HASEGAWA SADANOBU III (長谷川貞信)
aka HASEGAWA KONOBU III (長谷川小信)

Unknown Date
[Famous Actors of the East and West for the Twelve Months]
TÔZAI MEIYÛ JÛNIGATSU (東西名優十二月)

               
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu (東西名優十二月) storage envelope

Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope
Series: [Famous Actors of the East and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu (東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection 
   


           

               
January
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次;
市川左団次) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致)

Play: Yanone (矢の根)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection
   
Note: Sadanji II performed this role in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in April 1916 and 
April 1931.  


           

               
February
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection 

Note: Kôshirô VII performed this role
in Tokyo twenty-three times between
April 1914 and June 1946.
           

               
March
? as Sukeroku (助六)
 
Play: Sukeroku (助六)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection 
   


           

               
April
Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Shinzo (新三)
 
Play: Kamiyui Shinza 髪結新三)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection
 
Note: Uzaemon XV performed this
role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in June
1907 and May 1918, and at the
Shintomi-za in July 1922. 
   


           

               
May
Nakamura Jakuemon III
(中村雀右衛門) as
Tokihime (時姫)

Play: Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection 
 
Note: Jakuemon III performed this role
at the Minami-za in Kyoto in February
1924.  It is possible that he performed
the role on other occasions.
   


           

               
June
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (二代目 実川延若) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #1
Personal Collection 
   
Note: Enjaku I performed this role in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in August 1917
and August 1925.
   


           

               
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu (東西名優十二月) storage envelope

Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope
Series: [Famous Actors of the East and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu (東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
   


           

               
July
Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Sano Jirōzaemon (佐野次郎左衛門)

Play: Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame
(籠釣瓶花街酔醒; 篭釣瓶花街酔醒)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
   
Note: In the 1920s, Kichiemon I
performed this role at the Shintomi-
za in May 1922, at the Hongô-za in
January 1926, at the Meiji-za in June
1929.
   


           

               
August
Bandô Jûzaburô III (坂東寿三郎) as
Chôgoro (濡髪長五郎)
 
Play: Futatsu Chocho Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
 
Note: Jûzaburô III performed this role
at the Hongô-za in Tokyo in September
1925.
   


           

               
September
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as ??

Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
   


           

               
October
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as           
Katsugorô (勝五郎)
 
Play: Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi
(箱根霊験躄仇討)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
 
Note: Gadô IV performed this role in
Tokyo at the Meiji-za in September
1919.  However, it likely reflects a
performance in Osaka or Kyoto.


           

               
November
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Yojirô (与次郎)
 
Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
  
Note: Nizaemon XI performed this role
in Tokyo seven times between May 1909
and April 1931.
   


           

               
December
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbê (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai 
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Famous Actors of the East
and West for the Twelve Months]
Tôzai Meiyû Jûnigatsu
(東西名優十二月) #2
Personal Collection 
 
Note: Ganjirô I performed this role in
Toyko at the Kabuki-za in October 1909,
at the Shintomi-za in May 1915, and at
the Kabuki-za in November1926 and
November 1931, in addition to numerous
performances in Kamigata theaters.