MIYAKE HANAYAMA (三宅花山)

1927

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play:  Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage
( 時今也桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô,Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/27
Print Date:  02/1927?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also portrayed Mitsuhide in a
production of Toki-mo Kikyô Shusse no Ukejô
(時桔梗出世請状) at the Yokohama-za  in September
1922.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects that performance.

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I as (中村吉右衛門) as
Kôchiyama Munetoshi (河内山宗俊)

Play: Kumo ni Magau Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花 ; 雲衣紛上野初花 )
Performance Place:  Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/02/27
Print Date:  04/1927?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also portrayed Kôchiyama in a
production of  Kôchiyama (河内山) at the Meiji-za in May
1923.  I cannot rule out the possiblity that this print reflects
that performance.

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke V as (中村福助) as
Omitsu (おみつ; お光)

Play:  Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place:  Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/27
Print Date:  06/1927?
Personal Collection

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as 
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎)

Play:  Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1927
Print Date:  10/1927?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Baba Sarurobê (馬塲三郎兵衛)

Play:  Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/27
Print Date:  10/1927?
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
Note: Sadanji II also performed this role in Tokyo at the
Meiji-za in May 1922 and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in
April 1926.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kanpei (勘平)

Play: Chûshingura (忠臣蔵) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1927
Medium: Lithograph
Print Date: 11/1927?
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV also portrayed Kanpei in a
production of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵) a the Naka-za in Osaka in March
1924.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects that performance.