FUJISAWA TATSUO (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
aka YUMEKA (夢香)

1917



Note: There appear to be two editions of the pochibukuro. 
One has an actor mon design on the verso.


JANUARY 1917


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Megumi Tatsugorô (め組の辰五郎)

Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô no
Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Satô Masakiyo (佐藤正清)

Play:  Hachijin Shugo no Honjô
(八陣守護城)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection
 

               


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
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)

Play:  Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村歌右衛門) as
Katsuragi Tayû (葛城太夫)

Play:  Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection



               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)


Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

               


Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1] Album Cover


Print Date: ?
Personal Collection

               


FEBRUARY 1917


Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed envelope
[Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]


 
 


               


Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)


Play:  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Baiko VI (尾上梅幸) as
Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)

Play: Onna Shibaraku
(女暫; 女しばらく)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Ganjiro I
(中村鴈治郎) as
Akaneya Hanshichi (茜屋半七)

Play:  Mikatsu Hanshichi:
Akanezome
(三勝半七 〈〉 あかね染)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Wrapper for Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #2

Print Date: 02/10/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #2
Personal Collection

Note: This set came with nine postcards,
from the January to February 1917 time
period, but it is likely that the wrapper
(and publication date) only applies to
three of the postcards.


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: ?
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: ?
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: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection


APRIL 1917


Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/17
Print Date: 10/06/17?
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2
Personal Collection


               


Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #3]
Personal Collection
 
Note: While the role is not decipherable,
the image suggests that it is that of
Yodogimi.



               


                Onoe Baiko VI (尾上梅幸) as
                Yodogimi (淀君)

                Play: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 03/30/17
                Print Date: ?
                Medium: Woodblock print
                [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
                Personal Collection
 
                Note: While the role is not decipherable, the image
                suggests that it is that of Yodogimi.


JUNE 1917


Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as
Koito (小糸)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection



               


Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as
Koito (小糸)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 09/15/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #?
[Fujisawa Print Set #1]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com





               


Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as
Koito (小糸)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection



Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection


 
 

               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection




               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 09/15/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #?
[Fujisawa Print Set #1]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com





               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; お祭左七)
 
 
 
Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection


Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Otestu (お鐵; おてつ)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #?
[Fujisawa Print Set #2]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com





               


Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
Oen (おえん; お娟)

Play:  Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/17
Print Date: 06/15/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #9
Personal Collection

               


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: 06/15/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #9
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Shibajaku IV ( 中村芝雀) as
Umegawa (梅川)

Play:  Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/17
Print Date: 06/15/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #9
Personal Collection

               


Wrapper for Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #9

Print Date: 06/15/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 1
(歌舞伎踊姿 第ー編) #9
Personal Collection

AUGUST 1917


Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Hitomaru (人丸)

Play:  Hyûgajima (日向島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set
#A or 2?]
Personal Collection




               


Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Hitomaru (人丸)

Play:  Hyûgajima (日向島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/17
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2] Album Cover


Print Date: ?
Personal Collection

SEPTEMBER 1917


Wrapper for
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2

Print Date: 10/06/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2
Personal Collection
 
Note: Given that most Fujisawa
prints and folders were acquired
together, it is possible that one of
the prior owners had commingled
the prints and that some prints found
in a given folder were originally
issued in a differently dated folder.


               


Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Konomi (小浪)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/22/17
Print Date: 10/06/17
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #2
Personal Collection


               


NOVEMBER 1917

 
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: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #3]
Personal Collection



         

 


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: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection


 


Wrapper for Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2 (歌舞伎踊姿
第二編) #7

Print Date: 04/15/18
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #7
Personal Collection
 
Note: Given that most Fujisawa
prints and folders were acquired
together, it is possible that one of
the prior owners had commingled
the prints and that some prints found
in a given folder were originally
issued in a differently dated folder.


               


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: 04/15/18
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: 04/15/18?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Sanshô V
(市川三升; 市川三舛) as    
Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play:  Ya-no-Ne  (矢の根)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/30/17
Print Date: 04/15/18
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #7
Personal Collection


               




 


Wrapper for Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #8

Print Date: 05/25/18
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #8
Personal Collection
 
Note: Given that most Fujisawa
prints and folders were acquired
together, it is possible that one of
the prior owners had commingled
the prints and that some prints found
in a given folder were originally
issued in a differently dated folder.


               


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: 05/25/18
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #8
Personal Collection

Note: Danshirô II also performed this
role at the Meiji-za in April 1918.  It is
possible that this print reflects that
performance.

               


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as    
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)

Play:  Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/17
Print Date: 05/25/18
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #8
Personal Collection

               




               

               

               

               


DECEMBER 1917


                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Menoto Masaoka (乳人政岡)

Play:  Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:  Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/1917
Print Date:  1917?
Series: Hyôban Rien Tansei (評判梨園丹青)
Courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Utaemon V first portrayed Masaoka in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in April 1914.  He also reprised the role at the
Kabuki-za in April 1920.  Depending on when this print
was published, it is possible that this print depicts one of
these other performances.  Based on the other known\
print by Fujisawa in this series, it is also possible that
it depicts some performance outside of Tokyo.