Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)

NAKAMURA KICHIEMON I (中村吉右衛門)
03/24/1886 - 09/05/1954

APRIL 1904

Play: Kantai Homare no Yashû
(艦隊誉夜襲)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/1904
Print Date: 04/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ichihashi Matahachirô (市橋又八郎)

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    Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Rokugô Kanjirô (六郷寛次郎)

    Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
    Sakurai Kengo (桜井賢吾)

    Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
    Eda Naoaki (江田直明)

SEPTEMBER 1912

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.

            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)

            Play: Momoyama Monogatari (桃山譚)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 09/18/12
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

JULY 1914

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ningyôya Kôemon (人形屋幸右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura
(敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/10/14
Print Date: 11/14/14
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #1]
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JANUARY 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Karaki Masauemon (唐木政右エ門)

Play: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
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FEBRUARY 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kôchiyama Munetoshi (河内山宗俊)

Play: Kumo ni Magau Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花 ; 雲衣紛上野初花 )
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/15
Print Date: 02/1915
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
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APRIL 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)

Play: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
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Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.

JUNE 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1915
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Terasawa Kôtarô (寺澤孝太郎)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
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JULY 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎)

Play: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Yura Hyôgonosuke Nobutada (由良兵庫助信忠)

Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
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AUGUST 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ki no Aritsune (紀有常)

Play: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari
(競伊勢物語)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection

SEPTEMBER 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Taira Tomomori (平知盛)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
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NOVEMBER 1915

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/1915
Print Date: 1915?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: It is also possible that this print depicts
Kichiemon I in a production at the Ichimura-za in
January 1912.

NOVEMBER 1916

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Banzuiin Chôbé (幡随長兵衛;
幡随院長兵衛)

Play: Hanakawado Uwasa no Manaita
(花川戸噂の俎板)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/16
Print Date: 11/1916?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Kichiemon I also portrayed
Banzuiin Chôbé in an October 1919
production of Kiwametsuki Banzui
Chôbé (極附幡随長兵衛;
極付幡随長兵衛) at the Ichimura-za,
so it is possible that this print relates to
that performance. Stylistically,
however, it more closely resembles
Seifû's Yakusha-e prints of 1915 than
his later Nigao-e prints.

JANUARY 1917

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Satô Masakiyo (佐藤正清)

Play: Hachijin Shugo no Honjô
(八陣守護城)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

FEBRUARY 1917

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed envelope
[Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

MARCH 1917

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Hoshikage Doemon (星影土右衛門)

Play: Oya Yuzuri Gosho no Gorozô (親譲御所五郎蔵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/17
Print Date: 1921
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

FEBRUARY 1918

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)

Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
(恋湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/18
Print Date: 1918?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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MAY 1918

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ushiuemon (?) (丑右衛門?)

Play: Myôkendô Kezuka Yurai
(妙見堂毛塚由来)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon
(鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿第二編) #3
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Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon
(鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #2]
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Hato no Heiuemon (鳩の平右衛門)

Play: Hato no Heiemon (鳩の平右衛門)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Mitsukuni (光国)

Play: Takiyasha (瀧夜叉)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言) #10
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NOVEMBER 1918

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Otokonosuke (男之助)

Play: Ume Momiji Nishiki no Dateori
(梅照葉錦伊達織)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/08/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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JANUARY 1919

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu
(樋口治郎兼光)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Courtesy of Artelino.com

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu (樋口治郎兼光)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

FEBRUARY 1919

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助)

Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助刀)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/1919
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as
            Keyamura Rokusuke
            (毛谷村六助)

            Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai
            no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助劍)
            Performance Place: Ichimura-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/02/19
            Print Date: 02/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
            (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection

APRIL 1919

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Saizaki Iga-no-Kami (幸崎伊賀守)

Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
(新薄雪物語)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

JUNE 1919

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/19
Print Date: 06/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

Note: This design was posthumously
reissued in a slightly different color
scheme when Kichiemon I reprised this
role at the Shintomi-za in March 1922.

                    Nakamura Kichiemon I
                    (中村吉右衛門) as
                    Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直實)

                    Play: Kumagai Jin'ya (熊谷陣屋),
                    Act III, Scene 3 of Ichi-no-Tani Futaba
                    Gunki (一谷嫩軍記))
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 06/05/19
                    Print Date: ?
                    Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
                    Dainihen Series 2
                    (歌舞伎踊姿第二編) #7
                    Personal Collection

                    Note: Kichiemon I also performed this
                    role at the Ichimura-za in February 1916.

OCTOBER 1919

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Banzui Chôbêi (幡随長兵衛)

Play: Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbêi
(極附幡随長兵衛; 極付幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1919
Print Date: 1919?
Artist: ?
*Image courtesy of the Smithsonian's
American Museum of Asian Art

Note: The American Museum of Asian
Art attributes this print to Natori Shunsen,
but the signature on this print does not appear
to be that of Shunsen. Kichiemon I also
performed this role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-
za in March 1909 and at the Meiji-za in June
1928, as well as at various venues thereafter,
but in size and style it is more like the actor
prints being produced in the late 1910s.
Around this time Kichiemon also portrayed
Banzui Chôbêi in Hanakawado Uwasa no
Naita (花川戸噂の爼板), a version of
Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森) at the Ichimura-za
in November 1916, but the costume is more
consistent with a production of Kiwametsuki
Banzui Chôbêi.

SEPTEMBER 1920

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kinoshita Tôkichirô (木下藤吉郎)

Play: Tane Hisago Shinsho Taikôki
(種瓢眞書太閤記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/20
Print Date: 09/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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