MAY 1912
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Otogirisô (弟切草);
Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛糸); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/12
Print Date: 05/12/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
SEPTEMBER 1919
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: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
MAY 1924
Sawamura Denjirô I (沢村伝二郎; 沢村傳二郎) as
Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Play: Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/29/24
Print Date: 05/1924?
Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
Note: Denjirô I also performed this role at the Miyato-
za in April 1923. I cannot rule out the possibility that
this print reflects that performance.