ICHIKAWA YAOZÔ VII (市川八百蔵)
  03/19/1860 - 07/12/1936

aka ICHIKAWA CHÛSHA VII (市川中車)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Ushiwaka (源牛若)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Chienai (智恵内), actually Kisanta (喜三太)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Play: Kiichi Hougen Kuramayama Jutsuken (鬼一法眼鞍馬山術健)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/12
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamabosi Shoten

Note: This appears to be a version of a Kuramayama play such as Kuramayama no Danmari (鞍馬山のだんまり), possibly combined with portions of
Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).  Yaozô VII, Uzaemon XV, and Utaemon V later performed these roles at the Kabuki-za in Toyko in
November 1912  in a production of Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki.  The role of Chienai/Kisanta was played by
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) in that production.

OCTOBER 1912

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Benkei (弁慶)
           
Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅の関)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Chienai (智恵内)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵), actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Plays:  Shin Nanba Senki (新難波戦記); Kikubatake (菊畑); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Jitsugetsusei (日月星)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Print Date: 11/03/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛;  幡随院長兵衛)

Play: Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbêi
(極附幡随長兵衛; 極付幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 7, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助)  as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
Plays: Kankô (菅公);  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Wankyu Sue no Matsuyama
(椀久末松山); Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘戀緋鹿子)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/13
Print Date: 02/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七) and
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as Osugi (お杉) in Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘戀緋鹿子);
and  Hayashi Chôzaburô I (林 長三郎 ) as Fujiwara (藤原), and Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
Okina (翁),  Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Michizane (道真), and Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀)
as Akomaru (阿古丸) in Kankô (菅公).
 
 

               
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/13
Print Date: 01/01/14
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)
  
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/13
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Collotype
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
Note: I can find no record of Chûsha VII performing this role
prior to the date of this magazine.  Since Yaozô VII recently
changed his name to Chûsha VII in October 1918, Shunsen
may have referred to him by his new name to avoid confusion,
but based the print on Yaozô VII's 1913 performance.   It is also
possible that the print reflects a performance in Yokohama
or some regional performance.
 
 

               
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Mori Ranmaru (森蘭丸)
 
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Oda Nobunaga (織田信長)
 
Ichikawa Monnosuke VI (市川門之助) as Odai (おだい)
 
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as Matsumushi (松虫)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Hayashi Shinroku (林新六) 
 
Plays: Chukô Shigure no Matsu (忠孝時雨松); Goban Taiheiki (碁盤太平記); Soga Kyôdai (曾我兄弟);
Osaragi Kuyô (大佛供養); Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/13
Print Date: 11/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Horikoshi Fukusaburô (堀越福三郎) as Kaegagoro (替我五郎) and 
Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as Haha Manjô (母滿江) in Soga Kyôdai (曾我兄弟); and 
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧), Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎)
as Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門), and  ? as ? in Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章).
 
 
 

               
? as Watônai (和藤内) in Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合 戦)              Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
                                                                                                                       (大星由良之助 ) in Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵;
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵) in                仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene II of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no
Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻), which opened at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo     Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Tora (虎) in ?
in November 1912.
                                                                                                                      Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as ?
Ichikawa Danshirô II (段四郎) as Musashibô Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶) in Kanjinchô (勧進帳), which opened at the                 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as ?
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in April 1911.
                                                                                                                     Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Utanosuke (雅楽之助 in Domo
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as [Electra] Erekutora                Mata (吃又)
(エレクトラ) in [Electra] Erekutora (エレクトラ), which
opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo on October 1, 1913.
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Toranosuke
Masakiyo (虎之助正请) in Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of Gion
Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), which opened at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in January 1902 and again in July 1907.

Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

             
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅男之助)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyô; Teikoku Gekijo,Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/23/14; 12/02/13
Print Date: 01/01/16
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Abe Saburo Munenori (阿部三郎宗任)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Yawata Taro Yôshiie (八幡太郎義家)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例壽曾我); Nakoso no Seki (なこその關); Ichi no Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記); Shinjû Naniwa Harusame (心中浪華春雨); Fuwa Kazuemon (不破數右衛門)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum   

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII  (市川八百蔵) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/08/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居忠清)
Personal Collection

Note:  The same design was used for a later production at the
Kabuki-za in 1925 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 
 
 

           
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ikyû (意休)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Personal Collection

SEPTEMBER 1915

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)

Play: Zôhô Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Banzuiin Chôbé (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Plays: On'na Kabuki (女歌舞伎); Kajiwara Heizô Tameshi no Wazamono (梶原平三試名劒);
Suzu-ga-mori (鈴ヶ森); Ten no Amijima Shigure no Kotatsu (天網島時雨炬燵); Noriaibune (乗合船惠萬歳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/16
Print Date: 02/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Kiri Ouchizuke (桐大内蔵) in
On'na Kabuki (女歌舞伎); Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as Konaya Magoemon (粉屋孫右衛門) and
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Koharu (小春) in Ten no Amijima Shigure no Kotatsu
(天網島時雨炬燵);  Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時) in
Kajiwara Heizô Tameshi no Wazamono (梶原平三試名劒); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) and  Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) in unknown roles.
 
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)

Play: Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbei
(極附幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #3]
Personal Collection
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)

Play: Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbei
(極附幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)

Play:  Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbei (極附幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

                                   
                    Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Chôbei (長兵衛)

                    Play: Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbei (極附幡隨長兵衞)
                    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 03/05/17
                    Print Date: 07/01/17
                    Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
                    Medium: Machine printed lithograph
                    Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
                    Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1917)
                    Image courtesy of Columbia University