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

  Undated Postcards

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? [possibly Nakamura Sanzaemon
        (中村山左衛門)] as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Baigyoku III (中村梅玉)
        as Miuranosuke (三浦之助)

        Play: Kamakura Sandaiki
        (鎌倉三代記) 
        Performance Place: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as
        En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
       
        Note: Gadô IV played Hangan in a
        production at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
        Tokyo in June 1935.  It is possible that
        he also performed the role in Osaka
        around that time.
 
 
 

       
        ? as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
        ?  as Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛)

        Play: Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (浮世柄比翼稲妻)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門)
        as ? and ?

        Play(s): ?
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: This postcard came with a set
        that dates to November 1917 and
        likely relates to a production performed
        in the 1917-1918 time period.
       
       

       
        Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎)
        as ? and Karaki Masaemon
        (唐木政右衛門)

        Play(s):  ?; Numazu (沼津), Act VI of
        Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku
        (伊賀越道中双六)
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: This postcard came with a set
        that dates to November 1917 and
        likely relates to a production performed
        in the 1917-1918 time period.
 
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke IV or V (中村福助)
        as ? and ?

        Play(s): ?
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: This postcard came with a set
        that dates to November 1917 and
        likely relates to a production performed
        in the 1917-1918 time period.

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Ishikawa Akûemon (石川悪右衛門)
        and ?

        Play(s): Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
        (芦屋道満大内鑑) [Kuzu no Ha
        (葛の葉)] and ?
        Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: This postcard came with a set
        that dates to November 1917 and
        likely relates to a production performed
        in the 1917-1918 time period.

       
        Minamoto no Ushiwakamaru
        (源牛若丸都)

        Play: ? [Ushiwakamaru on Gojo Bridge]
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date:
        Print Date: pre-1937
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note:  This scene appears in plays and
        dances such as Sakigake Genpei Tsutsuji
        (艶源平躑躅) and Hashi Benkei
        (橋辨慶).  Nishida Shizunami
        (西田静波) commissioned Sadanobu
        III to produce this card for Muramatsu
        Hyakutoan (村松百兎庵 ) aka
        Muramatsu Shigeru (村松茂), a famous
        collector of local toys, kokeshi dolls,
        New Year's cards, and clay bells.
 
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
        as Honzô Tsuma Tonase (本蔵妻戶無瀬)

        Play: Act 9 of Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: pre-1937
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: Toy man Hamajima Shizunami
        (濱島静波) commissioned Sadanobu
        III to produce this card for Muramatsu
        Hyakutoan (村松百兎庵 ) aka
        Muramatsu Shigeru (村松茂), a
        famous collector of local toys, kokeshi
        dolls, New Year's cards, and clay
        bells.

       
        possibly Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

        Play:  Toki-mo Kikyô Shusse no Ukejô
        (時桔梗出世請状) ?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za, Osaka
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
       
        Note: It is possible that the artist for this
        woodblock print is Saitô Seijirô
        (斎藤清二郎).

       
        Onoe Kikugorô VI? (尾上菊五郎) as
        Sakuramaru (桜丸)

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: It is possible that this print is by
        Sadanobu IV and/or depicts Onoe
        Kikugorô VII.

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

        Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
        (菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: It is possible that this print is by
        Sadanobu IV and/or depicts Ichikawa
        Sadanji III.

       
        Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
        as Teraoka Heiemon ( 寺岡平右衛門)

        Play: Hato no Heiemon (鳩の平右衛門)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kichiemon I performed this role
        in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in May 1918,
        at the Hôgaku-za in March 1925, at the
        Meiji-za in November 1930, and at the
        Kabuki-za in February 1944. 
        Presumably, he performed the role in
        Osaka around one of these times.
 
 
 
 

       
        Onoe Tamizô III (尾上 多見蔵) as
        [Kigoma-no-mae?]

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

        Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of
        MiniatureJapanesePrints.com
 

       
        ? as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as Inagawa (稲川)

        Play: Sekitori Senryô Nobori
        (関取千両幟)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: This card was probably designed
        to celebrate the Year of the Rat, which
        likely dates it to 1924, 1936, or 1948.  it
        is unclear if it the design has theatrical
        relevance but it was purchased with
        the preceding card which does.
 
 

       
        ? as
        Inukawa Sôsuke Yoshitô (犬川荘助義任)

        Play: Satomi Hakkenden
        (里見八犬伝)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
 

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
 

       
        ? as Osono (おその)

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: Although acquired with other
        Sadanobu III postcards, it is possible
        that is postcard is by a different artist.
 
 
 

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        [Dancer]

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵) and
        ? as Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

        Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
        Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
 

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as Heisaku (平作)

        Play: Numazu (沼津), Act VI of
        Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku 
        (伊賀越道中双六)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        ? as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀)  as
        Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

        Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima
        (心中天網嶋; 心中天網島)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichikawa Udanji II (市川右団次) as
        Inari Myōjin (稲荷明神)

        Play: Kokaji (小鍛冶)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車) as
        Umekawa (梅川)

        Play:  Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
        (恋飛脚大和往来)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: Kaisha I performed this role at
        the Naka-za, Osaka, in January 1925.
        However, there is no guarantee that
        this print reflects that particular
        performance.
 
 
 

       
        Kataoka Nizaemon XI  (片岡仁左衛門)
        as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
        Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六由縁江戸桜)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延 若) as
        Ranpei (蘭平)

        Play: Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu
        (倭假名在原系図)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

       
        Kataoka Gadō IV (片岡我童) as ?

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

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

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌左衛門)
        as Agemaki (楊巻)

        Play:  Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六由縁江戸桜)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 

Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋次兵衛; 紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: pre-1957
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Ganjirô II performed this role in
Tokyo prior to the postmark at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in September 1948, at the Meiji-za
in February 1951, and at the Kabuki-za  in
August 1954.  A related pochibukuro can
be found in the Hasegawa Sadanobu III -
Undated Pochibukuro #2 section.
 
 
 
 

? as ?
 
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcards
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 
 

       
        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: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
        Chûbei (忠兵衛)

        Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
        (恋飛脚大和往来)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as
        Akoya (阿古屋)

        Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki
        (壇浦兜軍記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: pre-1936
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: Gadô IV performed this role at the
        Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in May 1931.  That
        production likely played in Osaka or Kyoto
        around that time.

       
        Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
        Sakura-hime (桜姫)

        Play: Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô
        (桜姫東文章)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: pre-September 1940
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: Ichikawa Shôchô II performed
        this role at the Meiji-za in Tokyo in
        September 1930 under the title "Tôryû
        Azuma Bunshô" (當流東文章).  That
        production likely played in Osaka or
        Kyoto around that time.

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke (中村福助) as
        Honzo's Daughter Konami
        (本蔵娘 小浪)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: Fukusuke VI of the Narikomaya
        Guild portrayed Konami at the Kabuki-
        za in October 1941 as part of his
        shûmei.  That production likely played
        Osaka or Kyoto around that time. 
        However, it is possible that the print
        reflects a performance by a different
        Nakamura Fukusuke altogether.
 
 
 
 

       
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
        (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
        Ôboshi's wife Oishi (大星妻 お石)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: Sôjûrô VII portrayed Oishi at the
        Tokyo Gekijô in November 1947.  That
        production likely played Osaka or
        Kyoto around that time. 

       
        Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as
        Otowa (おとわ)

        Play: Sekitori Senryô Nobori
        (関取千両幟)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: pre-April 1945
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 

       
        ? as a Shirabyôshi (白拍子) dancer

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: This print possibly depicts
        Hanako (花子) in Musume Dôjôj
        (娘道成寺).

       
        ? as Miyagino (宮城野)

        Play: Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
        (碁太平記白石噺);
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車) as
        Kinshôjo (錦祥女)

        Play: Kokusen’ya Gassen
        (国性爺合戦; 國性爺合戦)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: pre-April 1945
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
       
 
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Baigyoku III (中村梅玉) as
        Sagami (相模)

        Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
        (一谷嫩軍記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: c. 1935-1948
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
        Note: Baigyoku III portrayed Sagami
        at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in
        November 1936.  That production
        likely played Osaka or Kyoto around
        that time. 
 
 
 
 

       
        Toki-hime (時姫)

        Play: Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
       

       
        Okaji (お梶)

        Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa
        Kagami(夏祭浪花鑑)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson

       
        Kannon (観音) 

        Play: Tsubosaka Reigenki
        (壺坂霊験記; 壷坂霊験記).
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
       

       
        Shimo-Ichimura Tsurubei Sushiya
        (下市村釣瓶鮨屋)

        Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
        (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
       

       
        Yoshinodayû (吉野太夫)
     
        Play: Sakura Shigure (桜時雨)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ? 
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        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
        

       
        Onatsu (お夏)

        Play: Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂乱)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
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        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Gary Christenson