ICHIKAWA ENNOSUKE II
(市川猿之助)
05/21/1888 - 06/12/1963
aka ICHIKAWA EN'Ô I
(市川猿翁)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (猿之助) as
the exiled king (流離王)
Nakamura Tôzô V (東蔵) as
the warrior priest Kôku (好苦梵士)
Play: Washimo Shiranai
(わしも知らない)
Performance Place: Bungei-za at the
Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
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Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助)
as Mionoya Shirô (三保谷四郎)
Play: Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/1917
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #3]
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Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Mionoya Shirô (三保谷四郎)
Play: Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/1917
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
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Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Yoshitsune (義經)
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Note: The print indicates the performance
was at the Shintomi-za, but this appears
to be a mistake. Ennosuke II does not
appear to have performed this role at the
Shintomi-za during his lifetime.
Ichikawa
Ennosuke II
(市川猿之助)
as
Yoshitsune (義經)
Play:
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba
Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print
Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa
Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Medium:
woodblock printed
senshafuda
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Collection
Ichikawa Ennosuke II
(市川猿之助) as
Kagekiyo (景清)
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed senshafuda
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Ichikawa
Ennosuke II
(市川猿之助) as
Kagekiyo
(景清)
Play:
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba
Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Medium:
woodblock printed
senshafuda
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Collection
FEBRUARY 1919
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Matano Gorô (俣野五郎)
Play: Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
(名橘誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/1919
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助)
Hayami no Tôta (逸見藤太)
Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/20
Print Date: 1921
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
JANUARY 1925
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Tobizu Tsurukichi ( 鳶頭鶴吉)
Play: Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Asakusa Kôen
Kan'non Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/24
Print Date: 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) [#1]
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Note: Ennocuki II also performed
this role in a special performance
at the Kokugikan (国技館) in
December 1924. It is possible
that this print reflects that
performance.
JANUARY 1926
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Ikuta Kakudayû (生田角太夫)
Play: Tôyama Seidan Uwasa Shiranami (遠山政談噂白浪),
a version of Tôyama Zakura Tenpô Nikki (遠山桜天保日記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shokaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/26
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#21)
*Personal Collection
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII ( 松本幸四郎)
as Miura (三浦)
Ichikawa Sumizô VI ( 市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
as Hanaregoma (放駒)
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Asahi (朝日)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II ( 市川猿之助; えん之助)
as Tôinu (唐犬)
Play: Otokotachi Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Konô Michisei (河野通勢)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
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AUGUST 1926
[Kabuki Manga]
Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
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Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site. The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助)
as
Shiin'yoshi (新吉)
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調)
as
Ohisa (お久)
Play: Shinkei
Kasane-ga-Fuchi (真景累ヶ淵)
Performance Place:
Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/10/26
JANUARY 1931
Envelope for Storm Over Asia prints
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi
(アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 01/15/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints]
Shunjū-za Hataage Kôgyô Hanmen
(春秋座旗揚興行版面)
Courtesy of Collecting Japanese Prints.com
Note: This play was produced by the
Shunjû-za, a short-lived theater study group
started by Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助)
in 1931 after Ennosuke II was expelled from
the Shôchiku. It does not appear to have from
other theaters. In addition to playing at the
Ichimura-za, it also played at the Asakusa
Kinryûkan beginning on January 14, 1938, at
the Kado-za beginning February 15, 1938, at
the Takarazuka Kagekijô beginning on
March 10, 1931. at Shin-Tsukiji Gekidan
beginning on March 14, 1931, and perhaps
other venues. While it is likely that these prints
reflect the initial Ichiura-za production, I cannot
rule out that they reflect the Asakusa Kinryûkan
production.
[Lama Temple] Ramajiin (喇嘛寺院)
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi (アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 01/15/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints]
Shunjū-za Hataage Kôgyô Hanmen
(春秋座旗揚興行版面)
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[Timur's House] Timûru no Ie (ティムールの家)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Timûru (ティムール)
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi (アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 01/15/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints]
Shunjū-za Hataage Kôgyô Hanmen
(春秋座旗揚興行版面)
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[Market] Ichiba (市場)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Timûru (ティムール)
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi (アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 01/15/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints]
Shunjū-za Hataage Kôgyô Hanmen
(春秋座旗揚興行版面)
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[Angry Timur] Ikareru Timûru (怒れるティムール)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Timûru (ティムール)
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi (アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 01/15/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints]
Shunjū-za Hataage Kôgyô Hanmen
(春秋座旗揚興行版面)
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[Herdsmen Army] Bokujin-Gun (牧人軍)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Timûru (ティムール)
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi (アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 01/15/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints]
Shunjū-za Hataage Kôgyô Hanmen
(春秋座旗揚興行版面)
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Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Timûru (ティムール)
Play: [Storm Over Asia] Ajia no Arashi (アジアの嵐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/31
Print Date: 1931
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Title: [Angry Timur] Ikareru Timûru (怒れるティムール)
Image courtesy of Collecting Japanese Prints.com
Note: This print was issued separately from the
Shunjû-za Launch Show Prints. See the note to the
envelope for that series.
[Ichikawa Ennosuke II applying makeup]
Print Date: 1950
Artist: Wada Sanzô (和田三造)
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Note: The actor's name is written on a piece of paper lying
on the small red table.
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Ninin Sanbasô (二人三番叟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/51
Print Date: 01/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Oya Shishi (親獅子)
Play: Renjishi (連獅子)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/52
Print Date: 01/1952 or later
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
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Note: This was Ennosuke II's last performance in this
role in Tokyo. He first performed the role at the Meiji-
za in September 1934. It is possible that this print
depicts an earlier performance, particularly one of his
post-WWII performances at the Tokyo Gekijô in
December 1945, January 1947, or January 1949.
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Akutarô (悪太郎)
Play: Akutarô (悪太郎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/05/52
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#8)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Ennosuke II first played the role of Akutarô in this
play in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in June 1924. If the
publication date of this print precedes Ennosuke II's
final Tokyo performance in December 1952, then Gakô
would have based this print on Ennosuke II's penultimate
Tokyo performance at the Shinjuku Daiichi Gekijô in
June 1944. or else on some other prior performance.
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as ?
Play: Kumagai Jin'ya (熊谷陣屋), Act III, Scene 3
of Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
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Note: It is unclear what character is depicted in the
print, although it is possible that it is Byakugô
Midaroku (白毫弥陀六), in reality Yaheibyôe
Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清). Ennosuke II portrayed
Midaroku in Tokyo on at least five occasions. His
last appearance in that role prior to the publication
of this print was at the Kabuki-za in January 1956.
A similar but more detailed version of this design is
shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen catalogs (and
appears to be a painting, not hanga-genga).
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Gorô Tokimune (五郎時致)
Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as
Jûrô Sukenari (十郎祐成)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: New Year 1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
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Note: This depicts a Soga brothers play such as
Soga no Taimen (曾我対面). However, I have
not found an instance where all three actors
appeared in Tokyo in these specific roles at the
same time. A similar but more detailed version
of this design is shown in the 2002 and 1991
Shunsen catalogs (and appears to be a painting).
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Ninin Sanbasô (二人三番叟)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Furuya Shin (古家新)
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎 素描集)
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Note: Ennosuke II performed this role
in Tokyo eleven times between April
1936 and April 1959.
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Tobizu Kamekichi (鳶頭亀吉) or
Tobizu Tsurukichi (鳶頭政吉)
Play: Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1918-1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
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Note: Between 1918 and 1925, Ennosuke II performed
in this play four times in Tokyo: at the Kabuki-za in
May 1918, the Shintomi-za in October 1920, a special
performance at the Kokuritsu Gekijô in December
1924, and the Kan'non Gekijô in January 1925. He
and another actor would alternate playing the roles
of Kamekichi and Tsurukichi.
Ichikawa
Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as ?
Play: ?
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print
Date: ?
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series:
Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II
(市川猿之助) as Benkei (弁慶)
Play: Hashi Benkei
(橋辨慶; 橋弁慶)
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
Note: Ennosuke II first per-
formed this role in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in May 1921.
His last Tokyo appearance in
this role was at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in March 1952.