ICHIKAWA SADANJI I (市川左團次; 市川左団次)
11/30/1842 - 08/07/1904

               
Late Ichikawa Sadanji [I] (故市川左團次) as
Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura  (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1898
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Sadanji I also performed this role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-
za in January 1881 (alternating the role with four other actors), and
in a special performance at the Inoue Kaoru residence in April 1887.
 
 

SEPTEMBER 1899

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Makuwari Daiki (馬加大記)

Unknown as Kurayago (鞍弥吾)

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Inusaka Keno (犬坂毛野)

Ichikawa  Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎;
市川團十郎) as
Inuyama Dôsetsu (犬山道節)

Unknown as
Usui Sadaemon (臼井貞右衛門)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Inuta Kobungo (犬田小文吾)

Unknown as
Sakata Kinemon (坂田金右衛門)

Unknown as
Watanabe Tsunahei (渡辺綱平)

Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬伝)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/19/1899
Print Date: 04/24/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This print was made in 1900,
although the production depicted
was mounted in 1899.  However, it
 is possible that this print depicts
the set of a later Hakkenden play.
 

  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Inukai Genpachi (犬飼現八)

  Urabe Suezô (卜部季蔵)  as Unknown

Ichikawa Gonjûrô (市川権十郎 ; 市川權十郎) as Taira no Shigemori (平重盛)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次) as Akugenta Yoshihira (悪源太義平)
 
? as Hei*makuro (平*蒔郎)

Play: Akugenta (悪源太)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/29/1899
Print Date: 05/05/1900
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
 

JANUARY 1900

 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Kisegawa Kametsuru (喜瀬川亀鶴)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Play: Kichirei Soga (吉例曽我)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/1900
Print Date: 12/20/1899?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as
Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太)
 

    
      Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
      市川左団次) as Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)
     
      Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
      市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta
      (近江小藤太)
     
      Unread as Unknown
     
      Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
      市川小團次) as
      Yawata Saburô (八幡三郎)

      Play: Kichirei Soga (吉例曽我)
      Performance Place: Meijki-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 01/14/1900
      Print Date: 05/11/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

     
     
Play: Yagura Daiko Shusse no Torikumi
(櫓太鼓出世取組)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/1900
Print Date: 12/20/1899
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

     Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
     市川左團次) as
     Tanikaze Gonnosuke (谷風権之助)

            Ichikawa Koyone I (市川小米) as Mori Ranmaru (森蘭丸)
    
            Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
            Hasegawa Munetô (長谷川宗任)
    
            Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as 
            Oda Nobunaga (織田信長)
    
            Ichikawa Yonezô  IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
            Kuma nô-Kyoku (阿能局)

            Play: Gi-ha Omoki Oda no Tamamono (義重織田賜)
            Performance Place/: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 01/14/1900
            Print Date: 01/1900?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Kumonryu Shishin (九紋龍史進)

Ichikawa Sadanji  I (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kaosho Roshishin (花和尚魯智深)

Play: Suikoden Yuki no Danmari (水滸伝雪挑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/1900
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)

Note: A color image is not currently available.  Although a
catalog gives the publication date as February 1900, other
known prints in this series were published in February 1902. 
Sadanji appeared in a production at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in
July 1893.  This print, however, likely reflects a later performance
in Osaka or Kyoto.
 
 

 



Play: Chûkôgi Tsukushi no Adauchi
(忠孝義筑紫仇討)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 02/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
  市川左團次) as
 Chikushi Ichibê (筑紫市兵衛)

    
     Ichikawa Yonezô  IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
     Ofumi (みふみ)

     Play: Chûkôgi Tsukushi no Adauchi
     (忠孝義筑紫仇討)
     Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 03/07/1900
     Print Date: 03/1900?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
 市川左團次) as
 Chikushi Ichibê (筑紫市兵衛)



 

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次;
  市川小團次) as
  Monban (guard) Gosuke (門番語助)




 

 
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Kimura Nagato no Kami (木村長門守)


Play: Wabokuron Nanba Senki
(和睦論難波戦記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/1900
Print Date: 03/05/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 
Note: The Tokyo Metropolitan Central
Library's records erroneously indicate
that the play depicted in this print is
Chûkôgi Tsukushi no Adauchi
((忠孝義筑紫仇討), another play on the
same bill.

 Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
 市川權十郎) as
 Sanada Yukimura (小米真田幸村)
 
 Ichikawa Koyone I (市川小米) as
 Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣秀頼)

  Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
  市川升若) as
  Yodogimi (淀君)

   
    Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)  as
    Ryûbi Gentoku (玄徳)
 
    Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川團十郎) as 
    Shokatsu Kômei (諸葛孔明)
 
    Ichikawa Gonjûrô (市川権十郎; 
    市川權十郎) as Chôhei (張飛)
 
    Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次) as
    Kan-U (関羽)
 
    ? as Karoko (唐子)

    Play: Sangokushi (三国志)
    Performance Place: ?
    Performance Date: ?
    Print Date: 03/1900
    Artist: ?
    Image courtesy of the National
    Museum of Japanese History
 
 

 
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎:
 市川權十郎) as
Hanzawa Rokurô (半沢六郎)



Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki
(壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/1900
Print Date: 05/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library

Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Akoya (あこや)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Hatakeyama Shigetada (畠山重忠)

   Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
   市川小團次) as
   Iwanaga Saemon (岩永左衛門)


 

   
    Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
    Maboroshi Chôzô (幻長蔵)
   
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次) as
    Akebono Genta (曙源太)

    Play: Koko ga Edo Koude no Tatehiki
    (慈江戸小腕達引)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 05/03/1900
    Print Date: 05/1900?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the Tokyo
    Metropolitan Central Library
 
 
 
 

  Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升;
  澤村訥舛) as
  Momiura Jinzô (紅裏甚三)
 
  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
  市川左團次) as
  Ude no Kizaburô (腕の喜三郎_

  Sawamura Gennosuke IV
  (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
  Kizaburô Nyôbô (喜三郎女房)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Oni Kojima Yatarô (鬼小嶋弥太郎)

Play: Kawanakajima Azuma Nishikie
(川中島東都錦絵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/1900
Print Date: 05/1900?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 
 
 

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Takeda Shingen (武田信玄)

 

 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
'Musume Konami (娘小浪)




Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 06/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
  
   Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) as
   Oishi (お石)


 

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
  市川小團次) as Rikiya (力弥)

    
      Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as
      Osono (おその)


     
    
       Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
      (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
      Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 06/28/1900
      Print Date: 06/1900
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
      (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
      Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 
 

    Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
    市川左團次) as
    Amakawaya Gihei (天川屋儀平)

  

 

  Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
  Gihei-ko (義平子)

  Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
  市川小團次) as Decchi (丁稚)

Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as
Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 06/26/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
  Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)


  

 

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I ( 市川権十郎;
   市川權十郎) as
   Issun Tokubê (一寸徳兵衛)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I ( 市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Issun Tokubê (一寸徳兵衛)'

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
市川壽美蔵) as
Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/1900
Print Date: 04/20/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
*Personal Collection
 
Note: This print was made in 1901,
although the production depicted
was mounted in 1900. Minor color
variations are known.
 
 

Play:  Kamakurayama Sakura no
Nidozaki (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/24/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

   Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
   Kô no Takiguchi Osakabe Nojô (?)
   (江の滝口刑部之丞)

   Ichikawa Sadanji (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
   (蒲の冠者範頼蒲冠者範頼)

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as
Asahi Gozen (朝日御前, actually
Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)
 



Play: Kamakurayama Sakura no
Nidozaki (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
  市川莚舛) as  
  Tôma Saburô (当麻三郎)
 
  Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
  市川權十郎) as Yoritomo-kô (頼朝公)

   Ichikawa Sadanji I市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
  Yamashi Inoshishi (山椎猪蔵),
  actually, Nitta Shirô ( 仁田四郎)

    
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次) as
    Hashi Tazaemon-jô (?) ( 橋太左エ門尉)



  
    
    Play:  Kamakurayama Sakura no
    Nidozaki     (鎌倉山蒲桜重咲;
    鎌倉山蒲桜再咲)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 09/30/1900
    Print Date: 09/1900?
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
    Memorial Theatre Museum
 

   Ichikawa Shachimaru I
    (市川志やち丸;    市川鯱丸;
    市川しやち丸) as
   Ani-kun Kuma Wakamaru (?)
   (兄君隈若丸)
  
   Ichikawa Sadanji (市川左団次;
   市川左團次) as
   Kaba no Kaja Noriyori
   (蒲の冠者範頼蒲冠者範頼)

   Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as
   Otôto-kun Kô Wakamaru (?)
   (弟君光若丸)

   Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
   市川升若) as
   Minase Gozen
   水名瀬御前

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
市川權十郎) as
Kisarazu Matsuzô (木更津松蔵)
 



Play: Izu Miyage Keiô Kibun
(伊豆土屋慶応奇聞)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/1900
Print Date: 09/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Ichikawa Sadanji I市川左団次;
  市川左團次) as
  Mukaiji no Masagorô (向路の政五郎)

  Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升;
  澤村訥舛) as
  Ôsakaya Kikuei (大坂屋菊栄)

   Sawamura Gennosuke IV
   (沢村源之助 澤村源之助) as
   Ômiya Okohi (近江やおこひ)

    
    Front Row L-R:
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次;
    市川小團次
    Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;
    市川莚舛)
    Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;
    市川權十郎)
    Middle Row L-R:
    Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥;
    澤村訥舛;    澤村訥升)
    Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎) 
    Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九団次;
   市川九團次)
    Ichikawa Fukuzô II (市川福蔵) 
    Back Row L-R:
    Bandô Mitsutarô I (坂東三津太郎)
    Ichikawa Yonezô I (市川米三)
    Ichikawa Tsutanosuke I(市川蔦之助)
    Nakamura Kansuke II (中村翫助)

    Event:  Akashi [V] Hikitate no Zu
    (明石引立ノ図)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 10/1900
    Print Date: 10/1900
    Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
    (歌川国貞)
    Image courtesy of the Tokyo
    Metropolitan Central Library
 
 
 
 

Front Row:
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次)
Middle Row L-R:
Ichikawa Sadenji I (市川左伝次)
Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) 
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
Back Row L-R: 
Sawamura Ujûrô III (沢村宇十郎;
澤村宇十郎
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎)
Ichikawa Saisuke I (市川左伊介;
市川左伊助)
Ichikawa Kohanji II (市川小半次)
 

 Front Row L-R:
 Nakamura Akashi V (中村明石)
 Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
 Second Front Row L-
 Ichikawa Danjirô (市川団次郎;
 市川團次郎)
 Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
 市川壽美蔵)
 Ichikawa Gonza I (市川権三)
 Ichikawa Shachimaru I (市川志やち丸;
 市川鯱丸; 市川しやち丸)
 Middle Row L-R:
 Sawamura Gennosuke IV
 (沢村源之助 澤村源之助)
 Ichikawa Shôjaku II (市川舛若;
 市川升若)
 Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女)
 Back Row L-R:
 Seki Utasuke II (関歌助)
 Ichikawa Enzaburô I (市川莚三郎)
 Ichikawa Kôtarô I (市川好太郎)
 Ichikawa Saiji I (市川左伊次)
 Ichikawa Sakizô I (市川左喜蔵)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Kyûshichi Nyôbô o Taki
(久七女房おたき)
 



Play: Katakiuchi Uwasa no Furuichi
(敵討噂古市)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/1900
Print Date: 11/1900
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
  市川左團次) as
  Shôjiki Seibê (正直清兵衛)
 
  Ichikawa Sumizô V (市川寿美蔵;
  市川壽美蔵) as
  Izakaya Kyûshichi (居酒屋久七)

  Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助;
  澤村源之助) as
  Kôhachi Nyôbô o Shige (幸八女房お志げ)

 
Play: Saitô Toshimitsu Katada
Monogatari (斎藤利三堅田譚) 
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/1900
Print Date: 03/1903
Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次 ) as
   Saitô Kuranosuke (赤垣源蔵)
'

  )

   

    
    Nakamura Naritarô I (中村成太郎 ) as
    Gô-no-Kimi (郷の君)

    Play: Goshozakura Horikawa no
    Youchi (御所桜堀川夜討)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 11/05/1900
    Print Date: 11/1900
    Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾)
    Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
    Memorial Theatre Museum

  Ichikawa Enjo I (市川莚女) as
  Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 



 

   Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次  ) as
   Tôyata (藤弥太)
 

JANUARY 1901

Ichikawa Kodanji V
市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

Play: Kongen Kusazuribiki
(根元草摺引) [Shôfudatsuki Kongen
Kusazuri (正札附根元草摺)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/01
Print Date: 01/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I
  (市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
  Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次 市川左團次)  as
Asahina Yoshihide (朝夷義秀)

Play: Wada Kassen Seichû Roku
(和田合戦誠忠録)
Performance Place: Mejii-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/01
Print Date: 03/1901?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

Ichikawa Udanji
(市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Nitta Shiro Tadatsune
(仁田四郎忠常)

   Ichikawa Kodanji V
   (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
   Asama(浅間

  

   
    Ichikawa Kudanji II (市川九團次) as
    Kanakubo Tarô (金窪太郎)
 
    Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次) as
    Wada Shirô Yoshinao (和田四郎義直)
 
    Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) as 
    Asahina Saburô (朝比奈三郎)
 
    Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
    Wada Gorô Yoshishige (和田五郎義重)
  
    Play: Wada Gassen Seichû-roku
    (和田合戦誠忠録)
    Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
    Performance Date: 03/05/01
    Print Date: 05/05/01
    Artist: ?
    Image courtesy of the Shochiku
    Otani Library

   
APRIL 1901

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次 as
Wakato Sakuzô (若徒作蔵)


Play: Sato no Haregi Momiji no
Uchikake (廓晴衣紅葉裲襟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/19/01
Print Date: 04/11/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 ; 澤村源之助) as
Takao Tayû (高尾太夫)

   Ichikawa Botan II
   (市川ぼたん) as
   Kamuro Momiji (禿もみぢ)

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
   Mogami Kichinojô (最上吉之丞)

    
     Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵)
     as Terute-hime (照手姫)
 
     Ichikawa Kudanji II
     (市川九団次; 市川九團次) as
     Akusô Unten (悪僧運天)

     Ichikawa Sadanji I
     (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
     Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)

    
     Play: Sekai no Hana Oguri
     Gaiden (世界花小栗外伝)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
     Tokyo
     Performance Date: 04/19/01
     Print Date: 05/02/01
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
     (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the Tokyo
     Metropolitan Central Library
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Arajirô I (市川荒次郎)
as Zeze no Shirôzô
(膳所の四郎蔵)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ryôshi Namishichi (漁師浪七)

Ichikawa Sumizô V
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Onigawara no Dôhachi
(鬼瓦の銅八)

Ichikawa Enshô II
(市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as
Kusuda Shumizu (楠田主水)

Nakamura Naritarô I
(中村成太郎) as
Tarô tsuma Asaka (太郎妻浅香)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Hosokawa Masamoto
(細川政元)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Yokoyama Tarô (横山太郎)

                
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kazama Hachirô (風間八郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ryôshi Namishichi (漁師浪七)
 
Plays: Sekai no Hana Oguri Gaiden  (世界花小栗外伝); Sato no Haregi Momiji no Uchikake
(廟晴衣紅葉裲掛); Hana no Yuki Tsumoru Kurigoto (花雪積悔言)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/19/01
Print Date: 04/19/01
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

  
MAY 1901

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Sakai Saemon (酒井左衛門)

Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as
Unread (Sankô?)
 
Unread as Honda (本多)

Unread as ?

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
馬場美濃 (Baba Mino)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Unread

Play: Yo ni Hibiku Taiko no
Isahoshi (世響太皷功)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Print Date: 05/18/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
  (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
  Torii Shirozaemon?

  Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
  Unread

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉景勝)

? as Unknown

? as Unknown

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Jihizô (慈悲蔵)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Yokozô (横蔵)

Unread as ?

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
馬場美濃 (Baba Mino)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Unread

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/10/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: I have not found a con-
temporaneous stage perform-
ance with this particular cast.
 
 
 
 

    



Play: Gen-Zanmi Yorimasa
(源三位頼政)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/01
Print Date: 09/23/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

     Ichikawa Sadanji I
     (市川左団次 市川左團次)  as
     Hasebe Nobutsura ( 長谷部信連 )

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji I
        (市川左団次 市川左團次)  as
        Tôken Gonbê (唐犬権兵衛)

        Play: Mizuno Omodaka Hare
        Ginotô Ken (水澤瀉晴着唐犬)
        Performance Place: Meiji-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/02/01
        Print Date: 09/25/01
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the
        Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 

  Sawamura Gennosuke IV
  (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
  Komurasaki Tayû (小紫太夫)

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎;市川權十郎) as
   Mizuno Jûrôzaemon (水野十郎左衛門) 

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
 
 
 

    

   
    
     
Play: Ikari Tomomori (碇知盛)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/02
Print Date: 01/18/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo Central
Metropolitan Library

  Ichikawa Sadanji I
  (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
  Shinchû Nagon Tomomori
  (新中納言知盛)

                       
            Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)
    
            Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
            Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎)
    
            Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
            Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経) 
    
            Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升;   市川莚舛) as
            Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈)

            Ichikawa Enjo (市川莚女) as
            Kehaizaka Shôshô (化粧坂少将)

            Play: Kotobuki Soga (寿曾我; 寿曽我)
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 01/15/02
            Print Date: 01/1902
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 

Nakamura Naritarô I
(中村成太郎) as
Kamei Rokurô (亀井六郎)

 Ichikawa Sadanji I
 (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
 Shinchû Nagon Tomomori
 (新中納言知盛)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助 as 
Ni-i Ama (二位尼)

Ichikawa Botan II (市川ほたん)
as Kiyowaka-kun (清若君)
 
Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Minamotono Yoshitsune
(源義経)
 
Ichikawa Arajirô I  (市川荒次郎)
as Benkei (弁慶)
 
Sadenji (左伝次) as
Kataoka Hachirô (片岡八郎)
 
Play: Ikari Tomomori (碇知盛)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/15/02
Print Date: 04/05/02
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
Note: There is print by Kunisada
III of this production, suggesting
that he may have been the artist
of this print.
 

Ichikawa Enshô
(市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as ?
 
Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/20/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 
Note: These are likely the left
and right panels of a triptych.
 
 
 

? as ?
 
? as ?


 
 
 

Play: Hige Otoko Senjô Banashi
(髭男戦場咄)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/02
Print Date: 02/26/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I
  (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
  Kasai Dairokurô (笠井大六郎)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kasai Dairokurô (笠井大六郎)
 
Plays: Hige Otoko Senjô Banashi
(髭男戦場咄); Nishi Higashi Koi no
Torikumi (西東恋取組)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/02
Print Date: 03/1902?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Kobikido Shoten
 
Note: The top figure is unidentifed but
may also be Sandanji I in Nishi Higashi
Koi no Torikumi. 
 

Unread as Shihei-kô (時平公)

Unread as Sugiômaru (杉王丸)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Ichikawa Danjuro IX
(市川団次郎; 市川團次郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3,
Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai
Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Certain of the principles
performed together at the
Shintomi-za in Tokyo in January
1881, but this print appears to
be a mitate-e.
 

Sawamura Tosshô III
(沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
Shitei Tarômata (仕丁太郎又)

Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Gakujin Kikusui (楽人菊水)


Play: Iwato Kagura Sanja no Nigiwai
(岩戸神楽三社賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: 05/16/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo Central
Metropolitan Library
 
 

    Ichikawa Enshô II
    (市川莚舛; 市川 莚升) as
    Gakujin Motome (楽人求女)
   
    Ichikawa Kodanji V
    (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
    Hôchô no Okina (放鳥の翁)

   Ichikawa Sadanji I
   (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
   Tejikara Otakeru (手力雄尊)

       
        Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎)
        as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
        Ichikawa Sadanji I
        (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
        Senzaki Yagorô {千崎弥五郎)
 
        Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵)
        as Yoichibê (与一兵衛)
 
        Ichikawa Danjûrô IX    
        (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
        Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

        Play: Act V of
        Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: 05/09/02
        Artist: ?
        Image Courtesy of the
        Ako City Museum of History
 
        Note: I can find no record of
        this cast performing together
        in Tokyo in this play.   It likely
        reflects a performance
        outside of Tokyo.
 
 
 
   

Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: 04/28/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

  Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
  市川左団次) as
  Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌

   Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
   (市川権十郎;  市川權十郎) as
   Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 

       
        Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
        Chûkan Jirôbei (中間次郎平)
    
        Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
        Chûkan Heisuke (中間平介)
       
        Ichikawa Enshô II (市川 莚升; 市川莚舛) as
        Nakamura Hanzô (中村半蔵)
    
        Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
        Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌) 
    
        Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
        Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)

        Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
        (花菖蒲慶安実記)
        Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/02/02
        Print Date: 05/06/02
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 
  

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I
(市川権十郎;  市川權十郎) as
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami
(松平伊豆守)

Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/02
Print Date: c. 05/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
*Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a reissue of a
March 10, 1902 print with the
actors' cartouches recarved.
This print also bears a March
19, 1902 publication date,
presumably because the
publisher didn't bother or
forgot to alter the publication
date. 
 
 
 
 

                                
                Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次)
                as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
 
                Ichikawa Gonjûrô I (市川権十郎;  市川權十郎)
                as Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami (松平伊豆守)
 
                Plays: Sanada Uchi Ito no Kakehiki
                (真田打糸綬); Sakigake Genpei Tsutsuji 
                (魁源平躑躅); Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
                (花菖蒲慶安実記); Iwato Kagura Sansha
                no Nigiwai (岩戸神楽三社賑) 
                Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 05/02/02
                Print Date: 05/1902?
                Artist: ?
                Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
                Image courtesy of Kobikidô Shoten
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Nihon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Aoto Fujitsuna (青砥藤綱)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Ichikawa Gonjûrô
(市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)

Nakamura Shikan (中村芝翫) as
Akahoshi Jûzô (赤星十三)

? as Asaba Jûrô (浅羽十郎)

? as Torite Otoni (とりて音二)

? as Torite Morizô (とりて森蔵)

Play: Gokurakuji Sanmon (極楽寺山門),
Act V of Shiranami Gonin Otoko
(白波五人男)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/1902
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa (歌川小国政)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan
ARC Collection

Note: I have not found a specific
performance that includes all of these
actors.  The on-line database entry
suggests that this is a mitate print.
 

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次) as
Ikago. Shichirô (五十子七郎)
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JUNE 1902

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Hayami no Tôta ( 早見藤太)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
enkurô Kitsune (源九郎狐)

Ichikawa Enshô  II (市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as
Koshimoto Yayoi (腰元弥生)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信)
[Yoshinoyama (吉野山) dance scene]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/28/02
Print Date: 06/28/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 
 
 

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎 ; 市川團十郎) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Ichikawa Yonejûrô IV (市川米五郎) as  Yumechokichi (夢蝶吉)
 
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Tag0to-hime (田毎姫)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji I ( 市川左団次; 市川左團次) as  Orochimaru (大蛇丸)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as Amide (網手)
 
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as  Takasago Yûminosuke (高砂勇美三郎)
 
Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1902
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten

Note: I have not been able to locate a Tokyo performance of Jiraiya with this cast.   Several
cast members, however, appear in prints by Kunisada III and Kunichika circa 1884-1885.
 
 
 
   

Ichikawa Gonjûrô I  (市川権十郎; 市川權十郎) as
Minase Rokurô (南瀬六郎)

Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as 
Yura Hyôgonosuke (由良兵庫助)

Nakamura Kashô  I (中村歌昇) as Tsukuba Gozen (筑波御前)

Ichikawa Botan II (市川ぼたん) as Tokujumaru (侑寿丸)
[Tomochiyomaru （友千代丸）]

Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03
Print Date: 01/10/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 
 

Ichikawa Yonezô  IV.5 (市川米蔵) as  
Ofune (おふね)

Ichikawa Kodanji V
(市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Rokuzô (六蔵)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Tonbê (頓兵)

Play: Shinrei  Yaguchi no Watashi
(神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/03
Print Date: 04/24/03?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 

     
      Ichikawa Enshô II (市川莚升; 市川莚舛) as Shishi no Sei (獅子之精)
    
      Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Shishi no Sei (獅子之精)
    
      Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Shishi no Sei (獅子之精)

      Play: Mitsudomoe no Tawamure (三巴獅子戯)
      Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
      Performance Date: 01/14/03
      Print Date: 01/10/03
      Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
      Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

Sawamura Gennosuke IV
(沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Ôshio Tsuma Ôyû (大塩妻おゆう)




Play: Tenpôzan Nagame no Ôshio
(天保山眺望大塩)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/12/03
Print Date: 04/1903?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ôshio Heihachirô (大塩平八郎)

Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Kirishitankan Okume (切支丹婆お粂)

  Ichikawa Enshô II
  (市川莚升;  市川莚舛) as
  Ôshio Kakunosuke (大塩格之介)

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 Sadanji I (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Mito Kômon (水戸黄門) and Kusunoki Masahige (楠正成)
 
Plays: Mito Kômonki (水戸黄門記); Kusunoki Masahige (楠正成);
Ittô Ryû Narita no Kakegaku  (一刀流成田掛額)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/03
Print Date: 09/24/03
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                    
Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as Hananoi (花の井)
   
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
    
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
    
Ichikawa Yonezô IV.5 (市川米蔵) as
Koshimoto Shinobu (腰元志のふ)
    
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小團次; 市川小團次) as
Yonezô Jijû Tarô (侍従太郎)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi 
(御所櫻堀川夜討) [Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1904
Print Date: 10/15/04
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Owasa  (おあさ)
   
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵防弁慶)
 
Plays: Soga Danmari (曽我だんまり); Gotô Matabê (後藤又兵衛); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討); Shûshiki Sakura Ueno Hayasaki (秋色桜上野早咲)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/04
Print Date: 01/16/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Yatôta (弥藤次?)

Play: Tekikoku Kôfuku
(敵国降伏)
Performance Place: Meijii-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1904
Print Date: 05/1904?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
 
 
 

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Koukichi Shiya? (弘吉剌?)

Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵)
as Unread (?烈)

Ichikawa Sadanji I
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)
 
Died: 08/07/04
Print Date: 08/1904
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC

                        
                         Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
 
                         Died: 08/07/04
                         Print Date: 08/1904
                         Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
                         Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum