TORII KIYOTADA (鳥居清忠)
aka Torii VII; Kiyotada
IV; Torii Tadakiyo (鳥居忠清)
1910
JANUARY
[The Encounter: The Meeting of the Factory Girl and Fujiyuki]
Jyoko Fujiyuki no Taimen (女工藤雪の對面)
Play: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
[Spring Entertainment Performance Compilation]
Haru Kyô Engeki Awase (春興演劇合せ)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Large Appendix to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1910)
FEBRUARY
[Sawamura Tanosuke Portrait as Kosan]
Sawamura Tanosuke no Gaku no Kosan (澤村田之助の額の小さん)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: It is possible that this print depicts Tanosuke I, II, or
III.
MARCH
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團次郎) as Sukeroku (助六)
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1896
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: Danjûrô IX also performed this role in Tokyo at the
Shintomi-
za in May 1884. It is possible that this print reflects that
performance.
APRIL
Ichikawa Ebizô (市川海老蔵) as Yanone no Gorô (矢の根五郎)
Play: Yanone (矢の根)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo?
Performance Date: 05/1832
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: The identification of the actor as Ebizô V is an educated
guess. It could reflect another actor in the Ebizô
line. Even if it
is Ebizô V, it may reflect a different performance than the one
noted here.
MAY
[Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (八代目市川團十郎) as
Inaka Genji no Mitsuuji (田舎源氏の光氏)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 5 (May 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
JUNE
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Ise no Saburô (伊勢三郎)
Play: Ise no Saburô (伊勢三郎)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1886; 01/1887
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: Danjûrô IX also performed this role in Tokyo in a special
performance at the Inoue Kaoru residence in April 1887, and
at the
Fukano-za in February 1892, and at a special performance at the
Kabuki-za in June 1898. It is possible that the print
reflects one of
those performances.
JULY
Bandô Hikozaburô V (阪東彦三郎) as
Hoshikage Doemon (星影土右衛門)
Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Performance Place: Kiri-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1877
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 7 (July 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
AUGUST
Iwai Hanshirô [VIII?] (岩井半四郎) as
Hakata no Kojorô (博多の小女郎)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: It is possible that this print depicts an earlier actor in
the
Iwai Hanshirô line.
SEPTEMBER
Late Ichikawa Sadanji [I] (故市川左團次) as
Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1898sad
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: Sadanji I also performed this role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-
za in January 1881 (alternating the role with four other actors),
and
in a special performance at the Inoue Kaoru residence in April
1887.
OCTOBER
Ichikawa Hakuen V (市川白猿) as Taira no Yoshikado (平良門)
Play: Kamahige (鎌髭)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: Seeing as there is no Hakuen V, presumably this depicts
Hakuen IV, though I cannot find a record of him performing this
role.
NOVEMBER
Ichimura Uzaemon XII (市村羽左衛門) as
Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三)
Play: Mukashigatari Inazuma Zôshi (昔語稲妻帖)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/48
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: It is possible that this print reflects some other
performance
by Uzaemon XII.
DECEMBER
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as
Hachijin no Katô (八陣の加藤)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California