Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Hatomiya Yônosuke (鳩宮庸之助)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Osawa (おさわ)

Play:  Ichijiku (無花果)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/07
Print Date: 02/1907?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards
 
The above image has been cobbled together
from different sources, including Kobikido Shoten. 
Although partially obscured, the right most postcard
depicts a lion.
 

 
 

                           ?

 
 

               
[An Actor's Stage Habits] Haiyû no Butai Kuse (俳優の舞臺癖)
[Performing Arts Caricatures] Engei Fûshiga (演藝諷刺畫)

Artist: Kitazawa Rakuten (北澤樂天)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Sept. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: This print depicts Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) and Kawai
Takeo (河合武雄).
 
 

                 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Haruko (春子)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Tsuyuhara Arimaro (露原有麿)

Plays: Tsubaki-hime (椿姫); Saiai no Tsuma (最愛の妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/14/11
Print Date: 04/17/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

                   
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Chôzan (丁山)

Play:  Tsuya Monogatari (通夜物語; つや物語)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/12
Print Date: [~1929-1934]
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)

Note:  Although listed in a Watanabe sales catalog, it is possible
that this print was never editioned.  Kawai Takeo first performed
the role of Chôzan (with Ii Yôhô) in Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in
January 1907.  He reprised the role at the Meiji-za in November
1915, at the  Kabuki-za in March 1918, and at the Minamiza
(Abuza Tokyo) in March 1924.  It is possible that Shunsen based
this print on one of these later performances
 
 
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Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

 
 Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Chôzan (丁山)
           
  Play: Tsuya Monogatari (通夜物語; つや物語)
  Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
  Performance Date: 01/02/12
  Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Kingorô (金五郎)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Kosan (小さん) and Komeko (?) (米子)
 
Murata Masao I (村田正雄) as Kôbei (幸兵衛)

Plays: Hito no Oya (人の親); Musume Setsuyô (娘節用); Keiko Ôgi (稽古扇);
Taihen Taihen Taihen (大変大変大変)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/12
Print Date: 02/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Moriyama Kumeko (守山粂子)

Play: Yakeno (焼野)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

                 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Erekutora [Electra] (エレクトラ)
 
Plays: Makubesu [Macbeth] no Keiko (マクベスの稽古); Cha o Tsukuru Ie (茶を作る家);
Erekutora [Electra] (エレクトラ); On'nagata (女がた)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/13
Print Date: 10/1913?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

               
[October Plays] Jûgatsu no Shibai (十月の芝居)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 161 (Nov. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: It is possible that the figure on the right is intended to be
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Erekutora [Electra]
(エレクトラ), which opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo on
October 1, 1913.
 
 
 
 

               
? as Watônai (和藤内) in Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合 戦)              Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
                                                                                                                       (大星由良之助 ) in Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵;
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵) in                仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene II of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no
Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻), which opened at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo     Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Tora (虎) in ?
in November 1912.
                                                                                                                      Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as ?
Ichikawa Danshirô II (段四郎) as Musashibô Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶) in Kanjinchô (勧進帳), which opened at the                 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as ?
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in April 1911.
                                                                                                                     Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Utanosuke (雅楽之助 in Domo
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as [Electra] Erekutora                Mata (吃又)
(エレクトラ) in [Electra] Erekutora (エレクトラ), which
opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo on October 1, 1913.
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Toranosuke
Masakiyo (虎之助正请) in Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of Gion
Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), which opened at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in January 1902 and again in July 1907.

Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kitamura Rokuro I (喜多村緑郎) as
Wet Nurse] Uba Omatsuri (乳母お祭）
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as
[Concubine] Mekake Masako (妾政子) 
 
Play: Uzumaki (渦巻)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/09/1914
Print Date: 04/01/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1914)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Hayase Chikara (早瀬主税)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Otsuta (お蔦).
 
Play: [Mongol Invasion] Môko Shûrai (蒙古襲来);
On'na Keizu (婦系図; 婦系圖)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo; Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/14; 09/05/14
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 172 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Otsuta (お蔦)
 
Play: Onna Keizu (姫系圏)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/1914
Print Date: 10/01/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 8, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as [Queen Herodias] Ôhi Herododasu (王妃ヘロドダス)
 
Play: [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph banzuke
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
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Note: Version that includes billing for Kawai Takeo.
 
 

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as Okuni (お國)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武 雄) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三)
 
Plays: Meguro Kôdan (目黒巷談); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Okuni to Sanza (お國と山三)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

                 
Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as [Salome] Sarome (サロメ)
 
Plays: Meguro Kôdan (目黒巷談); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Okuni to Sanza (お國と山三)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/08/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The back cover depicts Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as [Salome] Sarome (サロメ) in
Sarome [Salome] (サロメ).

Kawai Takeo (可合武雄) as Okisa (おきさ)
 
Play: Imamiya Shinjû (今宮心中)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/15
Print Date: 09/15?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Kakimina (か君名)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峯) as Migita Genzô (右田源蔵)
 
Play: Tomo no Ie (友の家)
Performance Place: Benten-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/16
Print Date: 07/01/16
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 7 (July 1, 1916)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Hanea (花枝)

Play: On'na Ichidai (女一代)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/17
Print Date: 01/01/20
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Fujieda Miyoji (藤枝美代次)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉味) as Segawa Kôtarô (瀬川光太郎)

Play: Tsumigumi Sakazuki (三組盃)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/17
Print Date: 10/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 
 
 

               
Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Futonya Genshichi (ふとん屋源七)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Kikunoi no Onori (菊の井のお力)

Play: Nigorie (にごり江)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 06/29/18
Print Date: 08/01/18
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1918)
Personal Collection

Cover of play outline (sujigaki)

Play: Kanaya Koume (仮名屋小梅)
Performance Place: Minami--za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 04/08/20
Print Date: 04/1920
Artist: ?
Medium: Offset printed sujigaki
Personal Collection 
 
Note: Most of the cast previously appeared in a
production at the Shintomi-za in Tokyo, which opened
on November 11, 1919.   In addition to Kawai Takeo,
who played Kanaya Koume, the cast in Kyoto included
Kinoshita (木下), Murata Shikibu (村田式部), Takemura
Shin (武村新), Umejima Noboru (梅島昇), Nagoshi
Senzaemon (名越仙左衛門), Takashima Umetarô
(高島梅太郎), Matsumoto Yôjirô (松本要次郎),  and
Shimoda Mô  (下田猛).

Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Osen (お仙}

Play: Fuyuki Shinjû (冬木心中)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/22
Print Date: 03/1923?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔似顔繪), #14
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Hanarumei (花瑠明)
 
Play: [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 10/31/24
Print Date: 12/01/24
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Takeo Kawai (河合武雄) as Geisha Someji (藝妓染次)

Play: Kôtô Shinwa (紅燈新話)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/26
Print Date: 06/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 18) (三十六家選 (その十八))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 6 (June 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as ?
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as ?
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as ?
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Tachiba Taheiji (立場太平次)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Torazô (虎蔵), actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)  
      
Plays: Kazumiya-sama Otsukai (和宮様御使); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki  (鬼一法眼三略巻);
Katakiuchi Gappô-ga-Tsuji (敵討合法辻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/26
Print Date: 10/1926?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Bandô Shûka (坂東しうか; 坂東志うか) as Kinmenuki Ginji (金目貫銀次)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tobei (藤兵衛)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Shinmon Tatsugorô  (新門辰五郎)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Oroku (お六)
 
Plays: Shinmon Tatsugorô (新門辰五郎); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Suô Otoshi (素襖落);
Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕);  Hidari Kogatana (左小刀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/28
Print Date: 04/1928?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)
in Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕); and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季) in Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記).
 
 
 

                 
Umejima Noboru (梅島 昇) as
Fujino Shūsaku (藤野秀作)

Play: Uyûge (有憂華)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/31
Print Date: 03/16/31
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Teigeki March Show Prints]
Teigeki Sangatsu Kōgyō Hanga
(帝劇三月興行版画)
Personal Collection
 
Note: The man is likely Kawai Takeo (可合武雄)
as Kashiku no Omasaru (かしくのお勝) or
Kikunami Shônosuke (菊波正之助) as Yasutomi
Shinzō (安富慎蔵).

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Koume (小梅)

Play: Koume to Kazue (小梅と一重), a version of 
Kanaya Koume (仮名屋小梅)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/40
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)  (#23)
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.  Takeo died on March 21, 1942 at age
68.  He first played the role of Koume in Kanaya Koume
in Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in November 1919.  Although
Takeo's final Tokyo appearance was at the Meiji-za in
January 1940, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Takeo's prior performances.