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.
 
 
 

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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
            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