TORII KIYOTADA (鳥居清忠)
aka Torii VII; Kiyotada
IV; Torii Tadakiyo (鳥居忠清)
1925
JANUARY
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yakko-dako (奴凧)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takuemon (武右衛門)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ohan (お半)
Plays: Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Katsuragawa Renri no
Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Yakko Dako Sato no Harukaze (奴凧廓春風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 01/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
FEBRUARY
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Matsumoto Kôshirô 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: 02/08/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
Personal Collection
Note: The same design was used for an earlier production at
the Kabuki-za in 1915 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon
XV.
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sutara (Taishi) (須太拏(太子))
? as ?
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Funetakumi Shirôzo (船匠四郎藏)
? as ?
Plays: Sanetomo Kyô Toson Senki (實朝卿渡宋船記); Fuse Taishi no Nyûzan
(布施太子の入山);
Gekkyûtori (月給取); Pariatchi (パリアツチ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
MARCH
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date: 03/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon banzuke
Personal Collection
Envelope for the preceding ehon banzuke
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/25
Print Date: 03/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection
APRIL
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘蛛の精)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
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 Sakuramaru (桜丸)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
MAY
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Toki Yoriin (土岐賴員)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sawamura Tanosuke (沢村田之助)
Plays: Miyako Odori (みや古踊); Bureikô (無禮講); Kaitei Yanagibashi Yawa
(改訂柳橋夜話);
Docchadan'ne (ドツチヤダンネ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/25
Print Date: 05/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
JUNE
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sakaida Kakiemon (酒井田柿右衛門)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takasago Jôbei (高砂尉兵衛)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ōe Hiromiori (大江廣盛)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yoshioka Onijirô (吉岡鬼次郎)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ichijô Ôkurakyô
(一條大蔵卿)
Plays: Ôkurakyô (大蔵卿); Modoribashi (戻橋); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Futaribakama (二人袴)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
JULY
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ungo Zenji (雲悟禅師)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Saitō Tarōzaemon (斎藤太郎左衛門)
Plays: Taiheiki Asahi no Yoroi (太平記曦鎧); Kureputomênia (クレプトメーニア);
Tabi he Deta Ungo Zenji (旅へ出た雲悟禅師); Kôsokudo Kigeki (高速度喜劇);
Umi to Yama (folkdance) (海と山); Ryoku Botan Ichiza Shutsuen
Shinageki (緑牡丹一座出演支那劇)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 07/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
AUGUST
Sawada Shôjirô (沢田 正二郎) as Sakazaki Dewa-no-Kami Narimasa
(坂崎出羽守成正), Kunisada
Chûji (國定忠次), and Zôtsukai (象つかひ)
Plays: Sakazaki Dewa no Kami (坂崎出羽守); Zôtsukai (象つかひ); Kunisada
Chûji (國定忠次)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/25
Print Date: 08/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
SEPTEMBER
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Sarutahiko Dayu (猿田彦太夫)
Plays: Yoshida Goten (吉田御殿); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭戀寝刃);
Kôsokudo Kigeki (高速度喜劇); Denishawn Ichiza Seiyôbuyô (デニショウン一座西洋舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/25
Print Date: 09/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
OCTOBER
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Saibôzu Nishizumi (斉坊主西住)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koume (小梅)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Hirano Saemon-no-jô
(平ノ左衛門尉)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nichiren (日蓮)
Plays: Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人); Onatsu Kyôran (おなつ狂乱); Koume to
Yoshibê (小梅と由兵衛);
Nijûshikô Kitsunebi (廿四孝狐火)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 10/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
NOVEMBER
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
disguised as the farmer Tajû (太十)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazaemon (弥左衛門)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Komurasaki Miuraya (三浦屋小柴)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yasuke (弥助)
Plays: Maimôsu Iro no Tanemaki (舞奏いろの蒔種); Ehon Taikôki
(本太功記);
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本櫻); Rakuhoku no Aki (洛北の秋);
Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (権八小紫其小唄夢廓)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/25
Print Date: 11/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kira Kôzukesuke (吉良上野介)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助) and Kayano Sanpei (茅野三平)
Plays: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata (戻駕色相肩); Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji
(忠臣蔵年中行事);
Tsuri On'na (釣女); Sengokujidaishi no Ichipêji (戦国時代史の一頁);
Tsubosaka Reigenki (壺坂霊験記);
Rabu Tetsugaku (ラヴ哲学); Hikari to Iro (光と色) (dance)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/25
Print Date: 12/1925?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
UNKNOWN MONTH
Greeting to the Audience] Kôjôsho (口上書)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 1925
Print Date: 1925
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
Note: The image second from the left is by Kiyotada.
The imae second from the right is by
Kamoshita Chôko (鴨下晁湖).