TORII KIYOTADA (鳥居清忠)
aka Torii VII; Kiyotada
IV; Torii Tadakiyo (鳥居忠清)
1919
Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
Onoe Ushinosuke III (尾上丑之助) as Daimyô Bô (大名某)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Sôga Tarô Sukenobu (曾我太郎祐信等)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Yoritomo (頼朝)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hatayama Shôji Shigetada (畠山庄司重忠)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
Plays: Kotobuki Saruwaka (壽猿若); Ôgi Fuji Hôrai Sôga (扇富士蓬莱曾我);
Yoshino Shizuka (吉野静);
Nanbyô Dereteria (難病デレテリア)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/19
Print Date: 01/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Some Sanbasômono (三番叟物)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
FEBRUARY
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
? as ?
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Shiobara Tasuke (塩原太助)
Plays: On'na Kurumabiki (女車引); Shiobara Tasuke Nidai Kagami
(鹽原多助二代鑑);
Futatsu no Shi (二つの死); Komurasaki Kaidai Hiyokuzuka (小紫改題比翼塚);
Senshô Odori (戰勝踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
? as ?
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shûto Hansai (舅繁斎)
Plays: Sôga no Danmari (曾我のだんまり); Yotsugi Sôga (世継曾我); Katsuragawa
Renri no
Shigarami (桂川連理柵); Sarome [Salome] (サロメ); Dôchù Hizakurige
(道中膝栗毛);
Senshô Odori (戰勝踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/15/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Play: Tenaraiko (手習子)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
MARCH
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛)
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakan Chôbê (左官長兵郎)
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Imohori Chôja (芋堀長者);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Mitsu Ningyô (三人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Yakko (供奴)
Play: Tomo Yakko (供奴)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
APRIL
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki Dôji (茨木童子)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kurihara Tôtômi (栗原遠江)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as ?
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Atsumori (敦盛)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Nikkô Yômeimon (日光陽明門);
Ibaraki (茨木);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲日記); Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: This issue does not appear to contain any frontispieces
by 20th century artists.
MAY
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Gogatsu no Asa (五月の朝);
Noroi (呪);
Mei Ranfan [Mei Lanfang] Shinageki (梅蘭芳支那劇); Musume Jishi (娘獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Kagekatsu (景勝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Jihizô (慈悲蔵)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yokozô (横蔵)
Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Noroi (呪); Kingo Hideaki (金吾秀秋);
Modori Kago (戻駕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Gorô (五郎)
Play: Ame no Gorô (雨の五郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 5 (May 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
JUNE
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ôgushi Jirô (大串次郎)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tamate Gozen (玉手御前)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Gorôji (雷五郎次)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Minosuke (巳之助)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Umeyoshi (梅吉)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Banjaku Ishimatsu (磐石石松)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Dôgen (道玄)
Plays: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Sesshû
Gappô-ga-Tsuji (州合邦辻);
Kamakura Bushi (鎌倉武士)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/19
Print Date: 06/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Kakubê Jishi (角兵衛獅子)
Play: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
JULY
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nakayama Shuzen (中山主膳)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Nambata (難波田)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kameya Chûbei
(亀屋忠兵衛)
Plays: Kabuto no Hoshikage (兜の星影); Ikeru Katami (生ける形見); Hatena?
(ハテナ?);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来); Yûsuzumi Kamo no Kawakaze
(夕涼鴨川風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hagiwara Sanai (萩原左内)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Nakamura Kansuke (中村勘助)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
Plays: Chûshin Fuyunauri (忠臣冬菜賣); Yahata no Musume (八幡屋の娘);
Hatena? (ハテナ?);
Hiyokumon Itoshi no Ji (比翼紋愛井の字)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/18/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Play: Natsusendô (夏船頭)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 7 (July 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
AUGUST
Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎)
Play: ?
Print Date: 08/1919?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This is a death print for Onoe Kikujirô III, who died on
August 27, 1919 at age 38.
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Endô Moritô (遠藤盛遠)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kinugawa (衣川)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵)
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎)
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人);
Kaîdan Botan Dôrô (怪異談牡丹燈籠); Yoshiwara Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Okane (お兼)
Play: Ômi no Okane (近江のお兼)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
SEPTEMBER 1919
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hiki Daigaku Kumamoto (比企大学熊本) or
Daigaku Saburô (大学三郎)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sakuragawa Ranchô (桜川蘭蝶)
Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Taemanosuke (當麻之助)
Plays: On'na Narukami (女鳴神); Ikka Zoku (一家族); Izumo no Okuni
(出雲の阿國);
Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Asazuma (浅妻)
Play: Asazuma-bune (浅妻船)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
OCTOBER 1919
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Maeda Dainagon Toshiie (前田大納言利家)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Asaka Shôjirô (浅香庄次郎)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Tobe Toshitake (卜部季武)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hana no Ka (花の香)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koman (小萬)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛)
Plays: Seki-ga-Hara (關ヶ原); Uchi Ubume (姑穫鳥); Godairiki Koi no
Fûjime (五大力戀緘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/19
Print Date: 10/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Play: Kyôran Kumoi no Sode (狂乱雲井袖)
[Nakazô Kyôran (仲蔵狂乱)]
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
NOVEMBER 1919
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Iruka Daijin (入鹿大臣)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Fukashichi (鱶七)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Omiwa (三輪; おみわ)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as ?
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otsuma (お妻)
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Sakuratsuba Urami no
Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘);
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/19
Print Date: 11/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
[Spider Dance] Kumo Hyôshi Mai (蜘蛛拍子舞)
Play: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
DECEMBER 1919
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Benkei (弁慶)
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Yoshitsune (義経)
Bandô Jusaburô III (阪東壽三郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Hirado Seizô (平戸清藏)
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kano Gon'emon (河野権右衛門)
? as ?
Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Hidari Jingorô (左甚五郎)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kumo Taema-hime (雲絶間姫)
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
Plays: Kiheitai (奇兵隊); Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Matsudaira Chôshichirô
(松平長七郎);
Narukami (鳴神); Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Sagi Musume no Sei (鷺娘の精)
Play: Sagi Musume (鷺娘)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
Note: This issue does not appear to contain any frontispieces
by 20th century artists.