OCTOBER 1924

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/24
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) (#8)
Personal Collection

Note: Nizaemon XI first played this role at the Kabuki-za
in October 1917 and reprised the role at the Kabuki-za in
October 1921.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print
on one of those earlier performances.
 
 

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Yoshitsune (義経)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1924
Print Date:  10/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Fukusuke V also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in
February 1928.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print reflects that performance. 

                    
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kôno Rokurô Michiari (河野六郎通有)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as ?
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otsuma (お妻)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as O-Rin (お臨)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hôjô Sagam-no-Kami Tokimune (北條相模守時宗)
 
Plays: Kamikaze (神風); Momiji no Eneshi no Shirahari (紅葉宴衛士白張);
Otsuma Hachirobê Ryôgoku Kôdan (おつま八郎兵衛兩國巷談); Mei Lanfan (梅蘭芳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/25/24 - 11/04/24
Print Date: 10/1924?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

[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
Personal Collection

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as ?
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date:
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)
Personal Collection

 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Umegawa (梅川) 

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai  (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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)
Personal Collection
 
Note: The actors performed this roles opposite each
another at the Shintomi-za, Tokyo in November 1914 and
at the Naniwa-za in Osaka in June 1916.
 
 
 
 

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)? as
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助)? as
Yaegaki hime (八重垣姫)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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)
Personal Collection
 
Note:  The actor's names are hard to read and may
not be as indicated.  I can find no indication that
Uzaemon XV and Fukusuke V performed these roles
together in the relevant time period.  It is possible that
this is a mitate-e.
 
 
 
 

 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date:
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)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate-e.   I can find no record
of these performers appearing together in this roles in
Tokyo
 
 
 
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