OCTOBER 1935

                   
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)

Play:  Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/35
Print Date: c. 1936
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection

Note:  This was Chûsha VII's last stage appearance.  He
died nine months later on July 12, 1936, and this print
might have been commissioned as a memorial print.
 
 
 
 

              
Soganoya Gorô (曽我廻家五郎) as Kamematsu (亀松)

Play: Sanjyûroku Kaishyô no Uchi  (三十六快笑の内):
 Hazakura (葉桜; 葉櫻)
Performance Place: Shinjuku Daiichi Gekijô
Performance Date: 10/09/35
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#29)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Gorô died on November 1, 1948 at
age 72.  This print may reflect some other performance
but October 1935 is the only performance in Tokyo that I
could find.  There was a play called "Hazakura" that
played at the Kabuki-za in April 1935 but it does not
appear to have been written or performed by Gorô. 
Given the closeness in dates, one wonders if Gorô's
comedy might have been a spoof of the play that
played at the Kabuki-za. The last performance of
Hazakura that I could find before Gorô's death was at
the Misono-za in Kyoto in May 1945.
 
 

Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我狩場曙 ); Nichiren Shônin Tatsukuchi Hônan
(日蓮聖人 竜口法難); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Mitsuningyô (三人形); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻); Genta Shigure (源太時雨)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/35
Print Date: 10/1935?
Artist:?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我狩場曙 ); Nichiren Shônin Tatsukuchi Hônan
(日蓮聖人 竜口法難); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Mitsuningyô (三人形); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻); Genta Shigure (源太時雨)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/35
Print Date: 10/1935?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                    
Play: [Uncle Tom's Cabin] Ankuru Tomusu Kebin (アンクル・トムス・ケビン)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/19-20/35
Print Date: 10/1935?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                    
Play: Seishun-hen Jinsei Gekijô (青春篇人生劇場)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/25/35 - 11/03/35
Print Date: 10/1935?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum