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
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: Yamada Shinkichi (山田伸吉)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 5, No. 14 (Oct. 1, 1925)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 5, No. 15 (Oct. 8, 1925)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 5, No. 16 (Oct. 15, 1925)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: Yamada Shinkichi (山田伸吉)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 5, No. 17 (Oct. 22, 1925)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 5, No. 18 (Oct. 30, 1925)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kisen (喜撰)
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Hachirô Tametomo (八郎為朝)
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Hacchô-tsubute no Kiheiji (八町礫の喜平次)
Plays: Yumiharizuki (弓張月); Rokkasen (六歌仙), Teishu (亭主);
Yaozô Kichigorô (八百藏吉五郎)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/07/25
Print Date: 10/07/25
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library