MATSUMOTO KÔSHIRÔ VII (松本幸四郎)
06/10/1870 - 01/27/1949

aka ICHIKAWA KOMAZÔ VIII (市川高麗蔵)
ICHIKAWA SOMEGORÔ IV (市川染五郎)

                 
Sawamura ? as ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Yoshitsune (義経)
 
Plays: Hizakura (緋櫻); Ibaraki (茨木);
Ichi no Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Suina Sabaki (粹なさばき)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/12
Print Date: 03/01/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子) in
Ibaraki (茨木).
 

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

 
   Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
 
   Play: Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
   Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
   Performance Date: 05/01/12
   Print Date: 01/01/13
   Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Princess Chihaya (千早姫) 

Plays: Ai to Urami (愛と怨); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Koiso-ga-Hara (小磯ヶ原);
Fuku no Kami (福の神)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/12
Print Date: 05/15/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura ? (沢村**)  as ? in Ai to Urami (愛と怨), and Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Oshizu (お静) in Koiso-ga-Hara (小磯ヶ原).
 

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Ushiwaka (源牛若)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Chienai (智恵内), actually Kisanta (喜三太)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Play: Kiichi Hougen Kuramayama Jutsuken (鬼一法眼鞍馬山術健)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/12
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamabosi Shoten

Note: This appears to be a version of a Kuramayama play such as Kuramayama no Danmari (鞍馬山のだんまり), possibly combined with portions of
Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).  Yaozô VII, Uzaemon XV, and Utaemon V later performed these roles at the Kabuki-za in Toyko in
November 1912  in a production of Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki.  The role of Chienai/Kisanta was played by
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) in that production. It is possible that this print depicts a performance outside of Tokyo or that it is a mitate-e.
 
 
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶) 
 
Plays: Koi no Utsuro (恋の洞); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討);
Eguchi no Kimi (江口の君); Shârokku, Hômuzu (シャーロック、ホームズ); On'na Shujin (女主人);
Santarô (三太郎); Hidari Kogatana (左小刀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   07/03/12
Print Date: 07/1912?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center 
 
 
 

                 
?  as  ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Andô Tetsuya (安藤鉄弥)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Misao-no-mae (操の前)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Takechi Jûjirô Mitsuyoshi (武智十次郎光義)
 
Plays: Sukotchi Dansu (スコッチダンス);
[Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi
([勤王史蹟]七卿落); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記);
Sôma no Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo
Jishi (越後獅子); Teisô (貞操); Tamamo- no-
Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Print Date: 09/21/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: Two similar sujigaki exist for these
productions.  The plays listed are the same
except for the addition of the Sukotchi Dansu. 
However, the cast lists are slightly different.  It is
possible that this sujigaki was used for matinee
performances and the other one was used for
evening performances, as the cast list for the
other sujigaki is more high-powered and is also
identical to banzukes of evening performances
which lack reference to Sukotchi Dansu, Teisô
(貞操), and Tamamo- no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto.
 
 
 
 

                 
 ? as ?
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Andô Tetsuya (安藤鉄弥)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Misao-no-mae (操の前)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Takechi Jûjirô Mitsuyoshi (武智十次郎光義)
 
Plays: [Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi
([勤王史蹟]七卿落); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記);
Sôma no Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo
Jishi (越後獅子); Teisô (貞操); Tamamo- no-
Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Print Date: 09/21/12
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: See the note to the preceding entry.
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nasa no Yogoro (那須与五郎)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yaheibyôe Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamushi (玉蟲)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Takakoto (玉琴)
 
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Ofude (お筆)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oyoshi (およし)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sendô Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門), in actuality,
Higuchi Jirô (桶口次郎)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hatakeyama Shoji Shigetada (畠山庄司重忠)
 
Plays:  Horibe Myôkaini  (堀部妙海尼);  Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Renjishi (連獅子);
Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門); Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/16/12
Print Date: 11/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Goinosuke Munemasa (五位之助宗貞)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Sumizome (墨染)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sekimori Sekibei (関守関兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Komachi-hime (小町姫)
 
Plays:  Osome Hisamatsu  (お染久松), a  new edition of Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文);
Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉); Hanratai (半裸体); Solo Singer Hara Nobuko (原信子);
Shinboku Kaichiyo no Nigiwai (親睦會千代廼賑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/12/12
Print Date: 12/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Banzai (万歳)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shirozakeya Senkichi (白酒や扇吉)
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引);  Munetô (宗任); Marie Do Kuronbitchure
(マリー、ド、クロンビツレ); Joiyahi (女嫌ひ); Zôho Noriaisen (増補乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/13
Print Date: 01/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Maizuru (舞鶴) and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎) in Kongen
Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引),     
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
 
Plays: Akirame (あきらめ); Taiheiki Chushin Kôshaku (太平記忠臣講釈); Asahina Tsurigitsune
(朝比奈釣狐); Yo no Mori (夜の森); Chin Chikurin (珍竹林)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/13
Print Date: 02/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邊綱)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Demon of Mount Atago (disguised as Sayuri (小百合)
 
Plays: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺); Modobashi (戻橋); Ishida
Mitsunari (石田三成); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/13
Print Date: 03/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Shirabyôshi Hanako
(白拍子花子)/Shirabyôshi Sakurako (白拍子櫻子) in Ninin
Dôjôji (二人道成寺),  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) also alternated as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)/Shirabyôshi Sakurako
(白拍子櫻子).
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Nigatsudô (二月堂);  Taiwan Miyage Seiban Shûrai (台湾土産生蕃襲来); Rokkasen (六歌仙)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/13
Print Date: 05/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (尾上梅幸) as Bun'ya Yasuhide (文屋康秀), Onoe
Baikô VI as Gion no Okaji (祇園のお梶),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kisen
(喜撰), and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Ono no Komachi (小野小町) in
Rokkasen (六歌仙). 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Matsukaze no Kinta (松風の金太)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shiragiku Otoko (白菊の音古)
 
Plays: Tosca (トスカ); Terutora Waizen (輝虎配膳); Mateki [The Magic Flute] (opera) (魔笛);
Fuji Tozan (富士登山); Shishigashira Kiyari no Hitofushi (獅子王木遣音頭)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/13
Print Date: 06/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takatoki (高時)
 
Plays: Betsu Atsurae Kasane Katabira (別誂重帷子); Takatoki ( 高時);
Gokuzai Shiki Musume Ôgi (極彩色娘扇); Hito Mo To Susuki (ひともと芒); Nuno
Sarashi Tsuki Tamagawa (布晒月玉川)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/13
Print Date: 07/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎) as Terakoya Hyôsuke (寺子屋兵助) or
Izutsu no Shôgorô (井筒ノ庄五郎) in Gokuzai Shiki Musume Ôgi (極彩色娘扇); Onoe Baikô VI as
Osai (おさい) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sasano Kenzô (笹野権三) in
Betsu Atsurae Kasane Katabira (別誂重帷子); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Ono Komachi no Rei (小野小町の霊) in Nuno Sarashi Tsuki Tamagawa (布晒月玉川). 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Tomomori (知盛)
 
Plays: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本櫻); On'na Tenka (女天下); Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/13
Print Date: 11/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo (土蜘) and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Minamoto Yorimitsu (源頼光) in
Tsuchigumo (土蜘). 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅男之助)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/13
Print Date: 12/1913
Artist: ?
Personal Collection

Note: The seller had attributed this print to Natori Shunsen. 
Given that it is unsigned and stylized, it is difficult to say
with any certainty who the artist is.  Moreover, the same
seller also erroneously attributed certain other prints to
Shunsen.  If it were by Shunsen,  it would be among the
earliest of Shunsen's prints.
 
 
 
 

                                     
                    Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
                    Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅男之助)
 
                    Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩);  Sarome [Salome] (サロメ);  Bunroku Samurai Katagi
                    (文禄侍氣質);  Hikkoshi Sawagi (引越騒ぎ)
                    Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 12/02/13
                    Print Date: 12/1913?
                    Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                    Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
                    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Akudama (悪玉)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Zendama ( 善玉) in Kane ni Hen (かねに恨)
 
Plays: Kozakura Odoshi (小櫻縅); Madamu Batafurai [Madame Butterfly] (マダム、バタフライ);
Onatsu Seijûrô Kotobuki Renri no Matsu (お夏清十郎壽連理の松); Kane ni Hen (かねに恨)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/14
Print Date: 01/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Seijûrô (清十郎) and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as Onatsu (お夏) in Onatsu Seijûrô Kotobuki Renri no Matsu
(お夏清十郎壽連理の松). 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kinokuniya Bunzaemon (紀國屋文左衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kaiga Saburôbei (貝賀三郎兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as Otsune (お種)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shirakoya Shozaburo (白子屋庄三郎)
 
Plays: Kinokuni Bunza Daijin Mai (紀國文左大盡舞); Meihitsu Domo no Matahei (名筆吃又平);
Chikubushima (竹生島); Haru no Yoi (春の宵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/14
Print Date: 03/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

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 Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Plays: Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie (鏡山舊錦繪); Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Azuma Odori (吾妻踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/14
Print Date: 04/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as Chûrô Onoe (中老尾上) in
Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie (鏡山舊錦繪).
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as Motome (求女)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Fukashichi (鱶七)
 
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Kôchiyama (河内山); Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒悟助)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/06/14
Print Date: 05/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Naniwa no Jirosaku (浪花の次郎作)
 
Plays: Shizuka Gozen Furutsuka Engi (静御前古塚縁起); Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記);
Kishihime Matsukutsu Wakagami (岸姫松轡鑑); Modori Kago (戻籠); Kin'iro Oni  (金色鬼)/Gôruden
Monsutâ)（ゴールデン、モンスター）
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/14
Print Date: 06/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koyama Hachirô Tomofusa (小山八郎朝房)
in Shizuka Gozen Furutsuka Engi (静御前古塚縁起); Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Miuranosuke Yoshimura (三浦之助義村) in Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記); and Sawamura
Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as ? in an unknown play.
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ichikawa Danjûrô I (市川團十郎)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Sugiyama Hanroku (鼓打杉山半六)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as
Osai (お才)
 
Plays: Ichikawa Danjûrô (市川團十郎);
Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂亂); Eiyû to Bijin (英雄と美人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/14
Print Date: 09/03/14
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Onatsu (お夏) in Onatsu Kyôran
(お夏狂亂).
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Okazaki Yoshimi (岡崎義実)
 
Plays: Tenkoku to Jigoku (天國と地獄); Ishihashiyama (石橋山); Oshi Ryokô (唖旅行)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/14
Print Date: 10/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Okaru (おかる)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣藏);
Ninin Wankyû (二人椀久)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/14
Print Date: 11/03/14
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke
I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Matsuyama (松山)
and  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) a
as Hyôtan Kashikubô (瓢箪かしく坊) in Ninin
Wankyû (二人椀久). 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ama no Jaku (天邪鬼)
 
? as ?
 
? as ?
 
Plays: Don'na (ドンナ); Hakkenden Sumida no Takadono (八犬傳墨田高樓); Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝); Ama no Jaku (天邪鬼)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/14
Print Date: 12/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
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?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The play roles of Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎),  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸),
and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) are as yet unidentified.
 
 

                   
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)
 
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
 
Note: The cover also depicts 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), and Sawamura Sônosuke
I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Miyawaki Kazuma
(宮脇數馬) in Maiôgi Meiga Aya (舞扇名画彩).
 
 

Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
 
 
 

                   
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)
 
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
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki  cover
Personal Collection
 
Note: The cover also depicts 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)], and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Otomi (お富) in Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(與話情浮名横櫛). 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Takechi Jûbee Mitsuhide (武智十兵衛光秀)

Play: Taikôki Onna Bunshô (太功記婦女文章)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
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: 09/01/15
Print Date: 09/1915?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Banzuiin Chôbei (幡随長兵衛;  幡随院長兵衛)

Play: Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
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?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Toriyama Inuchiyo
(鳥山犬千代) in Shiranui Monogatari (白縫譚); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibara (いばら) in
Hitotsuya (一つ家). 
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Narita Kosaburô Takashin (成田小三郎尭心)
 
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?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Mionoya Shirô
(三保谷四郎) in Shikorobiki (錣引); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togakushiyama no Kijo (戸隠山の鬼女)
in Momijigari (紅葉狩); and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ofune (お舟) in Shinrei
Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡). 
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kobayashi no Maizuru (小林の舞鶴)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Onio Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)
 
Plays: Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我對面); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Tobaya Jishi (鳥羽屋獅子);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山權現誓助太刀); Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 
 

                 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rokujô Shôshô Tadaaki (六條少将忠顕)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Narita Kosaburô Takashin (成田小三郎尭心)

Plays: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺); Nawa Nagatoshi (名和長年); Momijigari (紅葉狩);
Kiyari Ondo Mutsuki no Nigiwai (木遣音頭睦月賑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/20/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) 
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前); Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura
(博多小女郎浪枕); Hanagoyomi Hasshojin (花暦八笑人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Rô Kitsune (老狐) in Tamamo-no-Mae
(玉藻前); Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門) and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元); and Sawamura
Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown role.
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hôkaibô (法界坊)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Dôguya Jinzô (道具屋甚三)
 
Plays: Hototogisu Asama no Nishikie (早苗鳥浅間錦繪); Noboru Asahi (昇る旭);
Ishi no Haha (醫師の母); Hôkaibô (法界坊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/16
Print Date: 05/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Matsubara Onio (松原鬼王)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致)
 
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭禮信仰記);
Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森); Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note; The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Usugumo (薄雲);
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Gonpachi (権八) in Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), and
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Kinoshita Tôkichi (木下藤吉) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki
(祇園祭禮信仰記). 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kesa Gozen (袈裟御前)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kinugawa (衣川)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人)
 
Plays: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚); Ejima Ikushima  (江島生島);
Funa Benkei (船辨慶); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/16
Print Date: 09/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tatsuma Saburôbei (達摩三郎兵衛), 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ikushima Shingorô (生島新五郎), and  Onoe Baikô
VI (尾上梅幸) as Ejima (江島) in Ejima Ikushima  (江島生島). 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Akoya (阿古屋) 
 
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Hosokawa Tadaoki no Tsuma (細川忠興の妻); Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝);
[Meiboku] Kasane Monogatari ([薫樹]累物語); Kuruwa no Sayaate (廓鞘當); Kiku Ningyô (菊人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/16
Print Date: 11/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Takeda Katsuyori
(武田勝頼) and Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Yaegahime (八重垣姫) in Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kasane (累) and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Magarikane no Kingorô (曲金の金五郎) in [Meiboku] Kasane Monogatari ([薫樹]累物語); and an
unidentified actor in an unknown role. 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

Play: Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局); Kanjinchô (勧進帳);
Akegarasu Haru no Awa Yuki (明烏春淡雪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/17
Print Date: 01/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Kasugaya Tokijirô (春日屋時次郎), Onôe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Urasato (浦里), and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助)
as Okaya (おかや) in Akegarasu Haru no Awa Yuki
(明烏春淡雪).
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibei (関守関兵衛)

Play: Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/17
Print Date: 1919
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

Note: Kôshirô VII also appears to have performed this play at the
Yokohama-za, Yokohama, in March 1918.
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主)
 
Plays: Airange Kitanin no Ko (他人の子); Higekiyo no Naka (世の中); Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(積戀雪關扉); Fujin Jûryôka (婦人銃猟家)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/17
Print Date: 02/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Tôgi Tetteki (東儀鉄笛) as Tera O'Halloran (テラ, オーハロラン) in Airange
Kitanin no Ko (他人の子).
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/17
Print Date: 03/30/17?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/30/17
Print Date: 1920
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sukeroku (助六)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Ikyû (意休)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kanpera Monbei (かんぺら門兵衛)
 
Plays: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉); Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Sakura (助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/17
Print Date: 04/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baiko VI (尾上 梅幸) as Yodogimi (淀君) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kimura Nagato-no-Kami (木村長門守) in Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉).
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mito Kômon Mitsukuni-kyô (水戸黄門光圀卿)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Genseki (玄硯)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kyûgorô (久五郎)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kotomi (小富)
 
Plays: Mito Kômonki (水戸黄門記); Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome (田舎源氏露東雲);
Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 06/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  The cover also depicts Onôe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸) and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村 羽左衛門) as Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七) in Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七).
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Gotobê (五斗兵衛)
 
Plays: Ichiharano (市原野); Matsudaira Fumaikô (松平不昧公); Yoshitsune Koshigoejô (義經腰越状);
Keisei Onigajô (傾城鬼ヶ城)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助), Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎), and Onôe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) in
unknown roles.
 
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as    
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)

Play:  Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/17
Print Date: 1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as    
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)

Play:  Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
藤沢竜雄)
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #8
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                    Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
                    Plays: Chausuyama Gaika no Jindate (茶臼山凱歌陣立); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
                    Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Onatsu Seijûrô (お夏清十郎); Takigyô Yukima no Ichikawa (薪荷雪間の市川)
                    Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 11/01/17
                    Print Date: 11/1917?
                    Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                    Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
                    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                    Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Chihaya-hime (千早姫)
                    in Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyubei (九兵衛) in Onatsu Seijûrô
                    (お夏清十郎); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kimura Nagato-no-Kami Shigenari
                    (木村長門守重成) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Miyauchi no Tsubone (宮内の局) in Chausuyama
                    Gaika no Jindate (茶臼山凱歌陣立). 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Anewa Heiji (姉輪平次)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Jiro Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Oriko Kohagi jitsu Atsumori (折子小萩 実敦盛)
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Oedo Nihonbashi (お江戸日本ばし); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ôgiya (扇屋); Noriaibune Ehô Manzai (乗合船惠方萬歳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Horibe Yahei (堀部彌兵衛) in Oedo
Nihonbashi (お江戸日本ばし);  and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛) in Tsuchigumo
(土蜘蛛). 
 
 

 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Watanabe no Tsuna (渡辺綱)
 
Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩) #9
^Personal Collection

                                 
                Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôkubo Hikozaemon (大久保彦左衛門)
 
                Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Hikozaemon Musashi Abumi  (彦左衛門武蔵鐙);
                Modoribashi (戻橋); Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami  (辨天娘女男白浪)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 04/01/18
                Print Date: 04/1918?
                Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in Modoribashi (戻橋); and  Onoe
                Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
                as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧), and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Akaboshi Jûzaburô
                (赤星十三郎) in Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami  (辨天娘女男白浪).

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kurahashi Jûdayû (倉橋重太夫)
 
Play: Kuriyama Daizen (栗山大膳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/18
Print Date: 06/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
^Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                             
            Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kuriyama Daizen (栗山大膳)
 
            Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kedani Omomizu (毛谷主水)
 
            Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kurahashi Jûdayû (倉橋重太夫)
 
            Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Matsue (尾上 梅幸)
 
            Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yamato (大和) 
 
            Plays: Kuroda Sôdô Kuriyama Daizen (黒田騒動栗山大膳);  Tsuri On'na (釣女);
            Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談); Kioi Hada Matsuri no Hitotsugi (勢肌祭揃衣)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 06/01/18
            Print Date: 06/1918?
            Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
            Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
            Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
            Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in an unknown role.
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as   
Takechi Jubei Mitsuhide
(武智十兵衛光秀)

Play:  Ehon Taikoki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place:  Yokohama-za,
Yokohama
Performance Date:  09/1918
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as    
Takechi Jubei Mitsuhide 
(武智十兵衛光秀)

Play:  Ehon Taikoki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place:  Yokohama-za,
Yokohama
Performance Date:  09/1918
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Courtesy of FujiArts.com

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as   
Takechi Jubei Mitsuhide (武智十兵衛光秀)


 
Play:  Ehon Taikoki (絵本太功記)
Performance Place:  Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date:  09/1918
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
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Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Dokko no Daroku (獨鈷の駄六) 
 
Plays: Ominaeshi Tsuka (女郎花塚);  Hakuin Oshô (白隠和尚); Gekkô no Motoni (月光の下に);
Gaijin Otoko Joyû Butô (外人男女優舞踏); Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (實録先代萩);
Tamashii no Irekae (魂の入替)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Rokubei (六兵衛) in Hakuin Oshô
(白隠和尚).
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hayada Hachiemon (早田八右衛門)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Plays: Senji no Hanayome (戰時の花嫁); Hakuin Oshô (白隠和尚); Gekkô no Motoni (月光の下に);
Gaijin Otoko Joyû Butô (外人男女優舞踏); Sakura-Buro (櫻風呂)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/14/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Yoritomo (頼朝)
  
Plays: Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清); Hana no Ueno Homare no Ishibumi (花上野譽碑);
Setsugekka (雪月花)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shizu no
Jyôtamai (賤の女田毎) in Setsugekka (雪月花); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ryôzen (了然)
and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Bôtarô Uba Otsuji (坊太郎乳母おつじ) in Hana no Ueno Homare no
Ishibumi (花上野譽碑). 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼) 
 
Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                                     
                    Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)
 
                    Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼) 
 
                    Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Torazô (虎蔵; 寅蔵)
 
                    Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Chienai (智恵内)
 
                    Plays: Atakemaru  (安宅丸); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻);
                    Some Moyô Imose no Kadomatsu (染模様妹背門松)
                    Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 10/31/18
                    Print Date: 10/1918?
                    Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                    Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
                    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                    Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ochô (お蝶) and  Onoe Matsusuke IV
                    (尾上松助) as  Kichiemon (吉右衛門) in Atakemaru  (安宅丸). 
 
 

                 
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)
 
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?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者) and Onoe
Ushinosuke III (尾上丑之助) as Daimyô Bô (大名某) in Kotobuki Saruwaka (壽猿若); and Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信) and  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in Yoshino Shizuka (吉野静).
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
         
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

                                 
                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?
                Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子) in  Ibaraki (茨木);
                Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kurihara Tôtômi (栗原遠江) in Nikkô Yômeimon (日光陽明門); and
                Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) in an unknown role.
 
 

                 
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?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
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?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kaneko Ichinojô
Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi
(雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 09/06/19
Print Date: 09/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection