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 
 
 

                 
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).
 
 
 

                 
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).
 
 

                 
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).
 
 

                 
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).
 
 
 

                 
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).
 
 
 

                    
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).
 
 
 

                    
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).
 
 

                    
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).
 
 
 
 

                    
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).
 
 

                    
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).
 
 
 

                    
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).
 
 
 

                    
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).
 
 
 

                    
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).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takuemon (武右衛門)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫)
 
Plays: Osakabe Hime (小坂部姫); Kanjinchô (勸進帳); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵);
Yakko Dako Sato no Harukaze (奴凧廓春風)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/25
Print Date: 01/1925?
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 Yakko-dako (奴凧) in Yakko
Dako Sato no Harukaze (奴凧廓春風); 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 Ohan
(お半) in Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵). 
 
 

? as ?
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Funetakumi Shirôzo (船匠四郎藏)
 
? as ?
 
Plays: Sanetomo Kyô Toson Senki (實朝卿渡宋船記); Fuse Taishi no Nyûzan (布施太子の入山);
Gekkyûtori (月給取); Pariatchi (パリアツチ)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/01/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
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 Sutara (Taishi) (須太拏(太子))
in Fuse Taishi no Nyûzan (布施太子の入山).
 
 
 

               
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.
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
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 Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) in
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘蛛の精) in
Tsuchigumo (土蜘); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Umeômaru (梅王丸) in Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ōe Hiromiori (大江廣盛)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yoshioka Onijirô (吉岡鬼次郎)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as  Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一條大蔵卿)
 
Plays: Ôkurakyô (大蔵卿); Modoribashi (戻橋); Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Futaribakama (二人袴)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date: 06/1925?
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 Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Sakaida Kakiemon
(酒井田柿右衛門) in Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門); Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takasago
Jôbei  (高砂尉兵衛) in Futaribakama (二人袴); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayuri (小百合) in
Modoribashi (戻橋). 
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ungo Zenji (雲悟禅師)
 
Plays: Taiheiki Asahi no Yoroi (太平記曦鎧); Kureputomênia (クレプトメーニ ア); 
Tabi he Deta Ungo Zenji (旅へ出た雲悟禅師); Kôsokudo Kigeki (高速度喜劇);
Umi to Yama  (folkdance) (海と山); Ryoku Botan Ichiza Shutsuen Shinageki (緑牡丹一座出演支那劇)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/25
Print Date: 07/1925?
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 Saitō Tarōzaemon
(斎藤太郎左衛門) in Taiheiki Asahi no Yoroi (太平記曦鎧).
 
 
 

                    
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Sarutahiko Dayu (猿田彦太夫)
 
Plays: Yoshida Goten (吉田御殿); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba  (伊勢音頭戀寝刃);
Kôsokudo Kigeki (高速度喜劇); Denishawn Ichiza Seiyôbuyô (デニショウン一座西洋舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/01/25
Print Date: 09/1925?
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 Saibôzu Nishizumi (斉坊主西住)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koume (小梅)
 
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: 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 Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
in Nijûshikô Kitsunebi (廿四孝狐火); and  Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Hirano Saemon-no-jô
(平ノ左衛門尉) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nichiren (日蓮) in Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人).
 
 
 

                    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazaemon (弥左衛門)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yasuke (弥助)
 
Plays: Maimôsu Iro no Tanemaki (舞奏いろの蒔種); Ehon Taikôki  (本太功記);
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本櫻); Rakuhoku no Aki (洛北の秋);
Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (権八小紫其小唄夢廓)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/25
Print Date: 11/1925?
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 Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
disguised as the farmer Tajû (太十) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Takechi
Jûjirô (武智十次郎) in Ehon Taikôki  (本太功記); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Komurasaki
Miuraya (三浦屋小柴) and  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) in
Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (権八小紫其小唄夢廓).
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kira Kôzukesuke (吉良上野介)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助) and Kayano Sanpei (茅野三平)
 
Plays: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata (戻駕色相肩); Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji (忠臣蔵年中行事);
Tsuri On'na (釣女);  Sengokujidaishi no Ichipêji (戦国時代史の一頁); Tsubosaka Reigenki (壺坂霊験記);
Rabu Tetsugaku (ラヴ哲学); Hikari to Iro (光と色) (dance)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/25
Print Date: 12/1925?
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 Uratayu (浦太夫)
 
Plays: Kuramayama (鞍馬山); Oimatsu Wakamatsu (老松若松); Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(浄瑠璃積戀雪關扉); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘); Haru no Shirabe Musume
Nanakusa (春調娘七種); Kyôran Kumoi no Sode (狂乱雲井袖); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/26
Print Date: 01/1926?
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 Tenmei Tarô (天明太郎) in
Kuramayama (鞍馬山); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sumizome (墨染) and  Matsumoto Kôshirô
VII (松本幸四郎) as Sekibei jitsu ha Ōtomo no Kuronushi (関兵衛 実ハ大伴黒主) in Tsumoru Koi
Yuki no Seki no To (浄瑠璃積戀雪關扉); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛) in Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (櫻鍔恨鮫鞘).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kawai Ikujirô (河合幾次郎)
 
Plays: Yashamaru (夜叉丸); Koshin to Enba (小しんと焉馬); Gakuyaguchi (楽屋口);
Tôjinzuka (唐人塚); Haru Chikashi (春近し)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/01/26
Print Date: 02/1926?
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 Chin Jin Shie (陳仁謝) and Morita
Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Chôshirô (長四郎) in Tôjinzuka (唐人塚).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kazusa (上總)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)
 
Plays: Nigatsudô (二月堂); Genpei Sakigake Tsutsuji (源平魁躑躅); Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome
(田舎源氏露東雲); Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/26
Print Date: 04/1926?
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 Rôben Daisôjô (良辨大僧正)
in Nigatsudô (二月堂); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shinonome (東雲) in Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome
(田舎源氏露東雲); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kurotegumi Sukeroku
(黒手組助六) in Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引).
 
 
 

Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Ibarakiya Kôsai (茨木屋幸齋) 
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Urakami Yozaemon (浦上與左衛門)
 
Plays: Ibarakiya Kôsai (茨木屋幸齋); Tanukidera no Shinya (狸寺の深夜);
Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa (新皿屋敷月雨暈); Makura (まくら)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/26
Print Date: 05/1926?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sakanaya Sôgorô
(魚屋宗五郎) in Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa (新皿屋敷月雨暈).
 
 
 

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)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tatsuma Saburôbei (達摩三郎兵衛)
 
Plays: Ejima Ikushima (江島生島); Sangoku Musô Hisago no Gunpai (三國無双瓢軍配);
Genboku to Chôei (玄朴と長英);  Sato no Harugi Azami no Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/26
Print Date: 06/1926?
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  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺所化清心)
in Sato no Harugi Azami no Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫); and Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Takano Choei (高野長英) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Genpaku (玄朴) in Genboku to
Chôei (玄朴と長英).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as ?
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as ?
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as ?
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Tachiba Taheiji (立場太平次)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Torazô (虎蔵), actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)  
      
Plays: Kazumiya-sama Otsukai (和宮様御使); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki  (鬼一法眼三略巻);
Katakiuchi Gappô-ga-Tsuji (敵討合法辻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/26
Print Date: 10/1926?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kurayami no Ushimatsu (くらやみの丑松)
 
Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as Michitose (三千歳)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takega (丈賀)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)
 
Plays: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai (河内山と直侍); Shiranui Monogatari (時代劇白縫譚)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/26
Print Date: 11/1926?
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 (時代劇白縫譚).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Sano Hyôe (佐野兵衛)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Miura Arajirō Yoshizumi (三浦荒次郎義澄)
 
Plays: Yûshoku Kamakura  (有職鎌倉山); Koito Sashichi Honchô Itoya Musume (小糸佐七本町糸屋の娘);
Shakkyô (石橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/27
Print Date: 01/1927?
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 [The Spirit of the Parent Lion]
Oya shishi no Sei (親獅子の精) in Shakkyô (石橋); and Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸) in
Koito Sashichi Honchô Itoya Musume (小糸佐七本町糸屋の娘).
 
 
 

                    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Magarikane no Kingorô (曲金の金五郎)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kasane (かさね)
 
Plays: Zenzen Taieiki (前々太平記); Shiraishi Banashi (白石噺); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kasane Monogatari (累物語); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
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 Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辨慶;
武蔵坊弁慶) and Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門) in
Kanjinchô (勸進帳); and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Shinobu (信夫) in
Shiraishi Banashi (白石噺).
 
 
 

                   
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."
 
 
 

                    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (お富; おとみ)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
 
Plays: Otomi to Yosaburô (お富と與三郎); Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (壽靱猿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
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 Saruhiki Fukudayu
(猿曳福太夫) in Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (壽靱猿); and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kumagai
Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実) and Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Midaroku ( 弥陀六) in
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記).
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kawachi no Hara Gorô (河内の原五郎)
 
Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Genshichi (源七)
 
Plays:  Goemon no Kama (五右衛門の釜); Hamamatsu Kaze Koi no Utabito (濱松風戀歌);
Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono  (大杯觴酒戦強者); Shanto Kangen ( 社頭諫言);
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/27
Print Date: 10/1927?
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 Nichiren Shonin (日蓮上人) in
Shanto Kangen ( 社頭諫言); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kofuji (小ふじ) in Hamamatsu Kaze Koi no
Utabito (濱松風戀歌); Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
(弁天小僧菊之助) in Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (辨天娘女男白浪); and 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  (大杯觴酒戦強者).
 
 
 

                    
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ono Kudayû (斧九太夫)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okura (おかる)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Play:  Chûshingura (忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/27
Print Date: 11/1927?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Onio Shinzaemon (鬼王新左衛門)
 
Plays: Yoyogi no Kamikaze (代々木の神風); Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡);
Kichirei Soga no Taimen (吉例曾我對面); Ibaraki (茨木); Osada no Adauchi (おさだの仇討);
Ayatsuri Sanbasô (操り三番叟); Nochi no Tsuki Shuen Shimadai (后月酒宴島臺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/28
Print Date: 01/1928?
Artist: ?
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 Sanbasô (三番叟) in Ayatsuri
Sanbasô (操り三番叟); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子) in Ibaraki (茨木); and
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ofune (お舟) and  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Tonbei (頓兵衛) in Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡).
 

 

Bandô Shûka (坂東しうか; 坂東志うか) as Kinmenuki Ginji (金目貫銀次)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tobei (藤兵衛)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Shinmon Tatsugorô  (新門辰五郎)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as  Oroku (お六)
 
Plays: Shinmon Tatsugorô (新門辰五郎); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Suô Otoshi (素襖落);
Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕);  Hidari Kogatana (左小刀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/28
Print Date: 04/1928?
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 Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)
in Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (博多小女郎浪枕); and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)
as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue (梶原源太景季) in Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記).
 
 
 

Onoe Kôzô II (尾上幸蔵) as Osamu Iesada (御家定)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kaizaka no Chûgi (貝坂の忠義)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Hayabusa Sanji (早乗三次)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Murai Chôan (村井長庵)
 
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri  (樓門五山桐); Murai Chôan Takumi no Yaregasa (村井長庵巧破傘); 
Urami Kuzu Tsuyu ni Nuregime ( 恨葛露濡衣); Honchô Nijûshikô  (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/28
Print Date: 06/1928?
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 Mashiba Hisayoshi
(羽柴久吉) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Goemon (五右衛門) in Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
(樓門五山桐); and Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫) in Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝).
 
 
 

                   
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: Matsusuke 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.