Kataoka Jûzô IV (片岡十蔵) as Hanako (花子)

Play: Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/06
Print Date: 02/1906?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts

Note: The caption of the print is Gaisen (凱旋) -
Triumphant Return.  Jûzô IV had just returned
from fighting in the Russo-Japanese War.  Two
other plays on the same bill at the Kabuki-za
were "Okuno Kiroku" (陸奥記録) and "Gunjin
Katagi,", two victory-commemorating war
dramas directed by Jûzô IV's adopted father
Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵).
 
 

                                     
                    Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Izumi no Saburô Tadahira (泉三郎忠衡)
 
                    Kataoka Jûzô IV (片岡十蔵) as Okugata Kureha (奥方呉羽)
   
                    Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
                    Plays: Oku no Kiroku (陸奥記録); Gunjin Katagi (軍人気質); Yakko Dôdôji (奴道成寺)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 03/08/06
                    Print Date: 03/09/06
                    Artist: ?
                    Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
                    Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Oyoshi (およし)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Chuzaemon (吉田忠左衛門)
 
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Aoyama Harima (青山播磨),
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hôkoma Shirôbei (放駒四郎兵衛), and Ichikawa Shôchô
II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊) in Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (梅川) in Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来).  The other figure is unknown.
 

                 
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Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Akagaki Genzo (赤垣源藏)
 
Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Yamaoka Kakubei (山岡覚兵衛)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yasuke (八助)
 
Plays: On'na Chûshingura (女忠臣蔵); Kekkon no Mae (結婚の前); Ataka Shinseki (安宅新關)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

                 
 ? as ?
 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Akagaki Genzo (赤垣源藏)
 
Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Yamaoka Kakubei (山岡覚兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yasuke (八助)
 
Plays: On'na Chûshingura (女忠臣蔵); Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記); Ryûsei (流星);
Wakai Tsuma (若い妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as
(正清)
            
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 

Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as
Jirôzô (次郎蔵)
 
Play: Seishû Akogi-ga-Ura (勢州阿漕浦) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/08/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

            
            Kataoka Ichizô IV
            (片岡市蔵) as
            Jirôzô (次郎蔵)
 
            Play: Seishû Akogi-ga-Ura
            (勢州阿漕浦) 
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 06/08/20
            Print Date: 06/1920?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                 
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Ukiyo Matahei (浮世又平)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tosa Shôgen (土佐将監)
 
Plays: Yodo no Koi (淀の鯉); Muchi Narumono (無智なる者); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香);
Otsuya Goroshi (お艶殺し)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) and  Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) in unknown roles.
 
 

                 
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
 
Plays: Kugyô (公暁); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討);
Kirishitan Yashiki (切支丹屋敷); Suisha no Hitoyo (水車の一夜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/16/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as [Johann the Italian] Itaria Hito
Yohan (伊太利人ヨハン) in Kirishitan Yashiki (切支丹屋敷); Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujiyoshi
(藤吉) in Suisha no Hitoyo (水車の一夜); and Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Minamoto no
Sanetomo (源實朝卿) in Kugyô (公暁).
 
 
 

                 
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as Sadarae (簓江)
           
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝)
 
Kataoka Ichizô IV  (片岡市蔵) as Oni Yasha (鬼夜叉)
 
Plays: Muromachi Gosho (室町御所); Aki no Wakare (秋の別れ); Nani Ôshima Homare no
Tsuyoyumi (名大島功譽強弓); Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/22
Print Date: 12/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫) and
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信) in Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝); and
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Yoshiteru (義輝), Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升;
市川三舛) as Iwatsuki Suisuke (岩槻主水助), Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Ikeda Tango no Kami
Masatake (池田丹後守将武), and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Tamon (多門) in
Muromachi Gosho (室町御所). 
 
 

                    
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Ichimura Kamezô III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Kaoyo (顔世)
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Takano Moronao (高野師直)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵) as Momoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)
 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Okaru (おかる)
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Kataoka Ichizō IV (片岡 市蔵) as En'ya Hangan (塩谷判官)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/04/24
Print Date: 12/1924?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as
Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使), Act IV of
Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討; 御所櫻堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-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) (#19)
*Personal Collection

Note:  Ichizô IV first played this role in Tokyo at the Engi-za
 in December 1910.  He would again play this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in July 1921 and at the Meiji-za in February
1924.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print on his 1921
or 1924 performances.