KOSHÔ NOBUKATA
(古荘信方)
1924

               
Sanbasô dancer

Play: Okina (翁) or a Sanbasômono (三番叟物) play
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Hirosada (歌川広貞),
which is outside the scope of this site.
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Benkei (辦慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  The last time Matsumoto Kôshirô VII performed
this role in Tokyo before the publication of this issue was in a special performance at the Teikoku
Geikijô in April 1922.  This print probably reflects a later regional performance.
 
 

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Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Togashi (富樫)  

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義經)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  This print possibly depicts Utaemon V as
Minamoto Yoshitsune in Kanjinchô (勧進帳).
 
 

               
Ichimuara Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kanpei (勘平)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:
Performance Date:
Print Date: 05/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum database shows a cut-down version of this cover
print.  This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  The last time Uzaemon XV performed this role
in Toky prior to the publication of this issue was at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1922.  It is likely
that this print reflects a later regional performance.
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okaru (おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  The last time Baikô VI performed this role in
Tokyo prior to the publication of this issue was at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1922.  It is likely
that this print reflects a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara Heizo (梶原平三)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 07/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects some
regional performance.
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum database shows a cut-down version of this print. 
This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  This print likely reflects a regional production.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Chigusaya Oman (千草屋おまん)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 07/06/24
Print Date: 09/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects a regional
performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu (樋口冶郎兼光)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 10/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects a regional
performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as Ohaya (おはや)

Play: Satsuki no Fuji (さつき富士)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.