NOVEMBER 1918





Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as
Masaoka (政岡)
 
Play: Ume Momiji Nishiki no Dateori
(梅照葉錦伊達織)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/08/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 

            
            Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
            Niki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
            Play: Ume Momiji Nishiki no Dateori
            (梅照葉錦伊達織)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/08/18
            Print Date: 11/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection
 
 

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
            Otokonosuke (男之助)
 
            Play: Ume Momiji Nishiki no Dateori
            (梅照葉錦伊達織)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/08/18
            Print Date: 11/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
        Samurai Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)
 
        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/01/18
        Print Date: 11/1918?
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
        Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
            Hangan (判官)
 
            Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/18
            Print Date: 11/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection


Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Moronô (師直)
          
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
 

            


Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/28/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #10
Personal Collection

               


Kataoka Nizaemon XI
(片岡仁左衛門) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke
(大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/28/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #10
Personal Collection
 
 

               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/28/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #10
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #1]
Personal Collection

Note: This print is not signed, but
the artist of certain other pochibukuro in
the set has been identified as Fujisawa.
 
 
 
 

 


               


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)


Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Saigyô Hôshi (西行法師)
 
Play: Shigure Saigyô (時雨西行)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 

            


 Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi  (淀君)
 
Play: Yodogimi  (淀君)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

           


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishida Mitsunari (石田三成)
Play: Yodogimi  (淀君)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 


Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
Koume (小梅)
 
Play: Mukae Kago [Koume Yoshibê]
(迎駕篭 [小梅由兵衛])
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

           
            Arashi Kichisaburô VI ( 嵐吉三郎) as
            Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
 
            Play: Mukae Kago [Koume Yoshibê]
            (迎駕篭 [小梅由兵衛])
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/05/18
            Print Date: 11/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Personal Collection

            
            Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
            (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
            Torazô (虎蔵; 寅蔵) 
 
            Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
            (鬼一法眼三略巻)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/31/18
            Print Date: 11/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

        
         Sawamura Sônosuke I
         (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
         Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫) 
 
         Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
         (鬼一法眼三略巻)
         Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
         Performance Date: 10/31/18
         Print Date: 11/1918?
         Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
         Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
         Personal Collection
 
 
 

        
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若)
        as Chienai (智恵内)
 
        Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
        (鬼一法眼三略巻)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/31/18
        Print Date: 11/1918?
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
        Personal Collection


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼) 
 
Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

           
           

                 
 
Plays: Atakemaru  (安宅丸); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻);
Some Moyô Imose no Kadomatsu (染模様妹背門松)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 




                 
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Kawashô (河庄), Act I of Shinjû Ten no
Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Naniwa-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/31/18
Print Date:  01/28/19
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Hyôban Rien Tansei (評判梨園丹青)
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô I first portrayed Kamiya Jihê in Tokyo at
the Kabuki-za in October 1906.  He reprised the role at
the Shintomi-za in May 1911 and October 1916, and
at the Kabuki-za in April 1917.  It is possible that this
print depicts one of those earlier performances.