UNKNOWN ARTISTS

  Undated Postcards #2

Wrapper for [Eight Dog
Heroes by Famous Actors]
Meiyu Hakkenden
(名優八犬傳)
      
Play:Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection

Note: These appear to be fanciful
depictions, as I have not been able
to find any production in which these
actors appeared simultaneously.

 
 

       
        Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)
        as Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo
        (犬山道節忠友)
     
        Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
        (南総里見八犬傳)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
        Inuzuka Shino Moritaka (犬塚信乃戌孝)
     
        Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
        (南総里見八犬傳)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
        

           
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo (犬坂毛野胤智)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Sadanji II  (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori
(犬田小文吾悌順)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi
(犬飼現八信通)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Inukawa Sôsuke Yoshitô (犬川荘助義任)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I ( 中村吉右衛門) as
Inumura Kakutarô Masanori (犬村角太郎礼儀)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 

Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Inui Shinbei Hitoshi (犬江親兵衛仁)
     
Play: Nansô Satomi Hakkenden
(南総里見八犬傳)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 

     
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: This is possibly a student orchestra.

? as ?
     
Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is unclear if this postcard is
handpainted or woodblock printed.

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
        Kanpei (勘平)
     
        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
        Print Date: ?
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: It is unclear if this postcard is
        handpainted or woodblock printed.
        Uzaemon XV performed this role in
        Tokyo twelve times between November
        1904 and October 1942.
 
 

       
        Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
        Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
        Yoichibê (与一兵衛)
     
        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

       
        Teraoka Heiuemon (寺岡平右衛門)
 
        Tonase (戸名瀬)
     
        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
        

           
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Kô no Moronô (高師直)
     
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

? as ?
     
Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Nakamura Kichiemon I ( 中村吉右衛門) 
as ?
     
Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

? as ?
     
Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 

       
        Nakamura *** as ?
 
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
        澤村宗十郎) as ?
     
        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
        Performance Date: ? 
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
        

       
        Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
        Senoo Jûrô (瀬尾十郎)
 
        Nakamura *** as
        Saito Sanemori (斎藤実盛)
     
        Play: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
        (源平布引瀧)
        Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
        Performance Date: ? 
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
        

       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎 ) as
        Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)
 
        Nakamura Fukusuke IV or V (中村福助) as
        Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻)
     
        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六由縁江戸桜; 助六由縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
        Performance Date: ? 
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
        

[Dotonbori, Osaka]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Series: Osaka: Place of Scenic Beauty
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Ukiyoe Gallery Japanese Woodblock Prints