ICHIKAWA DANSHIRÔ II
(市川段四郎)
09/02/1855 - 02/06/1922
aka ICHIKAWA ENNOSUKE I
(市川猿之助)
NOVEMBER 1901
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助) as
Koto (?) (琴)
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kaô fujin (花王夫人)
Play: Mikenjaku (眉間尺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Susumu (?) (将)
Sawamura Tosshi VII
(沢村訥子; 澤村訥子) as
Mikenjaku (眉間尺)
Iwai Matsunosuke IV (岩井松之助) as
Hiroshina (?) (莫那)
Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
as Rinnô (?) (輪王)
APRIL 1902
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Shihei-kô (時平公)
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Sugiômaru (杉王丸)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
Ichikawa Komazô VII.8 (市川高麗蔵)
as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1
of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku
Ôtani Library
Note: I have not found a contempor-
aneous stage performance with this
particular cast. Many of actors,
however, did appear in a production
at the Kabuki-za in November 1903.
APRIL 1903
Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Ôshio Tsuma Ôyû (大塩妻おゆう)
Play: Tenpôzan Nagame no Ôshio
(天保山眺望大塩)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/12/03
Print Date: 04/1903?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ôshio Heihachirô (大塩平八郎)
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Kirishitankan Okume (切支丹婆お粂)
Ichikawa Enshô II
(市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as
Ôshio Kakunosuke (大塩格之介)
Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as
Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
Ichikawa Dan'emon? (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
Onoe Baikô VI as Motome (求女)
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎) as
Sagisaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
Play: Ninjô (刃傷), Act 3, Scene 2 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 05/1911
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: In this production, different
actors covered certain roles in
certain performances.
NOVEMBER 1912
Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe
sugoroku)
Print Date: 01/01/13
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Chienai (智恵内)
Play: Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of
[Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Print Date: 01/01/13
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Danshirô II
(市川段四郎) as
Moronô (師直)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
JANUARY 1917
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Henmi Tetsushinsai (逸見鐵心齋)
Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/17
Print Date: 1919
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Henmi Tetsushinsai
(逸見鉄心斎; 逸見鐵心齋)
Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection
OCTOBER 1917
Ichikawa Danshirô II
(市川段四郎) as
Gotobê (五斗兵衛)
Play: Goto Menuki (五斗目貫)
Performance Place: Shintomi-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
NOVEMBER 1917
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Note: It is possible that this postcard reflects
Danshirô II's performance at the Meiji-za in
April 1918.
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎
) as
Benkei (辨慶)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place:
Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:
10/30/17
Print Date: 1917?
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) #8
Personal Collection
Note: Depending on the
publication
date of this print, it could
reflect
Danshirô II's performance at
the
Meiji-za in April 1918.
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Play: Gojôbashi (五条橋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/05/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Oni Yasha (鬼夜叉)
Play: Nani Ôshima Homare no Tsuyoyumi
(名大島功譽強弓)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/18
Print Date: 12/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
OCTOBER 1920
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Heisaku (平作)
Play: Numazu (沼津), Act VI of Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku
(伊賀越道中双六)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/20
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#4)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design. Danshirô II died on February 6, 1922
at age 69.
JUNE 1921
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Washizuka Kintôji (鷲塚金藤次)
Play: Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto
(玉藻前曦袂)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: ?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
This print is similar in format to the series of prints
designed by Kunisada III between 1917 and 1920,
and was probably issued by the publisher in a limited
attempt to continue the series after Kunisada III's death
in 1920. It is also possible that it is a posthumous
reissue of an unknown Kunisada III design.
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
Note: This print reflects Danshirô II's
performance at the Shintomi-a in
March 1915, at the Kabuki-za in
November 1917, or at the Meiji-za in
April 1918.. However, it is possible
that it reflects Danshirô III's
performance at the Shinjuku Dai Ichi
Gekijô in January 1938.
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