SOGANOYA GORÔ (曾我廼家五郎)
09/06/1877 - 11/01/1948
 

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
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
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Plays: Kokoro no Iroage (心の色揚); Tsumuji Magari (つむじまがり); Shika Inami (四海波);
Hyakkô no Motoi (百行の基); On'na Ja no Me (女蛇の目)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the  Soganoya Goro Ippa

                 
 
Plays: Otemoto Haiken (御手元拝見); Daiyamondo (ダイヤモンド); Hitomoshi Goro (灯ともし頃);
Kankô Bai (寒紅梅); Inochi no Yasu Uri (命の安賣)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/19/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the  Soganoya Goro Ippa.

                 
 
Plays: Hanayomego (花嫁御); Kikîppatsu (危機一髪); Yari (槍); Shinjô (眞情); Teiki no Tsuma (定期の妻)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/30/18
Print Date: 08/1918?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the  Soganoya Goro Ippa.

                 
 
Plays: Shotai Men (初對面); Suitchi (ス井ッチ); Gozen Zumô (御前角力); Onitsuta (鬼蔦);
Kichirei Kanadehon Chûshingura (吉例假名手本忠臣藏)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the  Soganoya Goro Ippa.
 

                 
 
Plays: Sansuji no Iroito (三筋の色糸); Hisago no Sake (瓢の酒); Nichimutori (日無鳥);
Kokyō no Matsubara (古郷の松原); Shinmachibashi (新町橋)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/18/19
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the  Soganoya Goro Ippa.
 

 
 
 
 
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Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as
Tachimen Yajirobé (栃面屋弥次郎兵衛)

Soganoya Choroku (曾我廼家蝶六) as Kitahachi (喜多八)

Play: Hizakurige (膝栗毛)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1928
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#33)
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Soganoya Gorô (曽我廻家五郎) as Kamematsu (亀松)

Play: Sanjyûroku Kaishyô no Uchi  (三十六快笑の内):
 Hazakura (葉桜; 葉櫻)
Performance Place: Shinjuku Daiichi Gekijô
Performance Date: 10/09/35
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#29)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Gorô died on November 1, 1948 at
age 72.  This print may reflect some other performance
but October 1935 is the only performance in Tokyo that I
could find.  There was a play called "Hazakura" that
played at the Kabuki-za in April 1935 but it does not
appear to have been written or performed by Gorô. 
Given the closeness in dates, one wonders if Gorô's
comedy might have been a spoof of the play that
played at the Kabuki-za. The last performance of
Hazakura that I could find before Gorô's death was at
the Misono-za in Kyoto in May 1945.
 
 
 

                   
Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as
Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 
 

Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection