Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)

YAMAMOTO HISASHI (山本ひさし)

Unknown Dates

? as Oya Shishi (親獅子)

Play: Renjishi (連獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
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? as Ko Shishi (子獅子)

Play: Renjishi (連獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
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? as Yamagaeri Daikichi (山帰り大吉)

Play: Yamagaeri Makenukikyô (山帰強桔梗)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda (large size)
Personal Collection

Note: Although this print may not depict a specific actor, there
were Tokyo productions of Yamagaeri Makenukikyô starring Bandô
Mitsugorô VIII (坂東三津五郎) at the Kabuki-za in September 1967
and starring Bandô Yasosuke V (坂東八十助) at the Kabuki-za in
May 1994.

? as Ko Shishi (子獅子)

Play: Renjishi (連獅子)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda (large size)
Personal Collection

Note: The print depicts some play featuring a lion dance (shishimai).

? as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishikie (青砥稿花紅彩畫)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda (large size)
Personal Collection

Play: Renjishi (連獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda (large size)
Personal Collection

Note: This senshafuda accompanied the preceding senshafuda
of Yamagaeri, Ko Shishi, and Benten Kozô.

Play: Yamagaeri (山帰り)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda (large size)
Personal Collection

Note: This senshafuda accompanied the preceding senshafuda
of Yamagaeri, Ko Shishi, and Benten Kozô.

Hanayagi Shôtarô (花柳章太郎) as Kanoya Oume (叶家お梅)

Play: Meiji Ichidaion'na (明治一代女)
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Shôtarô performed this role at the Meiji-za, Tokyo, in
November 1935, August 1941, August 1951, and April 1956.

Ôya Ichijirô (大矢市次郎) as ?

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Yanagi Eijirô (柳永二郎) as Hayase Chikara (早瀬主税)

Play: On'na Keizu, Yushimatenjin no ba
(婦系図、湯島天神の場)
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Eijirô performed this role at the Chûnichi Gekijô
Nagoya, in March 1978 and April 1975; the Ôsaka Tsuno
Osaka, in December 1921, and in presumably other productions.

Ishii Kan (伊志井寛) as ?

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Mizutani Yaeko I (水谷八重子) as ?

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Kobori Makoto (小堀誠) as Menoso (めの惣)

Play: On'nakeizu (婦系図)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 1951/11
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Makoto may have appeared in other productions.

Sakura Hisako (櫻緋紗子) as Omiya (お宮)

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Hanayagi Yoshiaki (花柳喜章) as
Murakoshi Kin'ya (村越欣弥)

Play: Taki no Shiraito (滝の白糸)
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Yoshiaki performed this role at the Higashiyoko
Gekijô, Tokyo, in April 1966, and possibly at other
venues.

Ichikawa Kôbai I (市川紅梅) as
Konatsu (小夏)

Play: Taki no Shiraito (滝の白糸)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/1938
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Kôbai I also performed this role in a May 1938
production at Asakusa Kokusai Gekijô in Tokyo. I
cannot rule out the possibility that this print reflects that
earlier performance.

Ii Tomosaburô (伊井友三郎) as ?

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Ei Tarô I (英太郎) as ?

Play:?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Mori Kakuko (森赫子) as Taeko ( 妙子)

Play: On'nakeizu (婦系図)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 1951/11
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Kakuko may have appeared in other productions.

Fujimura Hideo (藤村秀夫) as Kasahara Junsa (笠原巡査)

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Hanayagi Takeshi (花柳武始) as
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助)

Play: Zangiku Monogatari (残菊物語)
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Otsuta (お蔦)

Play: On'na Keizu (婦系図)
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Rokurô I first performed this role at the Shintomi-za,Tokyo,
in September 1908, and appeared in many revivals over the years,
including one at the Shinbashi Enbujô in May 1958 (at age 86!)..

Seto Eiichi II (瀬戸英一) as ?

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Series: Shinpa Haiyû Gakuya Kagami (新派俳優楽屋鏡)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Hanayagi Shôtarô (花柳章太郎) as ??

Play: ?
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda

Mizutani Yaeko I (水谷八重子) as Ototku (お徳)

Hanayagi Shôtarô (花柳章太郎) as
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助)

Play: Zangiku Monogatari (残菊物語)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda

Note: Yaeko I and Shôtarô appeared in the Tokyo premiere
at the Meiji-za in October 1937 and in several subsequent
revivals, either together or with other actors. Shôtarô starred
in the 1939 movie version. The last time that they appeared
together that I've been able to confirm was at the Shinbashi
Enbujô, Tokyo, in February 1952. As the print would have
been made after Shôtarô's death in 1965 and probably after
Yaeko I's death in 1979, it is logical to assume that Hasashi
would have based the print on its premiere Tokyo performance
in 1937.

Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (中村勘三郎) as
Kinokuniya Bunzaemon (紀伊國屋文左衛門)

Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: I have been unable to find a performance
by Kanzaburô XVII in this role.

Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Hidari Jingorô (左甚五郎 )

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Kyô Ningyô (京人形)

Play: Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: I have been unable to find a performance
by both of these actors in the same play at the
same time.

Ichikawa Danjurô XII (市川団十郎) as
Yuranosuke (由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Danjuro XII performed this role at the
Kabukize in February 1986, April 1988, and
February 1991, as well as at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in November 1989.

Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (中村勘三郎) as Izaemon (伊左衛門)

Play: Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII performed this role nine times between
1952 and 1987.

Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Yayoi (弥生)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Onoe Baikô VII performed this role 17 times between 1950
and 1980.

Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Ichikawa Ennosuke III performed this role seven times between
1964 and 1995 If this print depicts Ichikawa Ennosuke II, he performed
the role ten times between 1945 and 1959.

Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII or IX (松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibei (関守関兵衛)/Kuronushi (黒主)

Play: Seki no To (雪関扉)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Matsumoto Kôshirô IX performed this role five times between 1986
and 1999. If this print depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII, he performed this
role thirteen times between 1953 and 1979.

Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎) as
Shitadashi Sanbaso (舌出三番叟)

Play: Shitadashi Sanbasô (舌出三番叟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 01/1992
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Bandô Mitsugorô IX also performed this role at the Misono-za,
Nagoya, in October 1989 and at the Asakusa Kôkaidô in January 1998.
I can not rule of the possibility that this print reflects one of those other
performances. If this print depicts Bandô Mitsugorô VIII, he performed
this role at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo, in October 1962. If this print depicts
Bandô Mitsugorô VII, he performed this role five times between 1947
and 1956.

Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as Megumi Tatsugorô (め組辰五郎)

Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection

Note: Onoe Shôroku II performed this role 8 times since 1948, the
last time being at the Kokuritsu Gekijô in January 1971.