SEPTEMBER 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:  09/01/16
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.

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Igami no Gonta ( いがみの權太)
[Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)]
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01//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: Kikugorô VI performed this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in August 1916.  There
was a production at the Minami-za in Kyoto in
June 1916, but I have not been able to confirm
whether Kikugorô VI was in the cast.
 

 
 

                 
Nakamura Shibajaku IV  (中村芝雀) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)

Play: Some Oshichi-mono play
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
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

Note: This postcard was missing when the
set was acquired.
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Umekawa (梅川)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai  (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
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: Fukusuke IV performed this role in the
"Fûin Giri" scene at the Naniwa-za in Osaka
 in June 1916 opposite Nakamura Ganjirô I.

                         
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai 
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
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: Ganjirô I performed this role in the
"Fûin Giri" scene at the Naniwa-za in
Osaka in June 1916 opposite Nakamura
Fukusuke IV
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Ejima Ikushima  (江島生島);
Funa Benkei (船辨慶); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/16
Print Date: 09/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum