NAKAMURA JAKUEMON III (中 村雀右衛門)
01/02/1875 - 11/15/1927


aka NAKAMURA SHIBAJAKU IV (中村芝雀)



FEBRUARY 1902

                   
Nakamura Shibajaku  IV (中村芝雀) as
Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)

Itô Unosuke I (伊藤右之助) as
Takeda Katsuyori (武田勝頼)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/1902
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection

Note: Itô Unosuke I took the name Ichikawa Unosuke I
in January 1902, which suggests that the play was
performed before that date.
 
 
 
 

FEBRUARY 1913

                 
Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)
 
Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as Osugi (お杉)
 
Plays: Kankô (菅公);  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Wankyu Sue no Matsuyama
(椀久末松山); Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘戀緋鹿子)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/13
Print Date: 02/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Matsuômaru (松王丸), Nakamura
Fukusuke IV (中村福助)  as Sakuramaru (桜丸), and  Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Umeômaru
(梅王丸) in Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); and Hayashi Chôzaburô I (林 長三郎)
as Fujiwara (藤原), Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as Okina (翁), Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎)
as Michizane (道真), and Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀) as Akomaru (阿古丸) in Kankô (菅公).
 
 




APRIL 1915


Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as
Shiratama (白玉)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date:06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 









SEPTEMBER 1916


Nakamura Shibajaku IV  (中村芝雀) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)

Play: Some Oshichi-mono play
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Note: This postcard was missing when the
set was acquired.
 
 









JUNE 1917


Nakamura Shibajaku IV ( 中村芝雀) as
Umegawa (梅川)

Play:  Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/17
Print Date: 09/15/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Series: [Fujisawa Print Set #1]
Personal Collection
 
 





JANUARY 1918


Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: 01/30/18
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata Dainihen
Series 2 (歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #4
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Omitsu (お光; おみつ)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection
 
 





FEBRUARY 1918


Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Osono (おその)
 
Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai
no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣;
彦山権現誓助剱)
Performance Place: Meiji-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
 
 





APRIL 1921


Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Kagaribi (篝火)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋),
Act VIII of Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館 )
Performance Place:Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller attributed this print to
Natori Shunsen, but seal does not look
like any known Shunsen seal.
 






DECEMBER 1922

               
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Yaegaki -hime (八重垣姫)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/22
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#7)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Jakuemon III died on November 15,
1927 at age 53.
 
 


Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/22
Print Date: 12/1922?
Artist: Nagoshi Kunisaburô (名越國三郎)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection

UNKNOWN DATES


Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Print Date: 1914-1915?
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               

 
Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as ?
           
Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1918-1920
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Print Date: ?
           

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III ( 中村雀右衛門) as
            Oshizu (お しづ)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: c. 1918-1920
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III  (中村雀右衛門)
            as Osan (おさん)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: c. 1918-1920
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門)
            as Fujie (?)
           
            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: c. 1918-1920
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
 


Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as ?
 
Play:  ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection


       
        Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門)
        as ? and ?

        Play(s): ?
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: This postcard came with a set
        that dates to November 1917 and
        likely relates to a production performed
        in the 1917-1918 time period.
 
 
 
 


       
        Nakamura Jakuemon III
        (中村雀右衛門) as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Personal Collection
 
 
 


       
        Four pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
        pochibukuro shown above: Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
        澤村宗十郎); Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門);
        Ichikawa Sadanji III (市川左団次; 市川左團次; Nakamura
        Kaisha I (中村魁車).

        Print Date: ?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro




Four pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
pochibukuro shown above: Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童);
Bandô Jusaburô III (坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎); Nakamura
Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎); Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門)

Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro


           
            Five pochibukuro, possibly reverse sides of some of the actor
            pochibukuro shown  above: Nakamura Jakuemon III
            (中村雀右衛門); Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門);
            Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎);
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門); Nakamura
            Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)

            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
            Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro


            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III
            (中村雀右衛門 as Okaru (お軽)   

            Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (假名手本忠臣蔵;
            仮名手本忠臣蔵)
            Artist: ?          
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
                       
         

         
        Nakamura Jakuemon III
        (中村雀右衛門 as ?

        Play: ?
        Artist: ?          
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover