KUNISADA CHÛJI
(国定忠次; 国定忠治)

Issei Ichidai Appare Sugoroku (一世一代天晴双六)

Print Date: January 1, 1914
Artist: Igawa Sengai (井川洗厓)
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

Note: Published by Kodan Kurabu, No. 15 No. 1 New Year Issue Appendix.

            
            Kunisada Chûji (國定忠次)
 
            Date: 01/01/1914
            Artist: Igawa Sengai (井川洗厓)

               
Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as
Kunisada Chûji (国定忠次; 国定忠治)

Play: Kunisada Chûji (国定忠次; 国定忠治 )
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô
Performance Date: 08/1925
Print Date:  08/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note:  Shôjirô also portrayed Kunisada Chûji in
a production at the Ichimura-za in April 1927, as well as in a
film version released in 1925.  It is possible that this print
reflects ShôjirôI 's performance in one of those productions.
  

   

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?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                    
Plays: Kagayaku Sekai  (ballet) (輝く世界); Tsuki ni Utau Ogie no Hitofushi (月謡萩江一節); 
Dôin Souwa (動員挿話); Kunisada Chûji Gyō (国定忠次御用); Ichiharano (市原野)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/0127
Print Date: 09/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Sawada Shôjirô (澤田正二郎; 沢田正二郎) as
Kunisada Chûji (国定忠治)

Play: Kunisada Chûji (国定忠治)
Performance Place: Yamate Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/29
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#9)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Shôjirô died on March 4, 1929 at age
34.  He first played the role of Kunisada Chûji in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in June 1921.  Although Shôjirô's last Tokyo
appearance in this role was in January 1929, it is possible
that Gakô based this print on one of Shôjirô's prior
performances in that play.