NOVEMBER 1903

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Nyôbô Tonami (女房戸浪)

Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place/: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Matsuômaru (松王丸)

   Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as
   Shundô Genba (春堂玄蕃)
 

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Kanzeon Keshin (観世音化身)

       

        Play: Tsubosaka Reigenki
        (壺坂霊験記; 壷坂霊験記)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/21/03
        Print Date: 11/1903
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
        Memorial Theatre Museum

  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
  Nyôbô Osato (女房お里)

  Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
  Sawaichi (沢市)

Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Fudôyama Hidegorô
(不動山秀五郎)

Play: Mikazuki (三日月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Central Metropolitan Library
       

  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
  Nyôbô Okiku (女房お菊)
 

                   
Kataoka Gatô III (片岡我当) as
Mikazuki Jirokichi (三日月治郎吉)

                
Plays:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Tsubosaka Reigenki (壷坂霊験記);
Mikazuki (三日月); Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/03
Print Date: 11/23/03
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

[Ophelia] Orie (おりえ)

Play: Hamuretto [Hamlet] (ハムレット)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/03
Print Date:  10/05/03
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Lithographic kuchi-e in the Hamuretto script published in
October 1903
Personal Collection

Note: Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) played Orie in the 1903
Hongô-za priemiere production of Hamuretto.
 
 

                               
            Kawakami Sadayakko ((川上貞奴) as Oriyé [Ophelia]

            Play: [Hamlet] Hamuretto (ハムレット)
            Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/02/1903
            Print Date: 04/20/2020
            Artist: Jenna Manders-Wilde
            Medium: Linocut reduction print
            Personal Collection (#5/8)
 
            Note: Although Sadayakko is not specifically referenced,
            the artist has publicly stated that she based this print on a
            photograph of Sadayakko as Ophelia.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Plays: [Hamlet] Hamuretto (ハムレット); Ukare Kokyû (うかれ胡弓)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:   11/02/03
Print Date: 11/1903?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki front page
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center