MATSUDA SEIFÛ (松田青風) 

 1914

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/23/14
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjirô I (川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/14
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Yukie Saorinosuke (雪枝小織之助)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Monnosuke VI (市川門之助氏) as ?

Play: ?
Artist:  Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
Note: This was a memorial print for Monnosuke VI, who died in
August 1914.

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

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/14
Print Date: 11/1914?
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Note: This unsigned fan print has been stylistically attributed to
Seifû by the webmaster.  Ganjirô I also performed the same role
in Fuin Giri (封印切), Act I of Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来) at the Minami-za in Kyoto in December 1914. 
However, during the time period that Seifû is known to have
designed prints, he also performed the role at the Naniwa-za in
Osaka in June 1916 and again in February 1919, at the Minami-
za in Kyoto in December 1921, at the Misono-za in Nagoya in
February 1924, at the Naka-za in Osaka in January 1925, at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in November 1926, and at the Naka-za in
Osaka in March 1928, among other appearances.  I cannot
rule out the possibility that this fan print reflects one of those
other performances.
 
 
 
 
 

    
Reverse side of fan, presumably also by Seifû
 
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