TORII KIYOTADA (鳥居清忠)

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

1915

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as ?
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as ?
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as ?
 
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
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Abe Saburo Munenori (阿部三郎宗任)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Yawata Taro Yôshiie (八幡太郎義家)
 
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
 
 

               
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
 
Play:  Yanone (矢の根)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1915)
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Mino Tagenji Takeru (箕田源二猛) and
Ôtomo Daijin Kachimaro (大伴大臣褐麿)
 
Play: Zôhiki (象引)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V(中村歌右衛門) as Yûgiri (夕霧）
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Izaemon (伊左衛門)
 
Play: Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/22/14
Print Date: 01/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Naosuke Gonbei (直助權兵衞)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Oyamada Shôzaemon 小山田庄左衛門
  
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
 
 

               
Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
 
Play:  Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

                   
Onoe Taminosuke I (尾上多見之助) as
Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Kano Marinobu (狩野鞠信)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Bandô Osuga (坂東お須賀)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Miyawaki Kazuma (宮脇數馬)
 
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
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Yuki-hime (雪姫)
 
Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Act IV of
Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Takasago Jôbei (高砂尉兵衛)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Sumiyoshi Kichisaemon (住吉左衞門)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Umanosuke (右馬之助)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Mukôkizu Yosaburô ((向疵与三郎)
[Kirare Yosa (切られ与三)]
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (お富)
 
Plays: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太閤記); Adesugata
On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Ninin Bakama (二人袴);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛);
Gion no Yo Zakura (祇園の夜櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/15
Print Date: 04/02/15
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康正)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
 
Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録);
Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa (助六曲輪菊);
Hyakugumi Shusse Tobi (百組出世鳶);
Jômi no Sechie (上巳の節会)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/15
Print Date: 03/31/15
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki  cover
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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  (市川八百蔵) 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?
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Note:  The same design was used for a later production at the
Kabuki-za in 1925 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 
 
 

               
Shûchaku Shishi (執着獅子)
 
Play: Shakkyô (石橋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kiyomi Hidemitsu (清見秀光)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujiwara Motofusa (藤原基房)
 
Plays: Yamabuki Hime Tomoe Gozen Koi no Yoshinaka (山吹姫巴御前戀の義仲); Tsubosaka (壺坂);
Joyû Fuzei (女優風情); Ôgijishi (扇獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Play: Sukeroku (助六)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 5 (May 1, 1915)
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Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku (助六)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 5 (May 1, 1915)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takao (高尾)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Date Tsunamune (伊達綱宗)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magoemon (孫右衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;  澤村宗十郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kinokuniya Koharu (紀の国屋小春)
 
Plays: Takao Zange; 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
 
 

               
Yamanaka Heikû I (山中平九)

Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 6 (June 1, 1915)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)

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
 
 

               
Inaka Genji (田舎源)
 
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 7 (July 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 7 (July 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Ki no Aritsune (紀有常)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)
 
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
 
 

               
Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辦慶)
 
Play: Hashi Benkei (橋辨慶)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Fukui Mohei (福井 茂兵衛) as Oda Harunaga  (小田 春永)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takechi Jûbee Mitsuhide (武智十兵衛光秀)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Matsushita Kaheiji (松下嘉平次)
 
Play: Taikôki On'na Bunshô (太功記婦女文章); Tôrô Daijin (燈籠大臣); Akunin (悪人);
Mitsu no Nagame Sugata no Irodori (三景眺容艶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/0115
Print Date: 09/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫) 
 
Play: Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of
Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of Cornell University

               
Fudô Myôô (不動明王)

Play: Tsuwamono Kongen Soga (兵根元曾我)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Toriyama Inuchiyo (鳥山犬千代)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibara (いばら)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Banzuiin Chôbei (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Mizuno (水野)
 
Plays: Shiranui Monogatari (白縫譚); Hitotsuya (一つ家);  Fumi Hiroge (文ひろげ);
Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛); Shitto (嫉妬)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 10/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
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Play: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection

 
Plays: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed banzuke
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Envelope for banzuke
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Back of envelope
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Susanô no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Tôyata (藤弥太)
 
Plays: Nihon Furisode Hajime (日本振袖始); Seken (世間); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討); Otagaisama (お互様); Tsuri On'na (釣女)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Iwatobiraki (岩戸開)
 
Play: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection

               
Oshimodoshi (押戻)

Play: Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Mionoya Shirô (三保谷四郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Narita Kosaburô Takashin (成田小三郎尭心)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togakushiyama no Kijo (戸隠山の鬼女)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ofune (お舟)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年)
   
Plays: Shikorobiki (錣引); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡);
Shûshin no Oni (執心の鬼); Momijigari (紅葉狩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/26/15
Print Date: 11/1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Keisei Umegawa (傾城梅川)
 
Sandogasa (Ninokuchi-mura) (三度笠(新口村)), Act II of
Koi no Hikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1915)
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