ONOE MATSUSUKE IV (尾上松助)
03/29/1843 - 09/05/1928
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This posthumously-issued print
is a revised version of a design
originally issued in connection with a
November 1898 production at the
Meiji-za with a different cast.
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Fujiwara no Shiheikô (時平公)
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
Onoe Eizaburô V (尾上栄三郎) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place:
Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/1900
Print Date: 10/1900
Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku
(歌川芳幾)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection
Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial
Theatre Museum attributes
this
print to Toyohara Kunichika
(豊原国周).
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Shiheikô (時平公)
Ichikawa Somegorô IV
(市川染五郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
'
Ichimura Kakitsu VI (市村家橘) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
NOVEMBER 1900
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Ban'nai (伴内)
Play: Na-ni Takaki Chûshingura
(高名忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/17/1900
Print Date: 11/12/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Koshimoto Okaru (腰元おかる)
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
JANUARY 1902
Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵) as Wada Yoshimori (和田義盛)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as Udaijin Sanetomo
(右大臣実朝)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (市川染五郎) as Hôjô Yoshitoki (北条義時)
Play: Kamakurayama Haru no Asahina (鎌倉山春朝比奈)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/09/02
Print Date: 01/1902?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
Left Panel, Top Row:
Unknown as Unread; Unknown as Unread;
Unknown as Unread
Left Panel, Middle Row: Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門); Unknown as Unread
Left Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈);
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
Middle Panel, Top Row: Unknown as Unread;
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎);
Unread as Unknown, Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Unread
Middle Panel, Bottom Row: Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成);
Onoe ô EizaburVI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
Right Panel, Top Row: Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎) as Kudô Saemon Suketsune (工藤左衛門祐経);
Unread as Unknown; Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将); Unknown as Unread
Right Panel, Bottom Row: Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太); Unknown as Unread
Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue (吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Kabuki21.com
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Oniô Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎;
市川團十郎)
as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
(工藤左衛門祐経)
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)
Unknown as
Unread
Play: Kichirei Soga no Ishizue
(吉例曽我礎)
[aka Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/16/03
Print Date: 06/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kewaizaka no Shôshô (化粧坂少将)
Unknown as Unread
Unknown as Unread
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Unread
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎;
尾上榮三郎) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
Ichikawa Somegorô IV (市川染五郎)
as Ômi no Kotôta (近江小藤太)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ôiso no Tora (大磯の虎)
JUNE 1903
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Unread
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Unread
Unknown as Unread
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as Unread
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Kejyo Osugi (下女お杉)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/12/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Although this toy print
depicts an Oshichi-kichisamono
play such as Shôchikubai
Yushima no Kakegaku
(松 竹梅湯島掛額), the exact title
of the play in this print is not
known at this time. Shikan V
did portray Oshichi in a
November 1901 Kabuki-za
production of Shôchikubai
Yushima no Kakegaku, but the
cast was otherwise different.
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Uma-Samurai Koheita (馬士小平太)
Play: Sanzen Ryô Haru no Kurairi
(三千両初春蔵入)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/04
Print Date: 01/1904?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC
Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Sanshirô Nobutaka (三七郎信孝)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Shôya [Tokuemon] (庄屋 [徳右衛門])
Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as
Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
Ichikawa Dan'emon? (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
Onoe Baikô VI as Motome (求女)
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)
OCTOBER 1912
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.
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kakogawa
Honzô (加古川本蔵)
Play:
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)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Artist:
Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
FEBRUARY 1915
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Naosuke Gonbei (直助權兵衞)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Oyamada Shôzaemon 小山田庄左衛門
Plays: Iroha Sôshi (いろは雙紙); Fujin Dôshikai (婦人同士会); Tôdai Mori
(燈臺守);
Mugente Kibarê (夢幻的バレー)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
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
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1915
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Personal Collection
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)]
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (お富)
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 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), and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Umanosuke (右馬之助) in Ninin Bakama
(二人袴).
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kiyomi Hidemitsu (清見秀光)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujiwara Motofusa (藤原基房)
Plays: Yamabuki Hime Tomoe Gozen Koi no Yoshinaka (山吹姫巴御前戀の義仲);
Tsubosaka (壺坂);
Joyû Fuzei (女優風情); Ôgijishi (扇獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/15
Print Date: 05/1915?
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
Chôsuke (長助)
Play: Takao Zange (高尾ざんげ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magoemon (孫右衛門)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kinokuniya Koharu (紀の国屋小春)
Plays: Takao Zange (高尾さんげ); Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島);
Sumidagawa (隅田川);
Yoshiware Suzume (吉原雀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Takao (高尾)
and Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Date Tsunamune (伊達綱宗) in Takao Zange (高尾さんげ).
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)
Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)
Plays: Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語); Migawari Zazen
(身替座禅);
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 08/1915?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Ki
no Aritsune (紀有常) in
Sugata Kurabe Ise Monogatari (競伊勢物語).
SEPTEMBER 1915
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
DECEMBER 1915
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).
JANUARY 1916
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
MARCH 1916
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takega (丈賀)
Plays: Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚); Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子);
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪 暮夜入谷畦道); Dontsuku (どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/16
Print Date: 03/1916?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門 as Katô
Kiyomasa (加藤清正) in
Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚).
APRIL 1916
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Gekizaemon (渡辺外記左衛門)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)
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); Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in
Hakata Kojorô
Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in
an unknown
role.
JUNE 1916
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).
JULY 1916
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Saitô Sanemori (斎藤実盛)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Senoo Jûrô (瀬尾十郎)
Plays: Tsurukame (鶴龜); Mitsu no Kokoro (三つの心); Genpei Nunobiki no
Taki (源平布引瀧);
Mizu Kakeron (水掛論); Tamatori no Ama (玉取の蜑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/16
Print Date: 07/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
AUGUST 1916
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazaemon (弥左衛門)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Igami-no-gonta (いがみの権太)
Plays: Igami no Gonta (いがみの權太); Suôotoshi (素襖落); Zôho Tenjinki
(増補天神記);
Tôkaidô Hizakurige (東海道膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/16
Print Date: 08/1916?
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 Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸) in Zôho
Tenjinki (増補天神記).
SEPTEMBER 1916
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)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ejima (江島)
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 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),
and Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Mongaku Shônin (文覚上人; 文覺上人) in Nachi no
Taki Chikai no
Mongaku (那智瀧祈誓文覚).
OCTOBER 1916
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 1917
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the Ringling Museum of Art
Note: Given the similarity to the earlier print Toyonari made of
Matsusuke IV
in this role, it is possible that it depicts Matsusuke IV in his
performance at
the Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo, in April 1915.
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no
Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 12/18/16
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #1]
*Personal Collection
NOVEMBER 1916
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kasane (累)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magarikane no Kingorô (曲金の金五郎)
Plays: Kagekiyo (景清); Hosokawa Tadaoki no Tsuma (細川忠興の妻); Honchô
Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝);
Kasane Monogatari (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 depicts also Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Akoya (阿古屋) in
Kagekiyo (景清); 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); and an unidentified actor in an unknown role.
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Utazawa Omon (歌澤おもん)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yoshigorô (吉五郎)
Plays: Goban Tadanobu (碁盤忠信); Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生寫朝顔日記);
Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語); Mitsu no Tomoe Yukino Yobanashi
(三巴雪夜話)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/16
Print Date: 12/1916?
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 an unidentified actor in an unknown
role and Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左團次; 市川左団次) as Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu (佐藤四郎兵衛忠信) in Goban
Tadanobu
(碁盤忠信); and Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Miyuki (深雪) in Shôutsushi
Asagao Banashi
(生寫朝顔日記).
JANUARY 1917
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)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Okaya (おかや)
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳).
MARCH 1917
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kiuchi Sôgorô (木内宗五郎)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jinbei (甚兵衛)
Plays: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民傳); Bôshibari (棒しばり); Oyayuzuri Gosho
Gorozô
(親譲御所五郎藏); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/17
Print Date: 03/1917?
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 Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Gosho
no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵) in
Oyayuzuri Gosho Gorozô (親譲御所五郎藏).
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).
JUNE 1917
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Otestu (お鐵; おてつ)
Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
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) #?
[Fujisawa Print Set #2]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com
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).
AUGUST 1917
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Saitô Kuranosuke Toshizo
(斎藤内蔵之助利三)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shibazaki (芝崎)
Plays: Saito Toshikazu Katataochi (齋藤利三堅田落); Kyôran
Ikushima (狂亂生嶋);
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎); Mukashi Banashi Bunbuku Chagama (昔噺文福茶釜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/17
Print Date: 08/1917?
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 Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sôgorô
(宗五郎) in
Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎).
OCTOBER 1917
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 depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Gotobê
(五斗兵衛) in Yoshitsune
Koshigoejô (義經腰越状), It 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.
NOVEMBER 1917
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyubei (九兵衛)
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); Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
in Kanjinchô (勸進帳); 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).
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Horibe Yahei (堀部彌兵衛)
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 Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo
(土蜘蛛) in Tsuchigumo
(土蜘蛛); and 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),
and 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) in Ôgiya (扇屋).
FEBRUARY 1918
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Jakushôbô (寂照坊)
Plays: On'na Tateshi Gomai no Soroigi (女達師五枚揃着); On'na
Shibaraku (女暫);
Karukayadô (苅萱堂); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑);
Musume Gonomi Ukina no Yokogushi (處女翫浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Shiratayû
(白太夫), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸), Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東
彦三郎) as Matsuômaru
(松王丸), and Sawamura Chôjûrô,VII (沢村長十郎; 澤村長十郎) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
in Sugawara
Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑).
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ôguchiya Jizaemon (大口屋冶左衛門)
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Karigane Shôbê (釣鐘庄兵衛)
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東 彦三郎) as Henmi Tetsushinsai (逸見鉄心斎)
Plays: Hamuretto [Hamlet] (ハムレット); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/21/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
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 Tsubouchi Shikô (坪内士行) as Hamuretto
[Hamlet] (ハムレット)
MARCH 1918
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Bimyô (微妙)
Plays: Katakiuchi Shiraishi Banashi (敵討白石噺); Ômi Genji Senjin
Yakata (近江源氏先陣館);
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫); Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 03/1918?
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 Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺清心) in
Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫).
APRIL 1918
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)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)
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
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôkubo Hikozaemon (大久保彦左衛門) in
Hikozaemon Musashi
Abumi (彦左衛門武蔵鐙).
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Komazawa Jirozaemon
(駒沢次郎左衛門)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tokuemon (徳右衛門)
Plays: Shin Kagamiyama (新鏡山); Shinobu Sato Busshi no Monogatari
(信夫里佛師物語);
Ikiutsushi Asagao Nikki (生寫朝顔日記); Uso no Yo no Naka (嘘の世の中)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The other actor and his role is as yet unidentified.
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.
? as ?
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Akagaki Genzo (赤垣源藏)
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助)
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Yamaoka Kakubei (山岡覚兵衛)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yasuke (八助)
Plays: On'na Chûshingura (女忠臣蔵); Kekkon no Mae (結婚の前); Ataka
Shinseki (安宅新關)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
SEPTEMBER 1918
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Rokubei (六兵衛)
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Dokko no Daroku (獨鈷の駄六)
in Ominaeshi Tsuka (女郎花塚).
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
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ryôzen (了然)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Bôtarô Uba Otsuji (坊太郎乳母おつじ)
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as
Yoritomo (頼朝) in Shusse Kagekiyo (出世景清).
NOVEMBER 1918
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ochô (お蝶)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kichiemon (吉右衛門)
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 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), and Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Chienai (智恵内) in Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).
DECEMBER 1918
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yôhachi (人楊八)
Plays: Taikôki Chôsen no Maki (太閤記朝鮮之巻); Shin Asagao Nikki
(新朝顔日記); Ôsakazuki Shusen
no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戰強者); Yûgiri Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô (夕霧伊左衛門廓文章)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/18
Print Date: 12/1918?
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 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Baba Sarurobê
(馬塲三郎兵衛) in Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戰強者); and Kataoka
Gadô IV (片岡我童)
as Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in Yûgiri Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô
(夕霧伊左衛門廓文章). The other
two figures are unidentified.
JANUARY 1919
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).
FEBRUARY 1919
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
? as ?
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?
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
Shiobara Tasuke
(塩原太助) in Shiobara Tasuke Nidai Kagami (鹽原多助二代鑑).
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?
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
Soga Jûrô Sukenari
(曾我十郎祐成) and an unknown actor in an unknown role.
MARCH 1919
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛)
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?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Karaki Masaemon
(唐木政右衛門) in Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六).
APRIL 1919
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kurihara Tôtômi (栗原遠江)
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);
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Atsumori (敦盛) and Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実) in Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記); and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) in an unknown role.
JUNE 1919
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kagatobi Gorôji (加賀鳶五郎次)
Play: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/19
Print Date: 1920
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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?
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 Ôgushi Jirô (大串次郎) in
Kamakura Bushi (鎌倉武士); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸)
as Tamate Gozen (玉手御前) in Sesshû
Gappô-ga-Tsuji (州合邦辻).
JULY 1919
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)
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?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Kameya Chûbei (亀屋忠兵衛)
in Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来).
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)
Plays: Chûshin Fuyunauri (忠臣冬菜賣); Yahata no Musume (八幡屋の娘); Hatena
(？);
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?
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
Shirai Gonpachi
(白井権八) in Hiyokumon Itoshi no Ji (比翼紋愛井の字).
AUGUST 1919
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)
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?
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 Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô
(伴蔵) and Bandô Mitsugorô
VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hagiwara Shinzaburo (萩原新三郎) in Kaîdan Botan Dôrô
(怪異談牡丹燈籠).
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)
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?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Sakuragawa Ranchô (桜川蘭蝶)
in Ranchô (蘭蝶); and Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as
Taemanosuke (當麻之助) in On'na
Narukami (女鳴神).
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)
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?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Tobe
Toshitake (卜部季武) and
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Hana no Ka (花の香) in Uchi Ubume (姑穫鳥);
and Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Koman (小萬) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as
Satsuma Gengobê (薩摩源五兵衛) in Godairiki Koi no Fûjime (五大力戀緘).
NOVEMBER 1919
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?
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 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), and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Omiwa (三輪; おみわ) in Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Kataoka
Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門)
as Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Otsuma (お妻) in
Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘); and Onoe Matsusuke IV
(尾上松助) and Sawamura
Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) in unknown roles.
JANUARY 1920
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kuroda Genpachi (黒田源八郎)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ichibei (市兵衛)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sô Ranzan (僧覧善)
Sawamura Sonosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Osoyo (おそよ)
Plays: Shichi Fukujin (七福神); Kongen Kuzazuribiki (根元草摺引); Tatakai
no Ato (史劇戰の後);
Mizunoya Takao (水谷高尾)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/20
Print Date: 01/1920?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Chôgorô (長五郎) and Onoe
Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otoshi (お俊) in Mizunoya Takao (水谷高尾).
MARCH 1920
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Akidarugai Kyûhachi (明樽買久八)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tasuke (多助)
Plays: Kiyomasa Seichûroku (清正誠忠録); Sannin Katawa (三人片輪); Shiobara
Tasuke (鹽原多助)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/20
Print Date: 03/1920?
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 Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Katô
Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
and Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Katagiri Katsumoto (片桐且元) in
Kiyomasa Seichûroku
(清正誠忠録).
APRIL 1920
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hojo Tokimasa (北条時政)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yahachirô (屋八郎)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫)
Plays: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番); Yoritomo (頼朝); Nimai Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙);
Otsue (大津繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/20
Print Date: 04/1920?
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
Oshima (お島) and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nagara Ichirōemon (長柄市郎右衛門)
in Nimai
Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙).
MAY 1920
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道実)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Watanabe Harunori (渡會春彥)
Plays: Haisho no Kankô (配所の菅公); Midare Konparu (亂れ金春);
Docchadan'ne (ドッチヤダンネ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
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
Daimaruya Hikuemon
(大丸屋彥右衛門) in Midare Konparu (亂れ金春).
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Chôshichirô
(松平長七郎)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tarôsuke (太郎助)
Plays: Sanzen Ryô Kogane no Kurairi (三千両黄金藏入); Shinohara Ichiza
(篠原一座);
Mitsugashiwa Kozue no Yoarashi (三柏葉樹頭夜嵐); Izutsu (song) (井筒)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
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
Kiyomoto Eijutayû
(清元栄壽太夫) in Mitsugashiwa Kozue no Yoarashi (三柏葉樹頭夜嵐).
JUNE 1920
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Rinpei (林平)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Manno (万野)
Plays: Kuramayama (鞍馬山); Kuchinawa Monogatari (くちなは物語); Gion
Sairei Shinkôki
(祗園祭禮信仰記); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳)
in Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祗園祭禮信仰記); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Tarôji
(太郎次) and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Maroya (まろや) in
Kuchinawa
Monogatari (くちなは物語).
JULY 1920
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tôjô Jisuke (東城自助)
Plays: Manchô (満潮); Tôjô Ginkô (東城銀行); Sake no Hajime
(酒の始)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/20
Print Date: 07/1920?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as Nagasaki Kaneyuki
(長崎勘解由基) in Manchô (満潮); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Gi-Teki
(儀狄) in Sake no Hajime (酒の始).
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Tamba Jiro Tokikuni
(丹波次郎時國)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Kanai Kotarô
Kagemasa (金井小太郎景正)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kanai Nagatomori Kagemasa
(金井長門守景家)
Plays: Yashi no Kage (椰子の蔭); Amayo no Kyoku (雨夜の曲);
On'na Tenka (女天下)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/16/20
Print Date: 07/1920?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
AUGUST 1920
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyûta (久太)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Jirôko (次郎古)
Plays: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙); Kayano
Sanpei (茅野三平);
Hototogisu Mizuni Hibikune (時鳥水響音); Aki no Kusa Chûya no
Sakiwake (秋色草晝夜咲分)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/20
Print Date: 08/1920?
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 Bandô Mitsugorô VII
(坂東三津五郎) as Yatou Emonshichi (矢頭右衛門七)
and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kayano Sanpei
(茅野三平) in Kayano Sanpei
(茅野三平).
SEPTEMBER 1920
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Minamoto no
Yoritomo (源賴朝)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Saigyô Hôshi
(西行法師)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hori Chikaie (堀親家)
Plays: Seigyô to Shizuka (西行と静); Bara no Irae
(薔薇の答); Meian Roku (明暗録)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/10/20
Print Date: 09/1920?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum
OCTOBER 1920
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Senhime (千姫)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hara Sôemon (原惣右衛門)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Chôsokabe
Moritaka (長曾我部盛高)
Plays: Senhime (千姫); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Jigoku (地獄); Sannin Ishibashi (三人石橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
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
(干早姫) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ômori
Hikoshichi (大森彦七) in Ômori Hikoshichi
(大森彦七); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) in an unknown role in Jigoku (地獄).
NOVEMBER 1920
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osono (おその)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hanbei (半兵衛)
Plays: Azuma Gonin Otoko (吾妻五人男); Kinnô Ibun
(勤王遺聞); Kokusen'ya Gassen (國性爺合戦);
Adesugata On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Kotobuki Utsubo
Zaru (璃壽靭猿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum
Note: The also cover depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hirano Jirô (平野次郎)
in Kinnô Ibun (勤王遺聞); Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Miyoshino (三吉野) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Noshihira
(熨斗平) in Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (璃壽靭猿); and
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Watônai (和藤内)
and Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Goshôgun Kanki (伍将軍甘輝) in Kokusen'ya Gassen
(國性爺合戦).
JANUARY 1921
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Akamatsu Nyûdô
Mitsusuke (赤松入道満祐)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Tônai
Saburô Moriharu (藤内三郎盛治)
Plays: Yuki On'na Gomai Hagoita (雪女五枚羽子板); Suô
Otoshi (素襖落); Ryûkyô Yawa (柳橋夜話);
Chôchidori Sato no Harukoma (蝶千鳥廓春駒); Dontsuku
(どんつく)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/21
Print Date: 01/1921?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Shujin Bô (主人某) and
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
in Suô Otoshi (素襖落); and Onoe Baikô
VI (尾上梅幸) as Yoshinoya Koshizu (吉野家小静) and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Sawamura Tanosuke (沢村田之助) in Ryûkyô Yawa
(柳橋夜話).
MARCH 1921
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Matsudaira
Dewa-no-Kami (松平出羽守)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Osaga (おさが)
Plays: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧); Chatsubo
(茶壺); Meijin Noriyuki (名人矩随)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
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 Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as Senoo Jûrô (妹尾十郎) and
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Saitô Sanemori
(斎藤実盛) in Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
(源平布引瀧).
APRIL 1921
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yahê (弥兵衛)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okô (お幸)
Plays: Horibe Myôkaini (堀部妙海尼); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
(碁太平記白石噺); Noriaibune (浄瑠璃乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
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 Shinobu (信夫) in
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi (碁太平記白石噺);
and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経), Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibo Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶), and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
in Kanjinchô (勸進帳).
MAY 1921
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Suzuki
Shumizu (鈴木主水)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Wakato Ichisuke
(若徒市助)
Plays: Ebira no Ume (箙の梅); Baien (煤煙); Shiraito
Mondo Wakaba no Aoyama (白糸主水若葉の青山);
Butai ni Tatsu Tsuma (舞台に立つ妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
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 Kajiwara Genta
(梶原源太) in Ebira no Ume (箙の梅).
JUNE 1921
Plays: Midareyaki (みだれ焼); Na ni Tachibana
Homare no Ishikiri (名橘譽石切);
Hatsukohi Ji Chigusa no Nuregoto (初戀路千種濡事); Yari
Odori Hana no Danmaku (鎗踊花段幕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
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 Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
in Na ni Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘譽石切);
and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌), Onoe
Matsusuke IV (尾上松助), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎), 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) in unknown
roles.
JULY 1921
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Ukiyo Matahei (浮世又平)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tosa Shôgen (土佐将監)
Plays: Yodo no Koi (淀の鯉); Muchi Narumono
(無智なる者); Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香);
Otsuya Goroshi (お艶殺し)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
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 Ichimura Kamezo III
(市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) in unknown roles.
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujiyoshi (藤吉)
Plays: Kugyô (公暁); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no
Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討);
Kirishitan Yashiki (切支丹屋敷); Suisha no Hitoyo
(水車の一夜)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/16/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
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 Kataoka Ichizô IV
(片岡市蔵) as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討);
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as [Johann
the Italian] Itaria Hito Yohan (伊太利人ヨハン); and
Ichimura Kamezo III (市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Minamoto
no Sanetomo (源實朝卿) in Kugyô (公暁).
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Ingamonoshi Nozarashi Kobê
(因果物師野晒小兵衛)
Play: Ingamonoshi (因果物師)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/21
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#5)
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Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ingamonoshi
Nozarashi Kobê (因果物師野晒小兵衛)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Inga Kozô Rokunosuke
(因果小僧六之助)
Plays: Kôyasan (高野山); Dokuro Mai (髑髏舞); Tsuri
Onna (釣女); Ingamonoshi (因果物師)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/21
Print Date: 08/1921?
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 Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as Tatara Shindozaemon
(多々羅新洞左衛門) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Karukaya Dôshin (苅萱道心)
in Kôyasan (高野山); and Bandô Mitsugorô VII
(坂東三津五郎) as Tarôkaja (太郎冠者) in Tsuri Onna (釣女).
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as [Steven] Suteban
(ステバン)
Plays: Koi no Shingen (戀の信玄); Gokuraku no Oni
(極楽の鬼); Kantan (邯鄲); Inu (犬)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as [Spiritual Father Belton] Rei
Chichi Beruton (靈父べルトン) and Takeda Shingen
(武田信玄) in Gokuraku no Oni (極楽の鬼) and
Koi no Shingen (戀の信玄), respectfully; and
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as Rosei [Lu
Sheng] (盧生) in Kantan (邯鄲).
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tawaraya Sôtatsu
(俵屋宗達)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Karasumaru
Mitsuhiro (烏丸光広)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Gakusô Keiun
(學僧慶雲)
Plays: Honchô Ôshôkun (本朝王昭君);
Onatsu Kyôran (おなつ狂乱); Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri
(名月八幡祭)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/21
Print Date: 10/1921?
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 Onatsu (おなつ) in Onatsu Kyôran
(おなつ狂乱); and Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Uosô
(魚惣), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Chijimiya Shinsuke (縮屋新助), and
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Geisha Miyokichi (芸者美代吉) in Meigetsu Hachiman
Matsuri (名月八幡祭).
NOVEMBER 1921
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Banto Gobei (番頭五兵衛)
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Haiya
Saburôbê (灰屋三郎兵衛)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Keizan-ko
(慶山公)
Plays: Taiko no Oto Chiyû Sanryaku (太鼓音智勇三略);
Tsubosaka Reigenki (壺坂霊験記);
Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/21
Print Date: 11/1921?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as Sakai Saemon (酒井左衛門)
and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康) in Taiko no
Oto Chiyû Sanryaku (太鼓音智勇三略); and Kataoka
Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Zatô Sawaichi
(座頭沢市) and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Nyôbô Osato
(女房お里) in Tsubosaka Reigenki
(壺坂霊験記).
DECEMBER 1921
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Hamayû (濱夕)
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Abe no Sadatô
(安倍貞任)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Taira Kenjô Naokata
(平傔仗直方)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Sodehagi
(袖萩)
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Hachiman Tarô (八幡太郎)
Plays: Zôho Shinchôki (増補信長記); Daîchi no Sekai
(第一の世界); Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara (奥州安達原);
Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中); Shûi Taikô-ki
(拾遺太閤記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/21
Print Date: 12/1921?
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 Ichikawa Ennosuke
II (市川猿之助) as Zenjûbô (善住坊) and Bandô
Jusaburô III (阪東壽三郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Akechi Mitsuhide
(明智光秀) in Zôho Shinchôki (増補信長記);
and Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Kikuchi
Hankurô (菊地半九郎) and Ichikawa Shôchô II
(市川松蔦)
as Wakamatsu-ya no Osome (若松屋のお染) in Toribeyama
Shinjû (鳥辺山心中),
JANUARY 1922
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Satsuki (早月)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takechi Jubei
Mitsuhide (武智十兵衛光秀)
Plays: Urami no Omote (怨恨の面); Ehon Taikôki
(繪本太功記); Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番叟);
Shichiya no Kura Kokoro no Irekae (質屋土蔵魂入替)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/22
Print Date: 01/1922?
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 Mizuki Tatsue (水木辰江)
and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Bandô
Sannokichi (坂東三濃吉) in Urami no Omote
(怨恨の面); Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sanbasô (三番叟) in
Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番叟); and Morita
Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kongming [Zhuge Liang]
Taiko no Sei (孔明陣太鼓の精) in Shichiya no Kura
Kokoro
no Irekae (質屋土蔵魂入替).
FEBRUARY 1922
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tokubê (徳兵衛)
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kawachiya
Yohê (河内屋与兵衛)
Plays: On'na Oya (女親); Aruhi no Susanoo no
Mikoto (一日の素盞鳴尊); Kayoi Komachi (通小町);
On'na Goroshi Abura no Jigoku (女殺油地獄)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 02/1922?
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 Ichikawa Ennosuke
II (市川猿之助) as Susanoo-no-Mikoto (素盞鳴尊) in
Aruhi no Susanoo no Mikoto (一日の素盞鳴尊).
MARCH 1922
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Sendô Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門), in actuality, Higuchi
Jirô (桶口次郎)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Gonshirô (権四郎)
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Matsuri no
Yogatari (祭りの夜がたり); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Shimizu Ikkaku (清水一角); Makari Koshiji Azuma no
Hitofushi (罷越路東諷)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/22
Print Date: 03/1922?
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 Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) as Shimizu Ikkaku (清水一角) in Shimizu
Ikkaku (清水一角).
APRIL 1922
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Geki
(松平外記)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Chichi Yorimo (父頼母)
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no
Kiri (樓門五三桐); Takatoki
(高時); Chiyoda Ninjô (千代田刃傷);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Katsuragawa
Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:
04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
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
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in
Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
(樓門五三桐); Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in
Modoribashi (戻橋);
and Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinanoya
Ohan (信濃屋お半) and Morita
Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Obiya
Chôemon '(帯屋長右衛門) in
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(桂川連理柵).
MAY 1922
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Dainagon Iemitsu
(大納言家光)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kannon-in Tadataka (観音院忠尊)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Itami Gonroku (伊丹権六)
Plays: Iemitsu no Watsu Koi
(家光の初戀); Rabu Tetsugaku
(ラヴ哲学); Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:
05/06/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the
Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum
JUNE 1922
Bandô
Hikosaburô VI
(坂東彦三郎) as
Ishidô Umanojô
(石堂右馬之丞)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Ono Kudayû
(斧九太夫)
Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as Ono
Sadakurô
(斧定九郎)
Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Momonoi
Wakasanosuke
(桃井若狭之助)
Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as
Okaru (お軽)
Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as En'ya
Hangan (塩冶判官)
Ichimura
Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) 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
(仮名手本忠臣蔵;
假名手本忠臣蔵); Tabi
Sugata Omoi no
Kake Ine
(旅姿思掛稲); Tsuyu
no Harema Sora
ha Sumiyoshi
(入梅晴間空住吉)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
06/01/22
Print Date:
06/1922?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodblock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre
Museum
AUGUST 1922
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Wada
Saemon'nojô
Yoshimori
(和田左衛門尉義盛)
Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎)
as Asahina
Saburô
Yoshihide
(朝比奈三郎義秀)
Plays:
Kamakurayama
Noboru no
Asahina
(鎌倉山昇朝比奈);
Akichi Ura
(空地裏); Tomo
Yakko (供奴);
Natsu Matsuri
Naniwa
Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
08/01/22
Print Date:
08/1922?
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
Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) as
Yakko (奴) in
Tomo Yakko
(供奴);
and
Ôtani Tomoemon
VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Danshichi
Kurobê
(団七九郎兵衛) in
Natsu Matsuri
Naniwa
Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑).
SEPTEMBER 1922
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Yazama Kinai
(矢間喜内)
Ichikawa
Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
as Yazama
Jûtarô (矢間重太郎)
Plays: Yuki no
Yûbe (雪の夕);
Ike (池);
Taiheiki
Chûshin
Kôshaku
(太平記忠臣講釈);
Uirô (ういらう)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
09/05/22
Print Date:
09/1922?
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
Ichikawa
Sanshô V
(市川三升; 市川三舛)
as Toraya
Tôkichi
(虎屋東吉)/Soga
Gorô (曾我五郎) in
Uirô (ういらう);
and Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as
Mômoku no Sô
(盲目の僧)
in Ike (池).
OCTOBER 1922
Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as
Hanshichi no
Oba (半七の叔母)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Iwami (石見)
Plays: Shinnyo
(真如); Komochi
Yamanba (嫗山姥);
Nagamachi
On'na no
Harakiri
(長町女腹切);
Yakko Dôdôji
(奴道成寺)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
10/01/22
Print Date:
10/1922?
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 Yaegiri of
the Hagino
Family]
Hagino-ka no
Yaegiri
(萩野家の八重桐) in
Komochi
Yamanba (嫗山姥);
Morita Kan'ya
XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌)
as Rônin Gotô
Genjirô
(浪人後藤源次郎)
and
Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as
Rônin Isogai
Kazuma
(浪人磯貝數馬) in
Shinnyo (真如);
and Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as
Shirabyôshi
Sakurako jitsu
ha Kyôgen-shi
Sakon (白拍子桜子
実ハ狂言師左近) in
Yakko Dôdôji
(奴道成寺).
NOVEMBER 1922
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Denbei (傳兵衛)
Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as O-Ume (お梅)
Plays:
Shibaraku (暫);
Igagoe Dôchû
Sugoroku
(伊賀越道中双六);
Fuji Daiko
(富士太鼓);
Higan no Yûbe
(彼岸の夕); Yûgiri
Izaemon Kuruwa
Bunshô
(夕霧伊左衛門廓文章)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
11/06/22
Print Date:
11/1922?
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
Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as
Kiyohara no
Takehira
(清原武衡)
and Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as
Kamakura
Gongorô
Kagemasa
(鎌倉権五郎景政) in
Shibaraku (暫);
Kataoka
Nizaemon XI
(片岡仁左衛門) as
Fujiya Izaemon
(藤屋伊左衛門) in
Yûgiri
Izaemon Kuruwa
Bunshô
(夕霧伊左衛門廓文章);
and Onoe Baikô
VI (尾上梅幸) as
Fuji No Tsuma
Suminoe
(富士の妻住の江) and
Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Toin
Nagazane
(洞院長實) in Fuji
Daiko (富士太鼓).
DECEMBER 1922
Nakamura
Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Yaegaki hime
(八重垣姫)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Uesugi Kenshin
(上杉謙信)
Plays:
Muromachi
Gosho (室町御所);
Aki no Wakare
(秋の別れ); Nani
Ôshima Homare
no
Tsuyoyumi
(名大島功譽強弓);
Honchô
Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
12/01/22
Print Date:
12/1922?
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
Ichikawa
Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵)
as Yoshiteru
(義輝),
Ichikawa
Sanshô V
(市川三升; 市川三舛)
as Iwatsuki
Suisuke
(岩槻主水助),
Ichikawa
Sadanji II
(市川左団次) as
Ikeda Tango no
Kami Masatake
(池田丹後守将武), and
Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Tamon (多門)
in Muromachi
Gosho (室町御所);
and
Bandô Shûchô
III
(坂東秀調) as
Sadarae (簓江),
Ichikawa
Chûsha VII
(市川中車) as
Chinzei
Hachirô
Tametomo
(鎮西八郎為朝),
and
Kataoka Ichizô
IV
(片岡市蔵) as Oni
Yasha (鬼夜叉) in
Nani Ôshima
Homare
no Tsuyoyumi
(名大島功譽強弓).
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: Kiichi
Hôgen Sanryaku
no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻);
Nawa Nagatoshi
(名和長年);
Shiraito Mondo
(白糸と主水);
Modori Kago
Iro Koi Aigata
(戻駕色相肩)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
01/01/23
Print Date:
01/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
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 Mondo (主水)
in
Shiraito Mondo
(白糸と主水); and
Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as
Yoshioka]
Kijirô
(吉岡鬼次郎) and
Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Okyô (お京)
in Kiichi
Hôgen
Sanryaku no
Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻).
FEBRUARY 1923
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Zashô Tôsan
(坐商小父さん)
Plays: Iwato
Danmari
(岩戸だんまり);
Shinman Engi
(指鬘縁起);
Hitoritabi no
On'na (一人旅の女);
Seigen
Sakura-hime
Keisei Iriai
Zakura
(清玄櫻姫傾城入相櫻);
Tantei Kidan
Jyochû Nan
(探偵奇譚女中難)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
02/06/23
Print Date:
02/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
depicts
Ichikawa
Ennosuke II
(市川猿之助) as
[Ahimsaka]
Ahinsaka
(アヒンサカ)
in Shinman
Engi (指鬘縁起);
and Morita
Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌)
as Shimizu
Seigen (清水清玄)
in Seigen
Sakura-hime
Keisei Iriai
Zakura
(清玄櫻姫傾城入相櫻).
MARCH 1923
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Hinoban no
Rôya
(火の番の老爺)
Plays: Dankyô
(斷橋); Shinrei
Yaguchi no
Watashi
(神靈矢口渡);
Yasuna (保名);
Musuko (息子);
Kyôkaku
Harusame Kasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
03/01/23
Print Date:
03/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
depicts Morita
Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌)
as Ôguchiya
Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
in
Kyôkaku
Harusame Kasa
(侠客春雨傘); Ôtani
Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as
Watashimori
Tonbê
(渡し守頓兵衛) in
Shinrei
Yaguchi no
Watashi
(神靈矢口渡); and
Onoe Kikugorô
VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yasuna (保名) in
Yasuna (保名).
APRIL 1923
Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as
Saruhashi
Uemon (猿橋右門)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Nanao Kinshirô
(七尾金四郎)
Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi
Kuranosuke
(大石内蔵之助)
Plays:
Hirakana
Seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記);
Tsuchigumo
(蜘蛛); Saki
Kisô Yuki no
Ume ga Ka
(咲競雪梅香);
Hideyoshi to
Sorori
(秀吉と曾呂利)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
04/01/23
Print Date:
04/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
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 Koshimoto
Chidori (腰元千鳥)
in Hirakana
Seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記);
Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as
Tsuchigumo no
Sei (土蜘蛛の精) in
Tsuchigumo
(蜘蛛);
and
Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as
Mitsunari (三成)
in Hideyoshi
to Sorori
(秀吉と曾呂利).
MAY 1923
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Shôya Mohei
(庄屋茂兵衛)
Plays: Jinniku
no Ichi
(人肉の市);
Kinokuni Bunza
Daijin Mai
(紀國文左大盡舞);
Gimin Jinbê
(義民甚兵衛);
Byakko no Yu
(白狐の湯); Natsu
no Hi no Koi
(夏の日の戀)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
05/06/23
Print Date:
05/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
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 Bunzaemon
(文左衛門)
in Kinokuni
Bunza Daijin
Mai (紀國文左大盡舞);
and Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as
Kakutarô (角太郎)
in Byakko no
Yu (白狐の湯).
JUNE 1923
Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Nishina
Rin'nosuke
(仁科林之助)
Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as
Hebitsukahi
Okinu (蛇つかひお絹)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Toyokichi (豊吉)
in Ryôgoku no
Aki (兩国の秋)
Plays: Kaga
Sôdô (加賀騒動);
Shizuhata Obi
(賤機帯); Ryôgoku
no Aki (兩国の秋);
Ômi Genji
Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館); Ono
Komachi (小野小町)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
06/01/23
Print Date:
06/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
depicts Morita
Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌)
as Ataka
Gôemon
(安宅郷右衛門) and
Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Ôta
Ôi (太田大炊) in
Kaga Sôdô
(加賀騒動);
Ichimura
Uzaemon
XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sasaki
Moritsuna
(佐々木盛綱) in Ômi
Genji Senjin
Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館); and
Sawamura
Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Ono Komachi
(小野小町).
JULY 1923
Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as
Hagiwara
Shinzaburo
(萩原新三郎)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Yamamoto Shijô
(山本志丈)
Plays:
Botan Dôrô
(牡丹燈籠);
Rankyoku (亂曲);
Yodogimi to
Goemon
(淀君と五右衛門)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
07/01/23
Print Date:
07/1923?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
Bandô Jusaburô
III (阪東壽三郎;
坂東寿三郎) as
Ishikawa
Goemon
(石川五右衛門) and
Ichimura
Kamezo III
(市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵)
as Migita
Mitsunari
(右田三成) in
Yodogimi to
Goemon
(淀君と五右衛門).
Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as
Otsuma
(お妻)
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
O-Rin (お臨)
Plays:
Kamikaze (神風);
Momiji no
Eneshi no
Shirahari
(紅葉宴衛士白張);
Otsuma
Hachirobê
Ryôgoku Kôdan
(おつま八郎兵衛兩國巷談);
Mei Ranfan
(梅蘭芳)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
10/25/24 -
11/04/24
Print Date:
10/1924?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
depicts Morita
Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌)
as Kôno Rokurô
Michiari
(河野六郎通有),
Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as ?,
and Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Hôjô
Sagam-no-Kami
Tokimune
(北條相模守時宗) in
Kamikaze (神風).
NOVEMBER 1924
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Rokubei (六兵衛)
Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸) as
Sakakibara
Takao (榊原高尾)
Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as
Takagi Shizuma
(高木志津馬)
Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Muneharu
(宗春)
Plays: Meiboku
Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩);
Sakakibara
Takao (榊原高尾);
Ninin Dôjôji
(二人道成寺)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
11/06/24
Print Date:
11/1924?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
depicts
Nakamura
Utaemon V
(中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)
and
Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎)
as Nikki
Danjô (仁木弾正)
in Meiboku
Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩).
DECEMBER 1924
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Maruyama Ôkyo
(圓山應擧)
Ôtani Tomoemon
VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Komai Genki
(駒井源琦)
Plays: Ôkyo to
Rosetsu
(應擧と蘆雪);
Takatoki (高時);
Kashiko ki
Baka
(賢き馬鹿)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date:
12/06/24
Print Date:
12/1924?
Artist: Torii
Kiyotada
(鳥居清忠)
Medium:
Woodbock
printed ehon
sujigaki
cover)
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: The
cover also
depicts
Matsumoto
Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as
Takatoki (高時)
in Takatoki
(高時).
OCTOBER 1925
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?
Artist: ?
Medium:
Woodblock
printed ehon
sujigaki cover
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
APRIL 1925
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play:
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date: 04/01/25
Print Date:
04/1925?
Artist: Miyake
Hanayama
(三宅花山)
Medium:
Lithograph
Personal
Collection
Note: Baikô
VI, Uzaemon
XV, and
Matsusuke IV
also
appeared in a
production at
the Teikoku
Gekijô in June
1927. It
is possible
that this
print reflects
Matsusuke IV's
performance in
that
production.
This print
closely
resembles
one made by
Tanaka Shikô
(田中紫光) around
the same
time.
One wonders if
they might be
the same
artist or if
Shikô was a
pseudonym
adopted by a
publisher who
knocked off
Hanayama's
design.
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助)
as Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play:
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance
Date: 04/01/25
Print Date:
1928?
Artist:
Kamishita
Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
`
Series:
[Images of
Famous Actors
of Today]
Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage
Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #1
Personal
Collection
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助)
as Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play:
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance
Date: 04/01/25
Print Date:
1928?
Artist:
MKamishita
Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
`
Personal
Collection
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa
Nasake Ukina
no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka
Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
postcard
Personal
Collection
Note: Although
Matsusuke IV
performed
this role
multiple times
during his
career,
he only
performend the
role in Tokyo
twice during
the 1920s, the
period when
Shikô was
actively
making
prints.
It is
possible that
this print
reflects
Matsusuke
IV's
subsequent
performance at
the
Teikoku
Geikijô in
June 1927.
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play:
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date: 04/01/25
Print Date:
04/1925?
Artist: Tanaka
Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium:
Lithograph?
Image courtesy
of the
Tsubouchi
Memorial
Theatre Museum
Note: Although
Matsusuke IV
performed this
role multiple
times during
his career, he
only
performend the
role in Tokyo
twice during
the 1920s, the
period when
Shikô was
actively
making
prints.
It is possible
that this
print reflects
Matsusuke
IV's
subsequent
performance at
the Teikoku
Geikijô in
June
1927.
This print
closely
resembles one
made by Miyake
Hanayama
(三宅花山) around
the same
time.
One wonders if
they might be
the same
artist or if
Shikô was a
pseudonym
adopted by a
publisher who
knocked off
Hanayama's
design.
JUNE 1927
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play: Otomi to
Yosaburô
(お富と与三郎), a
version
of
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: Teikoku
Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance
Date: 06/1927
Artist: Ota
Gatô (太田雅光)
Print Date:
1950 or later
Series: Meifu
Miyage Geki no
Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容
彩) (#8)
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.
Matsusuke IV
died on
September 5,
1928 at age
86. He
first played
the role of
Kômori Yasu
in Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi in
Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in
September
1892.
Although
Matsusuke
IV's last
Tokyo
appearance in
this role was
in June
1927,it
is possible
that Gakô
based this
print on one
of
Matsusuke IV's
prior
performances
in that play
or in
"Kirare
Otomi."
UNKNOWN DATES
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play:
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(與話情浮名横櫛;
与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: ?
Performance
Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori
Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium:
Hand-colored
keyblock print
(版画源画)?
Note:
Matsusuke IV
died on
September 5,
1928 at
age
86.
He first
played the
role of Kômori
Yasu
in Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi in
Tokyo at
the Kabuki-za
in September
1892.
Although
Matsusuke IV's
last Tokyo
appearance in
this role
was in a June
1927
production of
Otomi to
Yosaburô
(お富と与三郎) at
the Teikoku
Gekijô
it is possible
that Shunsen
based this
print on one
of Matsusuke
IV's prior
performances
in those
plays or in
"Kirare
Otomi."
Although
purporting
to be hanga
genga in the
2002 and 1991
Shunsen
catalogs, it
appears to be
a finished
painting and I
have not found
a hand-colored
keyblock print
for
this design.
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa
Nasake Ukina
no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Print Date: ?
Artist:
Yoshida Eishô
(吉田永昇)
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
senshafuda
Series:
盛會御禮
Personal
Collection
Note: It is
likely that
the actor
depicted is
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助).
Onoe
Matsusuke IV
(尾上松助)
as Nozarashi
Kobê
(野晒小兵衛)
Play:
Ingamonoshi
(劇因果物師)
Artist:
?
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
matchbook
cover
Note:
MMatsusuke IV
performed
this role at
the Teikoku
Gekijô in
August
1921.
Matsusuke IV
also performed
this role at
the
Ichimura-za in
November 1915
in a version
called Imashi
Megusa
Susukino
(誡種芒野晒).
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助)
as Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa
Nasake Ukina
no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Artist: ?
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
matchbook
cover
Note:
Matsusuke IV
first
performed this
role in Yowa
Nasake Ukina
no Yokogushi
in
Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in
September
1892.
His last
Tokyo
appearance in
this role
was in a June
1927
production
of Otomi to
Yosaburô
(お富と与三郎) at
the Teikoku
Gekijô.
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play:
Yowa Nasake
Ukina no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: ?
Performance
Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
senshafuda
Personal
Collection
Note:
Matsusuke IV
performed this
role in Tokyo
at least four
times between
1916 and 1927.
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助) as
as ?
Play: ?
Performance
Place: ?
Performance
Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
senshafuda
Personal
Collection
Onoe Matsusuke
IV (尾上松助)
as Kômori Yasu
(蝙蝠安)
Play: Yowa
Nasake Ukina
no
Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance
Place: ?
Performance
Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist:
Hasegawa
Sadanobu III
(長谷川貞信)?
Medium:
Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Personal
Collection
Note: This was
a signature
role
performed many
times by
Matsusuke
IV. It
may or may not
be by Sadanobu
III.
