MIYAKE HANAYAMA (三宅花山)

1925

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1925
Print Date:  01/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六由縁江戸櫻) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date:  02/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Sawada Shôjirô (澤田正二郎; 沢田正二郎) as
Kira no Nikichi (吉良の仁吉)

Play:  Kôjinyama  (荒神山)
Performance Place:  Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Shôjirô performed this role at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
November 1924, at  the Hōgaku-za in June 1926, and at the
Ichimura-za in May 1927.    It is possible that this print reflects
one of those performances.

                 
Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as 
Hazama Shinroku (間新六)

Play:  Gishi Tsuto Kaibutu Hazama Shinroku
(義士傳怪物間新六)
Performance Place:  Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/14/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Shôjirô also portrayed Hazama Shinroku in a
production of Aida Shinroku (間新六) at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in March 1924 and in  Gishi Hazama Shinroku
(義士間新六) at the Teikoku Gekijô in March 1927.  It
is possible that this print reflects one of those
performances.

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play:  Hato no Heiemon (鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place:  Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/05/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kôshirô VII also performed the role at the Teikoku
Gekijô in January 1925 and April 1927.  I cannot rule out
the possibility that this print reflects one of those
performances.  Sadanji II, however, did not appear in
those productions, so if Hanayama's prints of  Kôshirô VII
and Sadanji II are from the same production of Kanjinchô,
it would have been the March 1925 production at the
Kabuki-za.

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date:  03/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Sadanji II also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in
February 1926 and February 1928, and at the Teikoku Gekijô
in June 1929.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those  performances.  Kôshirô VII, however,
did not appear in those productions, so if Hanayama's prints
of  Kôshirô VII and Sadanji II are from the same production
of Kanjinchô, it would have been the March 1925 production
at the Kabuki-za.

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (おとみ)

Play:  Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛) 
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Baikô VI, Uzaemon XV, and Matsusuke IV also
appeared in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in June
1927.  It is possible that this print reflects Baikô VI's
performance in that production.

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)

Play:  Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Baikô VI, Uzaemon XV, and Matsusuke IV also
appeared in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in June
1927.  It is possible that this print reflects Uzaemon XV's
performance in that production.

               
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)

Play:  Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Baikô VI, Uzaemon XV, and Matsusuke IV also
appeared in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in June
1927.  It is possible that this print reflects Matsusuke IV's
performance in that production.  This print closely resembles
one made by Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光) around the same time. 
One wonders if they might be the same artist or if Shikô was a
pseudonym adopted by a publisher who knocked off
Hanayama's design.
 
 

                 
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: 04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Kôshirô VII also portrayed Ômori Hikoshichi in a
production at the Kabuki-za in March 1926.  I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects that
performance.

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Naojirô (直次郎)

Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)    
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/25
Print Date: 05/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Uzaemon XV also performed this role opposite
Baikô VI  in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1926, but this print more closely resembles a
photograph from the 1925 production.

 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Michitose (三千歳)


Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)   
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/25
Print Date: 05/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Baikô VI also performed this role opposite
Uzaemon XV  in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1926, but this print more closely resembles a
photograph from the 1925 production.
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1925
Print Date: 05/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as
Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形 半平太)

Play:  Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Shôjirô also portrayed Tsukigata Hanpeita in
productions at the Shinbashi Enbujô in July 1924, at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1926, and at the Ichimura-za in March
1928, as well as in a film version released in 1925.    I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of those
performances.
  
 

                 
Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as
Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形 半平太)

Play:  Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Shôjirô also portrayed Tsukigata Hanpeita in
productions at the Shinbashi Enbujô in July 1924, at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1926, and at the Ichimura-za in March
1928, as well as in a film version released in 1925.    I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects one of those
performances.
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Oshô Kichisa (和尚吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami  (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  /06/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama.  However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.
 
 
 
  

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Obô Kichisa (お坊吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama.  However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.

                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note:  Utaemon V first played the role of Yodigimi in this
play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in November 1918.  He
also played the character in a play called Kiri Hitoha
( 桐一葉) at the Kabuki-za in October 1919 and at the
Hongo-za in October 1924, in a play called Ôsakajô
(大阪城) at the Kabuki-za in January 1921, in a play
called Seki-ga-Hara at the Kabuki-za in April 1925, and
in a play called Yodogimi Odawarajin (淀君小田原陣)
at the Kabuki-za in April 1926.  It is possible that this
print reflects Utaemon V's performance in one of those
 other productions.

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play:  Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note:  Kikugorô VI also played Yasuna in a production at
the Teikoku Gekijô in March 1923 and at the Meiji-za in
April 1928.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those performances. 
 
 
 

               
Bandô Tsumasaburô (坂東妻三郎) as
Yamaoka Tetsutarô (山岡鐵太郎)

Film:  [Dance of the Falling Petals: Part 1]
Rakka no Mai: Zenpen (落下の舞 前編)
Released: 06/06/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note:  Tsumasaburô also performed this role in  [Dance of the
Falling Petals: Part 2] Rakka no Mai: Kôhen (落下の舞 後編), which
was released on June 19, 1925.   It is possible that this print
depicts Tsumasaburô in the second part of this film.
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Denjirô I (沢村伝二郎; 沢村傳二郎) as
Kurokoma no Katsuzô (黒駒の勝蔵)

Play:  Kurokoma no Katsuzô (黒駒の勝蔵; 黒駒の勝藏)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date:  07/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as 
Omatsuri Sashichi (御祭佐七; お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 071925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 07/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as
Kunisada Chûji (国定忠次; 国定忠治)

Play: Kunisada Chûji (国定忠次; 国定忠治 )
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô
Performance Date: 08/1925
Print Date:  08/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note:  Shôjirô also portrayed Kunisada Chûji in
a production at the Ichimura-za in April 1927, as well as in a
film version released in 1925.  It is possible that this print
reflects ShôjirôI 's performance in one of those productions.

   

                 
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Oshichi (お七)

Play: Kichisama Mairu Yukari no Otozure
(吉様参由縁音信)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/10/25
Print Date: 09/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Eizaburô VII also played Oshichi in a production of
Oshichi Kichisa (お七吉三) at the Hôgaku-za, Tokyo, in
December 1924.  I cannot rule out the possibility
that this print reflects Eizaburô VII's December 1924
performance.

                 
Ichikawa Momonosuke (市川百々之助) as
Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎)

Film: Matsudaira Chôshichirô: Zenpen (松平長七郎 (前篇)
Released: 09/10/25
Print Date: 09/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
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Note: Momonosuke also portrayed this character in Matsudaira
Chôshichirô: Kôhen (松平長七郎 (後篇)), released 09/30/25.

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as 
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also performed
the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) at
the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is possible that this print
reflects Uzaemon XV's performance in that later production.

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Chûsha VII's performance
in that later production.
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Sadanji II's performance in
that later production.

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play:  Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Uzaemon XV's performance
in that later production.

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Nichiren (日蓮)

Play:  Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/25
Print Date:  10/1925?
Medium: Lithograph