SAWAMURA SÔNOSUKE I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
03/09/1886 - 04/08/1924

Sawamura Tosshi VII
(沢村訥子;  澤村訥子)  as
Hanzawa Rokurô (半沢六郎)




 
Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto
Gunki (壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Ichimura
-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/25/01
Print Date: 09/1901?
Image courtesy of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Central Library
 
Note:  This design was
originally used in connection
with a May 1900 production
at the Meiji-za.

Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Akoya (あこや)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Hatakeyama Shigetada
(畠山重忠)

Sawamura Tosshô III(沢村訥升;
 澤村訥舛;澤村訥升) as
Iwanaga Saemon (岩永左衛門)
 

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助)
as Koto (?) (琴)

Ichikawa Metora II (市川女寅) as
Kaô fujin (花王夫人)


Play: Mikenjaku (眉間尺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/01
Print Date: 11/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum

  Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
  Susumu (?) (将)
 
  Sawamura Tosshi VII
  (沢村訥子;  澤村訥子) as
  Mikenjaku (眉間尺)

   Iwai Matsunosuke IV (岩井松之助) as
   Hiroshina (?) (莫那)
 
   Nakamura Kangorô XII (中村勘五郎)
   as Rinnô (?) (輪王)
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/11
Print Date: 06/1911?
Artist: Sakamoto Hanjirô (坂本繁二郎)
Series: Sôga Butai Sugata (草画舞台姿), Vol. 1
[Les Feuilles Théâtrales]     
Personal Collection

Note: This print was carved by Yamamoto Kanae for members
of the Tòkyò Hanga Kurabu Hakkò (東京版画倶楽部發行).
 
 
 

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 
 

            
            Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
            Chiyo-hime (千代姫)

            Play: Terakoya (寺子屋), Act 4, Scene 3 of
            Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/01/12
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

            Note: This entry has not been verified.

                   
Play: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1913
Print Date: 03/1913?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Also on the bill were Modobashi (戻橋), Ishida Mitsunari
(石田三成), and Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵).
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) was one of
four actors who alternated in the roles of Shirabyôshi Hanako
(白拍子花子) and as Shirabyôshi Sakurako (白拍子櫻子) in
Ninin Dôjôji.
 

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
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: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1914
Print Date: 11/1914
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Image courtesy of Fujiarts.com
 
 
 
 

Murata Kikuko (村田嘉久子) as
Osato (嘉久子お里)

Sawamura Sônosuke I 
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Zatô Sawaichi  (座頭沢市)

Play: Tsubosaka (壷坂) 
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1915
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Ogawa Hyôe (小川兵衛)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection
 

Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助)
as Kinokuniya Koharu (紀の国屋小春)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
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
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

Play: Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局); Kanjinchô (勧進帳);
Akegarasu Haru no Awa Yuki (明烏春淡雪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/17
Print Date: 01/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) was
Kasugaya Tokijirô (春日屋時次郎) in Akegarasu Haru no Awa
Yuki (明烏春淡雪).  The central female actor depicted is Onôe
Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) either as Urasato (浦里) in Akegarasu Haru
no Awa Yuki or as Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局) in the play of
the same name.
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Keisei Umegawa (傾城梅川)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 1922
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art