November 1924

NOVEMBER 1924

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

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/1924
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵), No. 2
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Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 11/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: In the relevant time period, Utaemon V also portrayed
Masaoka at the Shintomi-za in April 1923 and at the Kabuki-za
in October 1928. I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print reflects one of these other performances.

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

        Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
        (伽羅先代萩)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/06/24
        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
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        Note: Utaemon V also performed
        this role at the Shintomi-za in April
        1923 with Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as Yashio (八汐)
        when Chikamine was active as a
        print designer. I cannot rule out
        the possibility that this print
        reflects that performance.   The
        envelope for Set #3 is shown in
        the Chikamine entry for June 1924.

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/1924
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵), No. 1
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            Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
            Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

            Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/06/24
            Print Date: 11/1924?
            Artist: Matsude Seifû (松田青風)
            Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
            Personal Collection

            Note: Kôshirô VII also portrayed this role in an April
            1916 production at the Teikoku Gekijô.

                    Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

                    Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
                    Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 11/06/24
                    Print Date: 12/01/24
                    Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
                    Medium: Machine printed lithograph
                    Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
                    Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)
                    Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺 )
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 11/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Fukuzuke V first played the role of Hanako in this
play at the Kabuki-za in December 1920. He also played
Hanako in Tokyo in productions of Kyôganoko Musume
Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺) at the Kabuki-za in April 1916
and at the Tokyo Minami-za in December 1923. I cannot
entirely rule out the possibility that this print reflects
Fukusuke V's December 1923 performance.

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 04/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1928)
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Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance. Fukusuke V also portrayed
Hanako in a production of Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺) at the Minami-za in Tokyo in December 1923. This magazine
also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国), which is outside the
scope of this site.

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

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Rokubei (六兵衛)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sakakibara Takao (榊原高尾)

Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Takagi Shizuma (高木志津馬)

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Muneharu (宗春)

Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sakakibara Takao (榊原高尾); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 11/1924?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Hanarumei (花瑠明)

Play: [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 10/31/24
Print Date: 12/01/24
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)
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