JITSUKAWA ENJAKU II (実川延若; 實川延若)
12/11/1877 - 02/22/1951

aka JITSUKAWA ENJIRÔ I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎)

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.
 
 
 

APRIL 1915

                   
                    Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
                    Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)
           
                    Play: Kotatsu (炬燵)
                    Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
                    Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 01/02/12
                    Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎) as
Shirozaki Uri (sweet white sake seller)
Shinbei (白酒売新兵衛)

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
 

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Hishikawa Shigenobu no Rei (菱川重信の靈)

Play: [Kaidan] Chibusa no Enoki
([怪談]乳房榎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Uwabami no Sanji (蟒三次)
 
Play: Chibusa no Enoki (乳房榎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Furuteya Hachirobê (古手屋八郎兵衛)

Play: Kane Morotomo Urami no Samezaya
(鐘もろとも恨鮫鞘),
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/16
Print Date: 02/1916?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note:  Enjaku II I also portrayed
Hachirobê in an August 1926 production
at the Kabuki-za.  Stylistically, however,  
it more closely resembles Seifû's Yakusha-e
prints of 1915 than his later Nigao-e prints.
 
 
 
 

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛)

Play: Kane Morotomo Urami no Samezaya
(鐘もろとも恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Enjaku II performed this role at the
Hongô-za in Tokyo in February 1916.  It is not
known at this time if he subsequrently
performed this role in Kyoto.
 
 
 
 
JUNE 1917 

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Kameya Chûbê (亀屋忠兵衛)

Play:  Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/17
Print Date: 09/15/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: [Fujisawa Print Set #1]
Personal Collection
 
 
 
OCTOBER 1918
   

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as
Kòzen (光然)
 
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

            
            Jitsukawa Enjaku II
            (実川延若) as
            Kòzen (光然)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            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

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Wada Hyôe (和田兵衛)
 
Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/15/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Gorô (五郎)?
 
Play: ?
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eisho (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kyoto?
Performance Date: 1923?
Print Date: 1923
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: There was a production at the Minami-za, Kyoto in August
1923, but I have not yet confirmed that Enjaku II was in that
production.  There were other productions that year in Tokyo and
Osaka as well.
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kyoto?
Performance Date: 1923?
Print Date: 1923
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Personal Collection

Note: This is a color variant test print.   See the grey
checked kimono version for additional information.

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
實川延若) as
Danshichi Kurôbê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/25
Print Date: 08/1925??
Artist: Masugawa Chikamine
(ます川周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#8]
Personal Collection

                                       
                    Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
                    Danshichi Kurôbê (団七九郎兵衛)

                    Play:  Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 08/07/25
                    Print Date: 1926
                    Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
                    Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû (創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#14)
                    *Personal Collection

                    Note: Enjaku II  first played the role of Danshichi Kurôbê in
                    this play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in August 1917.
 
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II  (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/19/26
Print Date:  02/1926?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Enjaku II also performed this role at the Hōgaku-za in
November 1924.   I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print reflects that performance.

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若 ) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)
           
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五山桐; 楼門五山桐)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/1950
Print Date: 05/1950?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (實川延若; 実川延若) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/51
Artist: Suga Tatehiko (菅楯彦)
Cover:  Ôsaka no Mukai Waka (大阪の迎若) [Memorial Edition]

Note: I have not yet confirmed that the cover is woodblock-printed.
 
 
 
 

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1914-1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection

            
            Jitsukawa Enjaku II  
            (実川延若; 實川延若) as ?
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: c. 1917-1920
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

           
            Jitsukawa Enjaku II 
            (実川延若; 實川延若)
            as Kameya Chûbê
            (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛)
 
            Play:  Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
            (恋飛脚大和往来)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
            Series: Tokiwazu Awase Mokuroku
            (常盤津合せ目録)
            Personal Collection

            Note:  Enjaku II performed this role
            four times in Tokyo between June 1917
            and January 1934.

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
實川延若) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: During the Taishô era when
Eishô was active as a print designer,
Enjaku II performed this role in Tokyo
at the Kabuki-za in August 1917 and
August 1925.
 
 
 
 

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as ? and ?

Play(s): ?
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 11/19**
Print Date: 11/19**?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Ishikawa Akûemon (石川悪右衛門)
        and ?

        Play(s): Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
        (芦屋道満大内鑑) [Kuzu no Ha
        (葛の葉)] and ?
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: 11/19**
        Print Date: 11/19**?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延 若) as
        Ranpei (蘭平)

        Play: Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu
        (倭假名在原系図)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

                       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

        Bandô Jûzaburô (坂東重三郎) as
        Wada [no Hyôe Hidemori] (和田)

        Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: 1941
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番)
        Courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 
 

                   
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami-no-Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Personal Collection
 

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)

        Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
        (伊勢音頭戀寝刃
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        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: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
            (長谷川貞信)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
            Personal Collection

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Igami-no-gonta
        (いがみの権太)
     
        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon
        Zakura (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: Asakusa
        Shochiku-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/19/26
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection

        Note: Enjaku II performed this
        role at the Hōgaku-za in
        November 1924 and at the
        Asakusa Shochiku-za in February
        1926.  However, it likely reflects a
        performance in Osaka or Kyoto.
 
 
 

Four pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
pochibukuro shown above: Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
實川延若); Bandô Jusaburô III (坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎);
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎); Ichimura Uzaemon
XV (市村羽左衛門)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro

       
        Four pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
        pochibukuro shown above: Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
        實川延若); Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門);
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) ; ?

        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro       

       
        Four pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
        pochibukuro shown above: Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車);
        Ichikawa Sadanji III  (市川左団次; 市川左團次); Jitsukawa
        Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若);  Nakamura Fukusuke IV
        (中村福助)

        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
 
 
 
 
 

Five pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
pochibukuro shown above: Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車);
Bandô Jusaburô III (坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎); ?; Nakamura
Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎); Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若;
實川延若)

Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro

                               
                Jitsukawa Enjaku II  (実川延若; 實川延若) as
                Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

                Play:  Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: ?
                Medium: Lithograph?
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                Note: Although it is not clear the time period that Nobukata
                was active, it is believed to have been in the 1920s.   During
                that period, Enjaku II performed this role in Tokyo at the
                Hôgaku-za in November 1924 and the Asakusa Shochiku-za
                in February 1926.  However, it could also represent a regional
                performance since the Kyoto printmaker Yoshikawa Kanpô
                also designed a print of Enjaku II in this role in 1924.
 
 

         
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

        Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
        (伽羅先代萩)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
 
 
                      
       

 
  Jitsukawa Enjaku II
  (実川延若; 實川延若) as
  Heiemon (平右ェ門)

   Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
   (假名手本忠臣蔵;
    仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
    Performance Place: ?
    Performance Date: ?
    Print Date: ?
    Artist: ?
   Medium: Woodblock printed
   matchbook cover
                      
   Note: Enjaku II performed this
   role at the Hongô-za in
   December 1924, at the Tokyo
   Gekijô in October 1934, and
   at the Kabuki-za in March 1936, but
   it could reflect a regional performance.

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若)
as Yokozô (横蔵)
          
Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Enjaku II portrayed Yokozô at the
Kabuki-za in January 1916, and June 1937.

Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)
 
Play:  Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the 1920s, Enjaku II
performed this role in Tokyo at the
Hôgaku-za in November 1924 and at
the Asakusa Shochiku-za in February
1926.