IMAYÔ SATSUMA UTA
(今様薩摩歌)

aka GENGOBÊ OMAN IMAYÔ SATSUMA UTA (源五兵衛おまん今様薩摩歌)

                 
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Oman (おまん)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/20
Print Date: 1920
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Ezo no Yoshitsune (蝦夷の義經); Biwa no Nadokoro Yuki no Kagekiyo (琵琶名所月景清);
Gengobê Oman Imayô Satsuma Uta (源五兵衛おまん今様薩摩歌); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/02/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Hishikawa Gengobei (菱川源五兵衛)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 10/31/23
Print Date: Autumn 1923
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Versions with slightly different colored kimonos can be
found on the Internet, but it is not clear if they are true color
variants or if the reproduction of their colors was inaccurate.
 
 
 
 

Envelope design for Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙)
[#B]

Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
Personal Collection

   
    Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵) as
    Sasano Sangobê (笹野三五兵衛) 
       
    Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
    Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
    za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 07/01/24
    Print Date: 1928?
    Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
    (神下周峯)
    Medium: Woodblock printed
    pochibukuro
    Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
    Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
    (當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
    Personal Collection

       
        Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
         市川左團次) as
        Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛;
        薩摩源吾兵衛)
        
        Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 07/01/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
        Oman (おまん)
        
        Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
        Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-
        za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 07/01/24
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
        Personal Collection

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛; 薩摩源吾兵衛)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/1924
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵)
Personal Collection

Note: Without the original folder, the information for this listing is
subject to revision.  However, Sadanji II was the only actor to play
this role in Tokyo in the 1920s.