OCTOBER 1925

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as 
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also performed
the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) at
the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is possible that this print
reflects Uzaemon XV's performance in that later production.

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Chûsha VII's performance
in that later production. 
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Sadanji II's performance in
that later production.

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Uzaemon XV's performance
in that later production.
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次) as Nangô Rikimaru (南鄉力丸)

Play: Benten Musume On'na Otoko Shiranami (辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 09/01/26
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. 9 (Sept. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Nichiren (日蓮)

Play:  Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/25
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Saibôzu Nishizumi (斉坊主西住)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koume (小梅)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Hirano Saemon-no-jô (平ノ左衛門尉) 
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nichiren (日蓮)
 
Plays: Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人); Onatsu Kyôran (おなつ狂乱); Koume to Yoshibê (小梅と由兵衛);
Nijûshikô Kitsunebi (廿四孝狐火)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/25
Print Date: 10/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
? as ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (澤村宗十郎) as Shijô Kingo Yorimoto (四條金吾賴基)
 
Title: Depiction of the Persecution of Nichiren at Tatsunokuchi
(龍之口法難之圖)
Play: Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 11/01/25
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection 
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Ono no Tôfû (小野道風)

Play: Ono no Tôfû Aoyagi Suzuri (小野道風青柳硯)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/25
Print Date: 05/01/26
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. 5 (May 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               
Kataoka Chiyonosuke (片岡千代之助) as Konishi Seibei (小西清兵衛)

Play: Imamiya Jûmandô Tsuchi Ningyô no Iro Musume (今宮十万堂土人形の色娘) aka Raizan (来山)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 08/01/27
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. 6, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection