SEPTEMBER 1924

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Higuchi Jirô (樋口次郎),  posing as
Matsuemon (松右衛門)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place:  Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date:  091924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
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Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu (樋口冶郎兼光)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 10/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects a regional
performance.
 
 
 
 

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Sukeroku (助六)
 
Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Kôen Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1924
Print Date: 1924?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
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[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
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Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Higuchi Jirô (桶口次郎)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Hongo-xs, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
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Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Omiyo (お己代)

Play: Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai (八幡祭小望月賑)
Performance Place: Hôngaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/24
Print Date: 10/01/24
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. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1924)
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Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 02/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 2) (三十六家選 (その二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1925)
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Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Onatsu (お夏)

Play: Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂乱)
Performance Place: Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/24
Print Date: 11/01/26
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 5, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1926)
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Note:  It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.