Natori Shunsen(名取春仙)

NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙)

1916

JANUARY

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈次郎) as ?

Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀) as ?

Onoe * (尾上**) as ?

Plays: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

Bandô ** (坂東**) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Morita Kan'ya XIII 守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Soga no Juro Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

Plays: ?; Chôchidori Horai Soga (蝶千鳥宝来曽我)
Performance Place: ?; Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: ?; 01/1914
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

Nakamura ** (中村**) as Kakubê Jishi (角兵衛獅子)

Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as ?

? as ?

Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as ?

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Plays: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子); ?; ?; ?; ?　
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

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

Nakamura ** (中村**) as ?

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as Sadakurô (定九郎)

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Plays: ?; ?; ?; Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵;
假名手本忠臣蔵); ?; ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Onoe ** (尾上**) as ?

*mura ** (*村**) as Shishi no Sei (獅子の精)

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Ichimura ** (市村**) as ?

Plays: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育御祭佐七;
江戸育お祭左七); ?; ?; Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子); ?; ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

Nakamura ** (中村**) as Osato (おさと)

? as ?

Nakamura ** (中村**) as ?

Onoe ** (尾上**) as ?

? as ?

Play: ?; ?; ?; ?; ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

? as ?

? as ?

? as Sanbasô (三番叟)

?

Ichikawa *** (市川**) as ?

Play: ?; ?; ?; ?; ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

Kataoka ** (片岡 **) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)

Nakamura ** (中村**) as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Onoe ** (尾上**) as Koito (小糸)

Play: Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi
(御所櫻堀川夜討); Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as ?

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)

Plays: ?; Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo; ?
Performance Date: 10/25/13; ?
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

                Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)

                Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Takeda Katsuyori (武田勝頼)

                Plays: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
                Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 01/09/16
                Print Date: 02/01/16
                Medium: Lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                Vol. 10, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1916)
                Personal Collection

FEBRUARY

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihei (紙屋次兵衛)

Play: Ten no Amijima Shigure no Kotatsu
(天網島時雨炬燵), a version of Act II of
Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/11/16
Print Date: 1916
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

                Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川佐団次; 市川佐團次) as
                Aoyama Harima (青山播磨)

                Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊)

                Play: Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷)
                Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 02/06/16
                Print Date: 03/01/16
                Medium: Lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                Vol. 10, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1916)
                Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as
Furuteya Hachirobê (古手屋八郎兵衛)

Play: Kane Morotomo Urami no Samezaya
(鐘もろとも恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/16
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

MARCH

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)

Play: Momoyama Monogatari (桃山譚)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/16
Print Date: 04/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

APRIL

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Fujibei (藤兵衛)

Onoe Kikugoro VI (尾上菊五耶) as Seiji (清次)

Play: Hototogisu Amayo Nomi no Kasa (時鳥雨夜の箕笠)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/16
Print Date: 05/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 5 (May 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺所化清心)

Play: Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/09/16
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
as Wan'ya Kyûbê (椀屋久兵衛)

Play: Wankyû Monogatari (椀久物語)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/16
Print Date: 05/1916?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

JUNE

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ibaraki Dôji (の茨木童子)

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邊欄)

Play: Ibaraki (茨木)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 6 (June 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

Note: While Onoe Baikô VI performed this role in Tokyo many
times, I can find no record of him playing opposite Sadanji II.
However, Baiko V and Sadanji I did perform these roles at the
Shintomi-za in Tokyo in April 1883.

Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Kakimina (か君名)

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峯) as Migita Genzô (右田源蔵)

Play: Tomo no Ie (友の家)
Performance Place: Benten-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/16
Print Date: 07/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 7 (July 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

JULY

Hatsuse Namiko (初瀬浪子) as Kamatsuki (蒲月)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Awami (淡海)

Play: Tamatori no Ama (玉取の蜑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/16
Print Date: 08/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

AUGUST

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yajirobé (弥次郎兵衛)

Morita Kan'ya XIII 守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kitahachi (喜多八)

Play: Tôkaidôchû Hizakurige (東海道中膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/16
Print Date: 09/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 9 (Aug. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

OCTOBER

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Otomi (お富)

Play: Yowa Nasake Uukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 1917

                Shibai no * (芝居の*) - Togakushiyama no Kijo (戸隠山の鬼女) and
                Taira no Koremochi (平維茂)

                Play: Momijigari (紅葉狩)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: 10/01/16
                Medium: Lithograph
                Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
                Vol. 10, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1916)
                Personal Collection

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Yodo no Kata (淀方; 淀の方)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) asU
Udaijin Hideyori (右大臣秀頼)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 11/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
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

NOVEMBER

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)

Play: Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Performance Place: Naniwa-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 10/31/16
Print Date: 12/01/16
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 10, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1916)
Personal Collection

DECEMBER

Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Miyuki (深雪)

IIchikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Komazawa Jirozaemon (駒沢次郎左衛門)

Play: Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生寫朝顔日記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/16
Print Date: 01/01/17
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California