TANAKA SHIKÔ (田中紫光)

Undated

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)?] as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎); [Nakamura
Fukusuke V (中村福助)?] as Oschichi (お七);
[Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)?] as Naojirô
(直次郎); [Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎;
尾上榮三郎)?] as Osono (お里); Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)) as
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎); [Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)?] as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Print Date: c. 1920s

Note: This set of uncut prints is not signed but
stylistically resembles prints and paintings made
by Shikô in the 1920s.  See, for example, Shikô's
1924 print of Oschichi.

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Otomi (お富)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Personal Collection

Note: Baikô VI performed this role in Tokyo
eleven times between July 1906 and February
1938.  The design is similar to a production
photograph from the June 1927 production at
the Teikoku Gekijô.  Based on a companion
print, it is possible that this represents Baikô
VI's performance at the Kabuki-za in
December 1920.

L:  ? as ?;
R: ? as ?

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

               
Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as
Urazato (浦里)

Play: Akegarasu Yume no Awayuki  (明烏春淡雪)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Baikō VI performed this role on several occasions,
including a production at the Teikoku Geikijô in January 1917
and at the Kabuki-za in October 1931 (opposite Uzaemon
XV).  However, I can find no production in Tokyo during the
1920s, the time when Shikô is known to have been actively
designing prints.  It is possible that this print reflects a
regional performance.
 
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Tokijirō (時次郎)

Play: Akegarasu Yume no Awayuki  (明烏春淡雪)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Uzaemon XV performed this role on several occasions,
including a production at the Kabuki-za in October 1931
(opposite Baiko VI).  However, I can find no production in Tokyo
during the 1920s, the time when  Shikô is known to have been
actively designing prints.  It is possible that this print reflects a
regional performance.
 
 
 

               
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: In the 1920s when Shiko was actively designing prints,
Mitsugorô VII performed this role in Tokyo at Shintomi-za in
June 1922 and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in October 1924. 
However, it is possible that this pint reflects a regional
performance.

               
Nakamura Utaemon V  (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: During the time when Shikô is known to have been
actively designing prints, Utaemon V performed this role in
Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in April 1923, the Teikoku Geikijō
in November 1924, and at the Kabuki-za in October 1928.
However, it is possible that this pint reflects a regional
performance.
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as
Ikeda Tango (池田丹後)

Play: Muromachi Gosho  (室町御所)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: During the time when Shikô is known to have been
actively designing prints, Sadanji II performed this role in
Tokyo at the Teikoku Geikijō in December 1922, at the
Asakusa Shôchiku- za in May 1924, and at the Meiji-za in
February 1929.  However, it is possible that this pint reflects a
regional performance.
 
 
 

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

Play: Play: Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum


 
 
 

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

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

           
            Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as ?

            Play:  ?
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date:  ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
            Personal Collection
 
            Note: It is possible that this print depicts
            Yaegaki -hime (八重垣姫) in Honchô
            Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝).  Kikugorô Vi
            performed that role at the Teikoku Gekijô
            in June 1928.