OCTOBER 1928

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: [1929]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#7)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Utaemon V first played the role of Masaoka in this
play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in March 1914.  Although
Utaemon V's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in
October 1928, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Utaemon V's prior performances.  However, the
print is similar to a photo from the October 1928
production.
 
 
 

 

       
        Nakamura Kichiemon I    
        (中村吉右衛門) as
        Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

        Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) #3
        Personal Collection
   
       Note: The envelope for Set #3 is shown in
        the Chikamine entry for June 1924.

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Play:  Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji (忠臣藏年中行事)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Nizaemon XI also performed this role in
Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Kabuki-za in April 1921.
Given that 1921 and 1928 appear to be rather early and late,
respectively, for a Hanayama print, it is possible that the
print reflects an intermediate  performance outside of Tokyo.
 
 

       
        Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
        Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
        
        Play: Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji
        (忠臣藏年中行事)
        Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô,
        Tokyo   
        Performance Date: 10/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#D]
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: The envelope for Set #D is shown
        in the Chikamine entry for April 1926
 

                    
Plays: Kama-ga-Fuchi Futatsu Domoe (釜淵双級巴);  Chôryô Heisho no Tamamono ( 張良兵書賜);
Hizakurige (膝栗毛); Funa Benkei (船辨慶); [Miss Ruth Page Dance] Ruusu Pêji Joshi Buyô
(ルウス・ペエヂ女史舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/02/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Plays: [Miss Ruth Page Dance] Ruusu Pêji Joshi Buyô (ルウス・ペエヂ女史舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01-25/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum