MARCH 1906
Kataoka Jûzô IV (片岡十蔵) as Hanako (花子)
Play: Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/06
Print Date: 02/1906?
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
Note: The caption of the print is Gaisen (凱旋) -
Triumphant Return. Jûzô IV had just returned
from fighting in the Russo-Japanese War. Two
other plays on the same bill at the Kabuki-za
were "Okuno Kiroku" (陸奥記録) and "Gunjin
Katagi,", two victory-commemorating war
dramas directed by Jûzô IV's adopted father
Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵).
Plays: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月); Honchô
Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝);
Sandaibanashi Totoya no Chawan (三題噺魚屋茶碗)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/06
Print Date: 03/26/06
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
OCTOBER 1906
Plays: Ifû no Giyauretsu (異風之行列); Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
(京鹿子娘道成寺);
Keisei Hangonkô (けいせゐ反魂香); Gi wo Musubu Touen no Sakazuki
(結義桃園觴);
Tsurigitsune Kuruwa no Kakewana (釣狐廓掛罠)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/06
Print Date: 10/03/06
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
NOVEMBER 1906
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Ôkawa Tomoemon (大川友右衛門)
Play: Tsuta Moyô Chizome Ofumi (蔦模様血染御書)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/06
Print Date: 11/1906?
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards
Onoe Kikugorô VI (中村芝翫) as Shirai
Gonpachi (白井権八)
Ichimura
Uzaemon XV (市村 羽左衛門) as Banzuiin Chôbé (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)
Play: Hiyoku no Mon Itoshî Noji (比翼紋愛井の字)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/15/06
Print Date: 11/1906?
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards
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