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

aka ICHIKAWA CHÛSHA VII (市川中車)



JUNE 1912


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)

                 
 
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 


 



APRIL 1915

 


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  (松本幸四郎) 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


MARCH 1917


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 print
                [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
                Personal Collection

 



OCTOBER 1917


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Yuranosuke (由良之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言) Set #10
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
                       

NOVEMBER 1917


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kagekiyo (景清)

Play:  Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: ?
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) #7
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kagekiyo (景清)

Play:  Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

           

 




APRIL 1918


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no
Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪;
辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: ?
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #4
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
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
Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

       

       
        Ichikawa Yaoza (市川 八百蔵) as
        Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

        Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
        (弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/01/18
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
        (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
       
 
 

               


JUNE 1918


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Saji Hyûga-no-Kami (佐治日向守)
 
Play: Miyako Kabuki (都歌舞伎)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/09/18
Print Date: 06/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Yaozô VII replaced Kataoka Nizaemon
XI in this role at the very last minute.



SEPTEMBER 1918


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Sasaki no Takatsuna (佐々木高綱)
 
Play: Kamakura Sandaiki
(鎌倉三代記) 
Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
Yokohoma
Performance Date: 09/05/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)