MURATA MASAO I (村田正雄; 村田正男)
03/25/1871 - 06/07/1925
 

               
[Fujii [Rokusuke] as Drugstore Clerk]
Fujii [Rokusuke] no Kusuriya Tedai (藤井の薬屋手代)
 
[Fukushima [Kiyoshi] as Moneylender]
Fukushima [Kiyoshi] no Kinashi (福島の金貸)
 
[Kimura [Misao] as Shitau Ei's wife Sumiko]
Kimura [Misao] no Shitau Ei Fujin Sumiko (木村の思榮夫人済子)
 
[Ii [Yôhô] as Inventor Mizobuchi Katsumi]
Ii [Yôhô] no Hatsumei-ka Mizobuchi Katsumi (伊井の發明家溝淵克巳)
 
[Murata [Masao I] as Mizobuchi's wife Machiko]
Murata [Masao I] no Mizobuchi Fujin Machiko (村田の溝淵夫人町子)
[Performing Arts Caricatures] Engei Fûshiga (演藝諷刺畫)
 
Play: [Airplane] Hikôki (飛行機)
Performance Place: Yûraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/16/09
Artist: Kitazawa Rakuten (北澤樂天)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Oct. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Komeko (?) (米子)
 
Murata Masao I (村田正雄) as Kôbei (幸兵衛)

Plays: Hito no Oya (人の親); Musume Setsuyô (娘節用); Keiko Ôgi (稽古扇);
Taihen Taihen Taihen (大変大変大変)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/12
Print Date: 02/1912
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 Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Kingorô (金五郎) and  Kawai Takeo (河合武雄;
河合武夫) as Kosan (小さん) in Musume Setsuyô (娘節用).
 
 

                    
Murata Masao I (村田正雄) as Oshima (おしま)

Play: Shimizu Jirochō (清水次郎長)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/23
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#6)
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unpublished design.  Masao I died on June 7, 1925 at age 55.
 
 
 
 
 

Murata Masao I  (村田正雄) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #9
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art