NAKAMURA KAROKU III (中村歌六)
05/08/1849 - 05/17/1919


JUNE 1914

               
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 




APRIL 1915

                 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Yojirô no Hahaoya (與次郎の母親)
[Yojirô's bliind mother Ogin] 

Play: Horikawa (堀川) aka Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#2)
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unpublished design.  Karoku III died on May 17, 1919 at
age 71.
 
 


AUGUST 1917



 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Tsuribune no Sabu (釣船の三婦)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/17
Print Date: 08/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #8
Image courtesy of Tuula Moilanen
 
 
 
 

JANUARY 1918

                   
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #5
^Personal Collection

 


Nakamura Karoku III
(中村歌六) as
Gonshirô (権四郎)
 
Play: Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Meiji-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
 

 

AUGUST 1918


Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Nami Roku (浪六)

Play: Hidakagawa Koi no Jakago
(日高川恋の蛇篭)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/06/18
Print Date: 08/1918?
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 Kiyohime (清姫)
 
                Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as Sendô Minroku (船頭泯六)

                Play: Hidakagawa Koi no Jakago (日高川恋の蛇篭)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 08/06/18
                Print Date: 09/01/18
                Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
                Medium: Machine printed lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
                Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1918)
                Image courtesy of Columbia University   




UNKNOWN DATE

              
Nakamura ** (中村**) as Kakubê Jishi (角兵衛獅子) 
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?
 
 ? as ?
 
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as ?  
 
Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ? 
 
Plays: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子); ?; ?; ?; ?　
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/16
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection