Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙)

1915

JANUARY

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yamanba (山姥)
Matsumoto Kintarô I (松本金太郎) as Kaidômaru (怪童丸)

Play: Shosagoto Yamanba (所作事山姥)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/15
Print Date: 02/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

FEBRUARY

Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as Sukekane Musume Oura (助兼娘お浦)

Jitsukawa Enjiro I (実川延二郎) as Senchichi (扇七)

Play: Sakura Midare (桜美多礼)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/09/15
Print Date: 03/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Bandô ** (坂東**) as ?

Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎; 中村叉五郎) as ?

? as ?

Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Tadanobu (忠信)

Plays: ?; ?; ?; ?; Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?; ?; ?; ?; Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?; ?; ?; ?; 02/05/15
Print Date: 01/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

MARCH

Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎; 喜多村綠郞) as
Okô (お孝)

Play: Nihonbashi (日本橋)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/15
Print Date: [1932-1934]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集)

Note: Although listed in a Watanabe sales catalog, it is
possible that this print was never editioned. There was a
film version of Nihonbashi released in February 1929,
but Rokurô did not appear in that film.

APRIL

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Agemaki (揚巻)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎) as
Shirozaki Uri (sweet white sake seller)
Shinbei (白酒売新兵衛)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as
Shiratama (白玉)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date:06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Yojirô (與次郎; 与次郎)

Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki (近頃河原の達引)
[Horikawa (堀川)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 01/01/19
Medium: Collotype
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection

MAY

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Okaru (おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Nakamura Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
Heiemon (平右衛門)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Agemaki (揚巻)

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Sukeroku (助六)

Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/30/1896
Print Date: 05/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 5 (May 1, 1915)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 6 (June 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

JUNE

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yamanaka Heikurô (山中平九郎)

Play: Yamanaka Heikurô (山中平九郎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/07/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

                Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
                Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

                Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
                Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)

                Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
                Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 06/05/15
                Print Date: 07/01/15
                Medium: Lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                Vol. 9, No. 7 (July 1, 1915)
                Image courtesy of the University of California

JULY

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yashû no Tomizô (野州の富蔵 (冨増))

Play: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Yura Hyôgonosuke Nobutada (由良兵庫助信忠)

Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

Hatsuse Namiko (初瀬浪子) as
Matsushima Tsubune (松島)

Play: Hoshizukiyo Azuma Kagami (星月夜東鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

Mori Ritsuko (森律子) as
Okon (お紺)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

Murata Kakuko (村田嘉久子; 村田かく子) as Oyumi (おゆみ; お弓)

Hatsuse Namiko (初瀬浪子) as Matsushima Tsubune (松島) (

Play: Awa no Naruto (阿波の鳴門) (Kauko); Hoshizukiyo Azuma Kagami (星月夜東鑑) (Namiko)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection

AUGUST

Nakamura Kotarô II (中村児太郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (お小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興]鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Landord Chôbei (家主長兵衛)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô (梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 09/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 9 (Aug. 1, 1915)
Image courtesy of the University of California

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三) [Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 01/01/19
Medium: Collotype
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection

SEPTEMBER

Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as
Arutesu [Artemis] Ôjyo (アルテス王女)

Play: Ikusagami (軍神)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Note: Another reading of "軍神" is Gunshin. I
used the "Ikusagami" reading because that it what
the database at the Ritsumeikan University's Art
Research Center uses.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Taira Tomomori (平知盛)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyu Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tôge
(蔦紅葉宇都谷峠)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Taira Tomomori (平知盛)

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection

OCTOBER

Onoe Taminosuke (尾上多見之助) as
Otsuma (おつま; お妻)

Play: Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya
(櫻鍔根鮫鞘; 桜鍔恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Hiyokuzuka (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Miuraya Komurasaki (三浦屋小紫)

Play: Hiyokuzuka (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Miuraya Komurasaki (三浦屋小紫)

Play: Hiyokuzuka (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 1915?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: Although not signed, this postcard
appears to be by Natori Shunsen or else is
a sknock-off of Shunsen's similar Yakusha
-e print.

Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as
Kyûzaemon (久左衛門)

Play: Go Taiten no On'yado
(御大典の御宿; 御大典のお宿)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Ibara (茨)

Play: Hitotsuya (一ツ家; 一つ家)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Mizuno (水野)

Play: Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Banzuiin Chôbei (幡随長兵衛; 幡随院長兵衛)

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Mizuno Jurozaeman (水野十郎左衛)

Play: Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection

NOVEMBER

Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Susanô no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)

Play: Nihon Furisode Hajime
(日本振袖始; 日本振袖初)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Fushimi Taishi (伏見太子)

Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5 (frontispiece)
Personal Collection

Note: Although the subject of this print is
outside of the scope of this website, it has
been included for the sake of completeness.

Shinbashi Otomaru (新橋音丸)

Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Note: Although the subject of this print is
outside of the scope of this website, it has
been included for the sake of completeness.

Nihonbashi Shori (日本橋勝利)

Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Note: Although the subject of this print is
outside of the scope of this website, it has
been included for the sake of completeness.

Gion no Nakako (祇園奈加子)

Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

Note: Although the subject of this print is
outside of the scope of this website, it has
been included for the sake of completeness.

Nakamura Tozo V (中村東蔵) as Yada Shinpei (矢田進平)

Kawamura Kikue (河村菊枝) as Torako (寅子)

Hatsuse Namiko (初瀬浪子) as O-ei (お栄)

Play: Seken (世間)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 12/01/15
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 9, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1915)
Personal Collection