JUNE 1891

Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as Itagaki Taisuke (板垣退助)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Aihara Naosuke (相原尚聚)
 
Play: [The True Story of Mr. Itagki’s Misfortune]
Itagiki-kun Sônan Jikki (板垣君遭難実記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 

Iwata Shônosuke (岩田庄之助) as Itagaki Taisuke (板垣退助)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Aihara Naosuke (相原尚聚)
 
Play: [The True Story of Mr. Itagki’s Misfortune]
Itagiki-kun Sônan Jikki (板垣君遭難実記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
Note:There was a subsequent production that opened on
October 21, 1891.   Iwata Shônosuke's name is written next to
the name of Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) in the cartouche
of this print, suggesting that he replaced Aoyagi Sutesaburô in
the role in this later production.
 
 
 
 

 
 
Song: Oppekepe (おっぺけぺー)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 07/1891
Artist: Nagashima Shungyo (永島春暁)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)           
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 07/1891
Artist: Shunsai Toshimasa (春斎年昌)
 
Note: A woodblock printed version of this
design has not been located.  A later
lithographic reprint exists.

 
 
 

               
                Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
                Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
                Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 06/20/91
                Print Date: 1891?
                Artist: Shunsai Toshimasa (春斎年昌)
                Medium: Lithograph
                Personal Collection

 
 
 

 
 
Song: Oppekepe (おっぺけぺー)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 06/20/1891
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This copy is trimmed, lacking
the cartouche in the bottom right of
the right panel.
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)

       
        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
        Song: Oppekepe (おっぺけぺー)
        Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 06/20/91
        Print Date: 07/1891
        Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
        (歌川小国政)
        Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
        Note: Untrimmed cop where the red carpet has oxidized.
 
 
 
 
 

           
            Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
            Song: Oppekepe (おっぺけぺー)
            Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 06/20/91
            Print Date: 08/01/26
            Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
            (歌川小国政)
            Medium: Woodblock printed magazine cover
            Published in Bangasa (番傘), Vol. 15, No. 8

            Personal Collection
 
            Note: Kokunimasa's design was reused in a reduced size as
            the cover for Bangasa magazine om 1926.

AUGUST 1891

Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉 丑太郎) as
[Leon] Rewon (レヲン )

Play: [Inspiring Tale of Statesmaship]
Keikoku Bidan (経国美談)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/31/91
Print Date: 08/1891
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  [Pelopidas] Peropidasu (ペロピダス

       
        Shōhin an'nai???
 
        Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: 08/1891
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed omacha-e
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is shown in the upper right panel.
 
 
 
 

SEPTEMBER 1891

Nakamura Yanosuke (中村弥之助) as
Shafu Kenzô (車夫権三)
 
Iwata Shônosuke (岩田庄之助) as
Shôya Heizaemon (庄屋平左衛門)
 
 
Play: [Saga Rioting Record]
Saga Bôdô-ki (佐賀暴動記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/91
Print Date: 09/20/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 

  Tanaka Chôkichi (田中長吉) as
  [Younger Brother Ginzaburô]
  Otôto Ginzaburô (弟銀三郎)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Saitô Kinji (斎藤金次)

Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉丑太郎) as           
[Mother Osaga] Haha Osaga
(母おさが)
 
Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as
Kôdô Shinpei (江堂新平)   

Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as
Kôdô Shinpei (江堂新平)
 
 
Play: [Saga Rioting Record]
Saga Bôdô-ki (佐賀暴動記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英)
collaborated with Kunisada III on this
print.
 
 
 
 

  Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅次郎) as
  Eguchi Jûsaku (江口十作)

   Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
   Saitô Kinji (斎藤金次)
 
   Mori Sankichi (森三吉) as
   [Police Officer] Keikan (警官)

 
[New Version of Woppekepê Song]
Shinpan Woppekepê Uta (新版ヲッペケペー歌)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/1891
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed omacha-e
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
               
Note:  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is shown in the upper right panel. 
A 1956 offset printed postcard of this print in the webmaster's collection
provided the date for this print.
 
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
Song: Oppekepe (おっぺけぺー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1891
Artist: Yôsai Nobukazu (楊斎延一)
Medium: Woodblock printed omocha-e
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is the figure in the top left panel.   He also appears in the
bottom right panel giving a speech.  The second panel from the left in the third role depicts the
Yukashita scene in Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩).
 

               
                Close-up of the top left panel

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
Song: Oppekepe (おっぺけぺー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1891
Artist: Yôsai Nobukazu (楊斎延一)
Medium: Woodblock printed sugoroku
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is the figure in the center panel.
        

               
                Close-up of the center panel

[New Edition Oppekepê Sugoroku]
Shinpan Oppekepē Sugoroku (新版オツペケペー双六)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オツペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date:
Print Date: 1891
Artist: Utagawa Kunitoshi (歌川国利)
Medium: Woodblock printed sugoroku
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎), the figure in the center panel,
frequently performed this number between plays circa 1888-1894.  The
Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum's copy has a December 14, 1888 date
stamped in the margin.  Is this a reissue of a 1888 published version?
 
 
 

Close-up of the center panel
  
Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎), the figure in the center panel,
frequently performed this number between plays circa 1888-1894.  The
Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum's copy has a December 14,
1888 date stamped in the margin.  Is this a reissue of a 1888
published version?
 
 
 

               
                  Original envelope for the sugoroku.

               
                 Reverse of the original envelope for the
                sugoroku..

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1891
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia
 
 
 
 

JANUARY 1892

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
 
 
Play: Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
Performance Place: Torigoe-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/92
Print Date: 01/20/1892
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 

 

Kimura Shûhei (木村周平) as
Saigô Kichinosuke (西郷吉之助)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎) as
Gesshô Shônin (月照上人)

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅次郎) as
[Hirano's Sister Ohisa]
Hirano Imôto Ohisa (平野妹おひさ)
 
Play: Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
Performance Place: Torigoe-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/92
Print Date: 02/1892
Artist: Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英)
Personal Collection

Kotachibana (小橘) as
[First Child] Isshi Yûkichi (一子雄吉)

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)  

? as ?
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
 
 
 
Play: Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
Performance Place: Torigoe-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/92
Print Date: 01/11/1892
Artist: Takeuchi Keishu (武内桂舟)
Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e, published in the script of Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
Personal Collection
 

 

                       
                        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
 
                        Kimura Shûhei (木村周平) as Saigô Kichinosuke (西郷吉之助)
 
                        Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎) as Gesshô Shônin (月照上人)
 
                        Play: Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
                        Performance Place: Torigoe-za, Tokyo
                        Performance Date: 01/14/92
                        Print Date: 01/11/1892
                        Artist: Takeuchi Keishu (武内桂舟)
                        Medium: Woodblock printed kuchi-e, published in the script of Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
                        Personal Collection

 
 
Play: Bingo Saburô (備後三郎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/92
Print Date: 03/1892?
Artist: Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Bingo Saburô (備後三郎)

 
 
Play: [Evil Zen Master]
Akuzenji (悪禅師)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/92
Print Date: 05/1892
Artist: Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Kinsato Zenji (公暁禅師)

       
        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
        Kuwata Shinyoshirô (桑田新吉郎)
 
 
        Play: [Evil Zen Master]
        Akuzenji (悪禅師)
        Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/10/92
        Print Date: 05/1892
        Artist: Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅次郎) as
[Kaneda's Concubime Kokatsu]
Kaneda no Mekake Kokatsu
(金田の妾小勝)

Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉丑太郎) as
[Murakami's Mother Orie]
Murakami no Haha Orie (村上の母折枝)

Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
Umi Mikoto (海尊)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎) as
Gôno-kun (郷ノ君)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
Suruga (駿河)
 
Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
Kataoka (片岡)
 
Shizuma Kojirô (静間小二郎) as
Kamei (亀井)
 
Play: Ataka no Seki Yoshitsune Mondô
(安宅関義経問答)
Performance Place: Torigoe-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/22/1892
Print Date: 12/01/1892
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉丑太郎) as
  Benkei (弁慶)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Yoshitsune (義経)

Kimura Shûhei (木村周平) as
Togashi (富樫)
'
 Fukui Mohei (福井茂兵衛) as
 Toppi Dai (突飛太)

        
        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
        Kudô Takeo (工藤猛夫)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Play: [The Student's Crime]
        Shosei no Hanzai (書生之犯罪)
        Performance Place:  Torigoe-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/22/92
        Print Date: 12/1892
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
 

Shizuma Kojirô (静間小二) as
Senda Keiichi (千田桂一)
 
Fukui Mohei (福井茂兵衛) as
Komazawa Gôichi (駒沢剛一)
 
Kimura Shûhei (木村周平) as
Nyôbô [Wife] Okimi (女房お君)

Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
Nishida Kôichi (西田巷一)
 
Terashima Kurajirô (寺嶋倉次郎) as
Ginta Kurasan (銀田倉三)
 
Taniguchi Kisaku (谷口喜作) as
Jiden Yoshinosuke (自田由之助)
 
Yano Kanjirô (矢野勘次郎) as
Yao Haini (?) (矢尾佩二)
 

JANUARY 1894               

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎) as
[Geisha Umeji] Geiji Umeji (芸妓梅次)
 
Play: [Surprised] Igai (意外)
Performance Place: Asakusai-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/94
Print Date: 01/1894?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Personal Collection
 

 Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
 Matsuura Kurazô (松浦倉三)

       
        Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎) as
        [Geisha Umeji] Geiji Umeji (芸妓梅次)
 
        Play: [Surprised] Igai (意外)
        Performance Place: Asakusai-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/02/94
        Print Date: 01/1894?
        Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
        Memorial Theater Museum
 
        Note: Color variant.

   Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
   Matsuura Kurazô (松浦倉三)
 

Ichikawa Katsura (市川桂が) as
Kusunoki Tamonsuke Masayuki
(楠多門介正行)
 
Play: Kusunoki Masashige (楠正成)
Performance Place: Koishikawa
Kôrakuen (小石川後楽園),
Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/1894
Print Date: [12?/]1893
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Personal Collection
 
 

  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Kusunoki Kawachi Hangan Masashige
  (楠河内判官正成)

Portrait of Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) ]
[Magic Mystery] Kijutsu Myômyô (奇術妙々)
 
Print Date: 04/1894
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

JULY 1894

Kawakami Shibai Oppekepê (川上芝居オッペケペー)
 
Song: Oppekepe (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 07/1894?
Print Date: 07/1894
Artist: Adachi Ginkô (安達吟光)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum
 
Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is shown i the upper right corner panel.

 
 
 

           
 
 
 
 
 
 
            Play: [Surprised Again]
            Mata Mata Igai (又々意外)
            Performance Place:  Asakusa-za,
            Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/07/94
            Print Date: 07/1894
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Takada Minoru  (高田実) as
  Inada Genzô (稲田源蔵)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as 
  Ôtsuki Ryûsaku (大月竜作)

[Kawakami Otojirô performing a new
play about the Sino-Japanese War at
the Asakusa Theatre]
Kawakami Otojirô Asakusa-za nite
Nnisshin Sensô no Shingeki o
Enzuru zu
 (川上音二郎浅草座にて日清戦争の
新劇を演ずる図)
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 10/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

       
        Sano Kujirô (佐野庫次郎) as ?
 
        Yasuda Chûichirô (保田注一郎) as
        [Official Qi Yû] Chori Qi Yû (丁吏其羽)
 
        Terashima Kurajirô
        (寺島倉二郎; 寺嶋倉次郎) as
        *** (*吏*同臭)
 
        Ishida Nobuo (石田信夫) as
        Haruta Shige (春田しげ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
        Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
        Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 08/31/94
        Print Date: 09/01/1894
        Artist: ?
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎)  as
[Adjutant Hong Bingshu]
Fukkan Hong Bingshu (副官洪炳集)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Shinbun Kisha Hirada Tetsuya
(帝国新聞記者 比良田鉄哉)

Kawamura Akira (河村昶) as
[Li's Attendant  Jiaoxian]
Ri-shi no samurai Jiaoxian
(李氏の侍矯仙)
 
Takada Minoru  (高田実) as 
[General Li Hongzhang]
Shôgun Li Hongzhang (将軍李鴻章)

Fukazawa Kôzô (深澤恒造; 深沢恒造) as
[Harsh Jailer Yuen]
Gokuri Yuen Kokuretsu (獄吏袁酷烈) 
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
[Adjutant Zhao Wu]
Fukkan Zhao Wu (副官趙武慣)
 
Harasawa Shinzô (原沢新三) as
[Official Nanji*] Chori. Nanji* (丁吏.汝*)
 
Yano Kanjirô (矢野勘二郎) as
[Official Li Da] Chori Li Da (丁吏李達)
 

Ishida Nobuo (石田 信夫) as
Haruta Shige (春田しげ)

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirada Tetsuya (比良田鉄哉)
 
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/1894?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Fukazawa Kôzô (深澤恒造) as
  [Harsh Jailer Yuen]
  Gokuri Yuen Kokuretsu (獄吏袁酷烈)
 
  Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎) as
  [Adjutant Hong Bingshu]
  Fukkan Hong Bingshu (副官洪炳集)

   Takada Minoru (高田実) as
   [General Li Hongzhang]
   Shôgun Li Hongzhang (将軍李鴻章)
 
   Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
   [Adjutant Zhao Wu]
   Fukkan Zhao Wu (副官趙武慣)

Yasuda Chûichirô (保田注一郎) as [Official Qi Yû] Chori Qi Yû (丁吏其羽)
 
Yano Kanjirô (矢野勘二郎) as [Official Li Da] Chori Li Da (丁吏李達)
 
Ishida Nobuo (石田信夫) as Haruta Shige (春田しげ)
 
Fukazawa Kôzô (深澤恒造) as [Harsh Jailer Yuen]  Gokuri Yuen Kokuretsu (獄吏袁酷烈)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Hirada Tetsuya (比良田鉄哉)
 
Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎) as [Adjutant Hong Bingshu]  Fukkan Hong Bingshu (副官洪炳集)
 
Harasawa Shinzô (原沢新三) as [Li's Attendant **] Ri-shi no samurai ** (李氏の侍**)

Takada Minoru (高田実) as [General Li Hongzhang]   Shôgun Li Hongzhang (将軍李鴻章)
 
Kawamura Akira (河村昶) as [Li's Attendant  Jiaoxian]   Ri-shi no samurai Jiaoxian (李氏の侍矯仙)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as [Adjutant Zhao Wu]   Fukkan Zhao Wu (副官趙武慣)
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War] Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
^Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅二郎) as
[Akitsu Shimpô Reporter Mizusawa
Kyōji]
Akitsu Shinpô Kisha Mizusawa Kyōji
(秋津新報記者水沢恭二)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
[Teikoku Shinbun Reporter Hirada
Tetsuya]
Teikoku Shinbun Kisha  Hirada
Tetsuya (帝国新聞記者比良田鉄哉)
  
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/1894?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
 
 
 

   Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
   [Army Lieutenant Wakita Ryô]
   Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
   (陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
 Terashima Kurajirô (寺嶋倉二郎) as
  [Chinese Soldier  Tianbaozhen]
  Shina-hei Tianbaozhen
  (支那兵天保珍) 
 
  
 

   Mizuno Yoshimi (水埜好美)
   [Army Major General Uetsuta Iwao]
   Rikugun Shōshō Uetsuta Iwao
   (陸軍少将植蔦巌)
 
  

Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
Kishida Montsukasa (岸田紋司)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
[Army Lieutenant Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
(陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
[Major General Uejima]
Uejima Shôshô (植島少将)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅二郎) as
[Captain Matsutaki]
Matsutaki Taii (松瀧大尉)
 
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/1894?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
[Vice Admiral Zhao Wu]
Fukushô Zhao Wu (副官趙武慣)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as
[Sargeant Katô Yoshiaki]
Sōchō Katô Yoshiaki (曹長加藤喜明)
 
Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
Li Shenda (李申達)

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirada Tetsuya (比良田鉄哉)
 
Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎) as
Hong Bingshu (副官洪炳集)
 
Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) as
Ding Shen (丁慎)
 
Terashima Kurajirô (寺島倉二郎) as
Chinese Soldier] Shina-hei (支那兵)
 
Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
[Prison Guard Liu Changhe]
Rôban Liu Changhe (牢番劉昌和)

Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as [Prison Guard Liu Changhe, in reality Akiyama Katsura]
Rôban Liu Changhe jitsuwa Akiyama Katsura zō (牢番劉昌和 実は 秋山桂蔵)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as [Reporter Hirada Tetsuya]
Kisha Hirada Tetsuya (記者比良田鉄哉)
 
Ishida Nobuo (石田 信夫) as Haruta Shige (春田しげ)
 
Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) as [Qing Army Vice Commander Achaben]
Seigun Fukuchô Achaben (清軍副長阿茶弁)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as [Army Sargeant  Major Katô Yoshiaki]
Rikugunsōchō Katô Yoshiaki (陸軍曹長加藤喜明)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as [Qing Military Chief Zhao Wu]
Seigun Buchô Zhao Wu (清軍部長趙武慣) 
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as [Army Major General Uejima Iwao]
Rikugun Shôshô Uejima Iwao (陸軍少将植島巌)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as [Army Lieutenant Colonel Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô (陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War] Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/09/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
^Personal Collection
 
 

       
        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as ?

 
 
        Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
        Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
        Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 08/31/94
        Print Date: 09/1894
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
[Army Lieutenant Colonel Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
(陸軍中佐脇田亮)

  Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
  [Army Major General Uejima Iwao]
  Rikugun Shôshô Uejima Iwao
  (陸軍少将植島巌)

Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
Li Shenda (李申達)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirada Tetsuya (比良田鉄哉)
 
Sakai Keiji (阪井恵司; 坂井恵司) as
Ueda Fusako (上田扶佐子)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/01/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 

Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
[Prison Guard Liu Changhe]
Rôban Liu Changhe (牢番劉昌和)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as
[Army Sargeant  Major Katô Yoshiaki]
Rikugunsōchō Katô Yoshiaki
(陸軍曹長加藤喜明)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
[Qing Military Chief Zhao Wu]
Seigun Buchô Zhao Wu
(清軍部長趙武慣) 
 

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
[Army Lieutenant Colonel Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
(陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
[Army Major General Uejima Iwao]
Rikugun Shôshô Uejima Iwao
(陸軍少将植島巌)

       
        Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
        [Qing Army ****] 
        Seigun ***  (清軍*副長何茶*)
 
 
        Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
        Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
        Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 08/31/94
        Print Date: [09?]/1894
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as
[Army Sargeant  Major Katô Yoshiaki]
Rikugunsōchō Katô Yoshiaki
(陸軍曹長加藤喜明)
 

Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
[Qing Military Chief Zhao Wu]
Seigun Buchô Zhao Wu (清軍部長趙武慣)   

Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
[Mixed Brigade Commander Toyama]
Tôyama Konsei Ryodan-chô
(遠山混成旅団長)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Play: [Battlefield Diary]
Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/1894
Print Date: 10/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 

  Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅二郎) as
  Kamura Ryôkichi (香村良吉)
 
  [Servant Chamuna]
  Jusha Chamuna (従者チャムナ)
 
  Takada Minoru (高田実) as
  [Army Captain Taniichi]
  Tanichi Rikugun Taiii
  (谷一陸軍大尉)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  [Battlefield Inspection Actor]
  Senchi Shisatsu Haiyû
  (戦地視察俳優)

Sakai Keiji (阪井恵司) as                           
[Infantry Lieutenant Kojima]
Kojima Hohei Chûi
(小島歩兵中尉)
'
Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
[Logistics Supervisor Yamamoto]
Yamamoto Heitan-gen
(山本兵站監)

Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎)
 
Fukazawa Kôzô (深澤恒造)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近)
 
Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎)
 
Terashima Kurajirô (寺島倉二郎)

 
 
 
 
 
Play: [Battlefield Diary]
Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
Performance Place:  Ueno Park
Performance Date: 12/09/94
Print Date: 12/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 
Note: The Kawakami troupe performed
the play outside in Ueno Park for the
Crown Prince.  Kawakami is shown
in the middle panel in a brown jacket
and a brown cap.
 
 
 
 

Kawamura Akira (河村昶)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎;
川上音次郎)
 
Matsuno Kôtarô (松野光太郎)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰)
 
Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎)
 
Yano Kanjirô (矢野勘二郎)
 
Furukawa Tatsujirô (古川辰次郎)
 
Harasawa Shinzô (原沢新三)
 
Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) 

Ishida Nobuo (石田 信夫)
 
Takada Minoru  (高田実)
 
Sakai Keiji (阪井恵司)
 
Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎)
 
Fujii Mutsusuke (藤井睦輔)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎;
藤澤浅次郎; 藤澤浅二郎)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美)

       
        Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
        Zhang Jingchang (璋警昌)

 
 
 
 
 
        Play: [Battlefield Diary]
        Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
        Performance Place:  Ichimura-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 12/03/94
        Print Date: 12/1894
        Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
        (歌川小国政)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
[Sergeant Sakazaki]
Sakazaki Gunsô (坂崎軍曹)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎;
川上音次郎) as
[Army Medic] Kangosotsu (看護卒)

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎;
藤澤浅次郎; 藤澤浅二郎) as
[P.O.W. Kanemasa Jun]
Horyo Kanemasa Jun (捕虜金正淳)
 
Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
[Medical Superintendent Yasuda]
Yasuda Gun'ikan (安田軍医監)

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Takeda Motoyasu (武田元恭)

 
 
Play: [Battlefield Diary]
Senchi Kenbun Nikki
(戦地見聞日記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/94
Print Date: 12/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎) as
  [Official Yi Qingshun]
  Kanri Yi Qingshun (官吏毅慶順)
 
  Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) as
  [Official Liang Huaning}
  Kanri Liang Huaning (官吏亮華寧)

  Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
  Zang* Chang (璋*昌)
 
  Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
  [Official Liang Hua Ning]
  Kanri Liang Hua Ning (官吏亮華寧)

       
        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
        [Battlefield Inspection Actor
        (Lt. Kojima)]
        Senchi Shisatsu Haiyû (戦地視察俳優)
 
 
        Play: [Battlefield Diary]
        Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
        Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 12/03/94
        Print Date: 11/1894
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

   Hisakawa Taketarô (久川竹太郎) as
   [Lieutenant's Son Hatsuo]
   Shôi Shisoku Hatsuo (少尉子息初雄)

  Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎) as
  [Lieutenant Kojima's Wife Sadako]
  Kojima Chûi Fujin Sadako
  (小島中尉夫人貞子)

                
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎) as
[Lieutenant Kojima's Wife Sadako]  Kojima Chûi Fujin Sadako (小島中尉夫人貞子)
 
? as ?
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
[Battlefield Inspection Actor (Lt. Kojima)] Senchi Shisatsu Haiyû (戦地視察俳優)
 
Play: [Battlefield Diary]
Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/1894
Print Date: 12/06/1894
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎) as
Sakata no Kintoki (坂田公時) 
 
Kawamura Akira (河村昶) as
Watanabe no Tsuna (渡辺綱)
 
Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
Usui Sadamitsu (臼井貞光)
 
Harasawa Shinzô (原沢新三) as
Urabe no Suetake (卜部季武)
 
Sakai Keiji (阪井恵司; 坂井恵司) as
Hirai no Yasumasa (平井保昌)

Play: Ôeyama (大江山)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/15/95
Print Date: 07/1895
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
[Settsu Governor Minamoto no
Yorimitsu]
Settsu no Kami Minamoto no
Yorimitsu (摂津守源頼光)
 
Takada Minoru  (高田実) as
Tôgane Shindō Dai (東金新藤太)

Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
Yosa Gorô
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎;
藤澤浅次郎; 藤澤浅二郎) as
[Shuten Dōji, in reality
Sakura Shōji Kokutei]
Shuten Dōji jitsuwa Sakura
Shōji Kokutei (酒呑童子 実は
佐倉庄司国定)
 
Hisakawa Taketarô (久川 竹太郎) as
Sôma Mangetsumaru (相馬満月丸)

       
        Ishida Nobuo (石田信夫) as
        [Song and Dance Bodhisattva]
        Kabu Bosatsu (歌舞菩薩) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Play: Shikujiri Saiban (誤判録)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 07/15/95
        Print Date: 07/15/95
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Îbara Yukie (飯原雪江)

Katô Katsura (加藤カツラ) as
[Mrs. Îbara Fumiko]
Īhara Fujin Fumiko (飯原夫人ふみ子)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎; 藤澤浅次郎;
藤澤浅二郎) as
[Matsumura Makoto, later Îbara Makoto]
Matsumura Makoto-go ni Îbara Makoto
(松村誠 後に飯原誠)

                
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as [Settsu Governor Minamoto no Yorimitsu]
Settsu no Kami Minamoto no Yorimitsu (摂津守源頼光)
 
possibly Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Îbara Yukie (飯原雪江)
 
Ishida Nobuo (石田信夫) as
[Song and Dance Bodhisattva] Kabu Bosatsu (歌舞菩薩)
 
Plays: Shikujiri Saiban (誤判録); Ôeyama (大江山)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/95
Print Date: 07/15/1895
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

 From top left: Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅次郎); Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎); Takada Minoru  (高田実);
 Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎); Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎); Ishida Nobuo (石田信夫)
 
Plays: Shikujiri Saiban (誤判録); Ôeyama (大江山)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:   07/14/95
Print Date: 07/1895?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? shinbun sujigaki front page
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 
 

Woodblock printed announcement of the opening of the
Kawakami teahouse at the Kawakami-za
 
 
Performance Place: Kawakami-za, Tokyo
Print Date: 07/1896?
Artist: ?
Personal Collection
 
Note:  The Kawakami-za opened in Tokyo on June 6,
1896.  The first regular run program was [Japanese Girl]
Nihon Musume (日本娘), which starred Kawakami Otojirô
(川上音二 郎; 川上音次郎) and which opened on July 2, 1896. 

 
 

FEBRUARY 1897

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎) as
[Circumnavigator of the World
Fukuhara Takeo]
Sekai Isshû  Fukuhara Takeo
(世界一周者福原武雄)
 
Play: [Around the World in 80 Days]
Hachijûnichikan Sekai Isshû
(八十日間世界一周)
Performance Place: Kawakami-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/31/97
Print Date: 02/1897?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  [Fukuhara's Servant Hatta Jôji]
  Fukuhara Jûboku Hatta Jôji

  Ishida Nobuo (石田 信夫) as
  [Japanese Lad Auda]
  Nihon Fujin Auda On'na
  (日本婦人アウダ女)

Pun Toy Picture Print
 
Print Date: 1899
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
 
Note:  This has the names of rakugo/vaudeville entertainers like
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) (row 2, far right panel), Sanyutei
Encho (三遊亭圓朝) (row 1, second panel from the right), and
Matsubayashi Hakuchi I (松林伯知) (row 1, top left panel).

 
 
 

[New Composition Oppekepê Song]
Shinsaku Oppekepê Bushi
(新作オッペケペーぶし)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1978
Medium: Lithographic cover of a miniature book
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover appears to be a reprint of a
vintage kawaraban shinbun (.かわら版),  It
and several of the illustrations inside the
booklet are reminiscent of a panels of an 1891
omocha-e by an as yet unidentified artist found
elsewhere on this site.  The figure is Kawakami
Otojirô  (川上音二 郎; 川上音次郎).