ICHIKAWA SADANJI II (市川左團次; 市川左団次)
  10/19/1880 - 02/23/1940

aka ICHIKAWA ENSHÔ II (市川莚升; 市川莚舛)
aka ICHIKAWA KOYONE I (市川小米)




NOVEMBER 1906


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Ôkawa Tomoemon (大川友右衛門_

Play: Tsuta Moyô Chizome no Goshuin (蔦模様血染御書)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/02/06
Print Date: 11/1906?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards

 
 

DECEMBER 1911

                   

Print Date: 12/28/11, Appendix to Engei Gahô Vol. 6
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
 




 
 Ichikawa Danzô VII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵)
 
 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)

 
           


           

         
          
        

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
           


           

MAY 1912


Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 

           
           



 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Myônen  (妙念)
  
Play: Dôjôji (道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/27/12


FEBRUARY 1915
 


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Harada Kai (原田甲斐)
 
Play: Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/09/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 



MARCH 1915


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/20/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               


               

 

APRIL 1915


Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Terasaka Kichiemon (寺坂吉右衛門)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Kobayashi Heihachi (小林平八)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kanzaki Yogorô (神崎与五郎)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Horibe Yasubê (堀部安兵衛)

Other actors not read

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/10/15
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
















JUNE 1915


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)


Play: Benten Musume Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

               

 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as    
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 06/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 

               


Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Nippon Dauemon (日本駄右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as   
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎;  中村叉五郎)
as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
 
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection


 

               

 



SEPTEMBER 1915


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

Play: Zôhô Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

Play: Zôhô Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/15
Print Date: 09/1915?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)?

Note: Although lacking any information about the
subject or the artist, the print's resemblance to Seifû's
print of Sadanji II as Goemon is unmistakable. 
However,this might also be by an anonymous artist
copying the Seifû print.
 
 

               



               

 

 

JUNE 1916


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
      
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/09/16
Print Date: 1916?
Artist: Shimizu Miezo (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 



AUGUST 1916

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団治; 市川左團治)
as Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Zôho Tenjinki (増補天神記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/15/16
Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpô (吉川観方)
Series: [Famous Actors From East and West
Stage Picture Portraits]
Tôzai Meiyû Butai Esugata
(東西名優 舞臺絵すがた)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II performed this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in August 1916.  It is
not known at this time if he also performed
this role in Kyoto around the same time.
 
 
 
 




JANUARY 1917               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection
 



               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)

Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kikuchi Hankurô (菊地半九郎)


Play: Toribeyama Shinjû (鳥辺山心中)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

               



MARCH 1917




Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Mizuno Jûrôzaemon (水野十郎左衛門)
           
Play: Kiwametsuki Banzuiin Chôbê (極附幡随長兵衛)    
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/15/17
Print Date: 03/1917?
Artist: Baido Kunihide (梅堂国秀)
Series: Shin Kyogen (新狂言) #2
Personal Collection
 
 
 



MAY 1917


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)

Play: Kenuki (毛抜)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 5/03/17
Print Date: 05/1917?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #2


OCTOBER 1917


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
Kôchiyama (河内山)
 
Play: Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
(天衣紛上野初花)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/17
Print Date: 10/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
                       

           


NOVEMBER 1917

           
Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
(?) Daigaku (? (大学))
 
Play: Kiyomasa no Musume (清正の娘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: 11/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)  #2
 
 
 
 

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II
        (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as
        Son Gaku (孫悟空) and Miura Arajirô
        Yoshizumi (三浦荒次郎義澄)

        Play(s): Saiyûki (西遊記);
        Kawanakajima Azuma Nishikie
        (川中島東都錦画)
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: 11/03/1917
        Print Date: 11/1917?
        Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III
        (長谷川貞信)
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection


APRIL 1918


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次;  市川左團次) as 
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no
Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪;
辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18       
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #2]
Personal Collection




                   
                    Ichikawa Sadanji II
                    (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as 
                    Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

                    Play: Benten Musume Meo no
                    Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪;
                    辨天娘女男白浪)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
                    Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 04/01/18       
                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
                    (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
                    Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
                    Dainihen Series 2
                    (歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #3
                    Medium: Woodblock printed
                    envelope
                    Personal Collection


       


                   
                    Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as  
                    Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

                    Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
                    (弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
                    Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 04/01/18
                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
                    (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
                    Medium: Woodblock print
                    [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
                    Personal Collection

MAY 1918


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團郎) as
Abe no Munetô (安倍宗任)
           
Play: Òshù Adachi-ga-Hara
(奥州安達原)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 05/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 

           
           
 


AUGUST 1918


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as  
Chijimiya Shinsuke (縮屋新助)
 
Play: Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri
(名月八幡祭)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/06/18
Print Date: 08/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

           




OCTOBER 1918


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/04/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Print Date: 10/1918?
Personal Collection
 

            
            IIchikawa Sadanji II
            (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Jinbei (甚兵衛)
 
            Play: Sakura Giminden
            (佐倉義民伝)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/04/18
            Print Date: 10/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 




NOVEMBER 1918


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ishida Mitsunari (石田三成)
Play: Yodogimi  (淀君)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

           


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #1]
Personal Collection

Note: This print is not signed, but
the artist of certain other pochibukuro in
the set has been identified as Fujisawa.


               


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/28/18
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
eries: [Fujisawa Print Set #2]
Personal Collection

               
                Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
                Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)


            Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/18
            Print Date: ?
            Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
            (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
            Medium: Woodblock print
            [Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
            Personal Collection

               



DECEMBER 1918


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Iganosuke (伊賀之助; 伊賀之亮)
 
Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
(天一坊大岡政談)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/18
Print Date: 12/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 

            
            Ichikawa Sadanji II
            (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Iganosuke (伊賀之助; 伊賀之亮)
 
            Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
            (天一坊大岡政談)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 12/03/18
            Print Date: 12/1918?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 


 
                       

APRIL 1919

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次)
as Yasha-ô  (夜叉王)
            
Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection
 
 
 


MAY 1919


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)
as Hisayoshi (久吉)
 
Play: Ehon Taikôki
(繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

           



JULY 1919


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Izumi no Saburò (泉の三朗)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Koshigoejô
(義経腰越状)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection

Note: Sadanji II also played this role in a
version of the play produced under the title
Goto Menuki (五斗目貫) at the Shintomi-
za in October 1917.  It is possible that this
print depicts that performance instead.
 
 

           

           
            Ichikawa Sadanji II
            (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Hirata ** (平田**)
 
            Play: Kisogawa Jisuiki (木曽川治水記)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/03/19
            Print Date: 07/1919?
            Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
            Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
            (千代 栄劇彩)
            Personal Collection
 
  

           
           


SEPTEMBER 1919                


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Fudesuke (筆助)
 
Play: Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi
(箱根霊験躄仇討)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/19
Print Date: 09/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
  
^Note: A trimmed, damaged copy is in the
Karl collection.
 



DECEMBER 1919                


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Narukami  Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)       
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #?
Personal Collection
 
 
 

 

               
                Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
                Narukami Shônin (鳴神上人)
 
                Play: Act IV of Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura
                (雷神不動北山櫻)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 1912/01/19
                Print Date: 11/03/21
                Artist: Yoshida Eisho (吉田永昇)
                Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
                Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
                Personal Collection

                Note: Prior to the publication of this print, Sadanji II
                also performed this role in Tokyo at the Meiji-za in May
                1910.




JANUARY 1920


Ichikawa Sadanji II 
(市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
[Yoshioka] Kijirô ([吉岡]鬼次郎)
 
Play: Ichijô Ôkura Monogatari
(一條大蔵譚), which appears
to be a version of Act IV, Scene 3 of
Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/20
Print Date: 01/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Personal Collection


           
 
 


MAY 1920


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(市川左団次;  市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chuya (丸橋忠弥)
 
Play: Hanashôbu Keian Jikki
(花菖蒲慶安実記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
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JUNE 1920


Ichikawa Sadanji II 
(市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as
Aoyama Harima (青山播磨)
 
Play: Banchô Sarayashiki
(番町皿屋敷)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/08/20
Print Date: 06/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

           
 
 
 

           
           

NOVEMBER 1920


Ichikawa Sadanji II
(I市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信)
          
Play: Kawanakajima Azuma no Nishikie
(川中島東都錦繪)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/20
Print Date: 11/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Kunisada III died on
October 26, 1920, making this a
posthumously-issued design.