TORII KIYOTADA (鳥居清忠)

aka Torii VII; Kiyotada IV; Torii Tadakiyo (鳥居忠清)

1915

                 
 
Plays: Chôchidori Ehon Manzai (蝶千鳥惠方入船); Emitsu no Hatsu Koi (家光の初戀);
Shosagoto Yamanba (所作事山姥); Dontsuku (どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例壽曾我); Nakoso no Seki (なこその關); Ichi no Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記); Shinjû Naniwa Harusame (心中浪華春雨); Fuwa Kazuemon (不破數右衛門)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Iroha Sôshi (いろは雙紙); Fujin Dôshikai (婦人同士会); Tôdai Mori (燈臺守);
Mugente Kibarê (夢幻的バレー)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   

Plays: Maiôgi Meiga Aya (舞扇名画彩); 
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑);
Neko to Nezumi (猫と鼠)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/15
Print Date: 03/03/15
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII  (松本幸四郎) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/08/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Personal Collection

Note:  The same design was used for a later production at the
Kabuki-za in 1925 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 

                   

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/10/1915
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Also on the bill was Kioi Jishi (勢獅子).
 
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Taka Osange (高尾さんげ); Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島); Sumidagawa (隅田川);
Yoshiware Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Hoshiukiyo Azuma Kagami (星月夜東鑑); Nozarashi (野晒); Awa no Naruto (阿波の鳴門);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃); Kari no Megami (猟の女神)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 07/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語); Migawari Zazen (身替座禅);
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum