TANAKA SHIKÔ (田中紫光)

1924

Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as Kumagai (猪熊)

Play:  Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 04/01/24
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection
 

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

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Osato (お里)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Note: Eizaburô VII died on May 7,
1926.

            
Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (武智光秀)

Play:  Go Sanji Ume no Yoshibê
(御存梅由兵衞))
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date:  ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed
this role at the Hôgaku-za in April
1925.  I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects
that performance.
 
 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji
 (京鹿子娘道成寺 )
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
Personal Collection

Pochibukuro folder

Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro folder
 
Note:  Although twelve pochibukuro
came with this folder, in light of the
cover it is likely that only a subset of
the Kichiemon I and Kikugorô VI
pochibukuro were originally contained
within.

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Kyô Ningyô (京人形)

Play: Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji  (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/12/24
Print Date: 1924?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara (梶原)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 11/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a regional performance.  
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Sadakurô (定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: The last time Sadanji II performed this role in Tokyo prior to the
publication of this issue was at the Kabuki-za in April 1921.  This print
likely reflects a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郞) as Megumi no Tatsugorô (め組辰五郞)

Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 07/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: The last time Kikugorô VI performed this role in Tokyo prior to the
publication of this issue was at the Asakusa Shôchiku-za in February 1921. 
This print likely reflects a later regional performance.