Shinjû Naniwa no Harusame
(心中浪華春雨)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This is a variant version lacking the
silver mica background.
 
 
 

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛)

Play: Kane Morotomo Urami no Samezaya
(鐘もろとも恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Enjaku II performed this role at the
Hongô-za in Tokyo in February 1916.  It is not
known at this time if he subsequrently
performed this role in Kyoto.
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Igami no Gonta (いがみの權太); Suôotoshi (素襖落); Zôho Tenjinki (天神記);
Tôkaidô Hizakurige (東海道膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/16
Print Date: 08/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum