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
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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
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: ?
Series: Osaka: Place of Scenic Beauty
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Ukiyoe Gallery Japanese Woodblock Prints
Sagi Musume (鷺娘)
Play: Sagi Musume (鷺娘)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
? as ?
Play: ?
Performance Place: Naka-za,
Osaka
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 02/17/30?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Note: A related
senshafuda is in the Unknown Artist - Senshafuda
Set #1 section, and a
related pochibukuro is in the Hasegawa
Sadanobu III - Undated
Pochibukuro #2 section
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門)
as Yojirô (与次郎)
Play: Chikagoro Kawara no
Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 12/07/29?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Note: A related
senshafuda is in the
Unknown Artist - Senshafuda
Set #1
section, and a related
pochibukuro is
in the Hasegawa Sadanobu III
- Undated
Pochibukuro #2 section.
Tamate Gozen (玉手御前)
Play: Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji
(摂州合邦辻)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Owasa (おわさ)
Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa
no Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
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Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
Play: Michiyuki Hatsune Tabi
(道行初音旅) scene of Yoshitsune
Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
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Otomi (お富)
Play: Kirare Otomi
(切られお富; きられお富)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
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Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yayoi (弥生)
Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Note: Note: Kikugorô VI
first played the
role of Yayoi at the
Ichimura-za in Tokyo
in January 1914.
His final Tokyo
appearance in this role was
at the
Teikoku Gekijô in October
1945.
Omiwa (お三輪)
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
Nakamura Baigyoku III (中村梅玉) as
Umekawa (梅川)
Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1935-1948
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
Miyuki (深雪)
Play: Shôutsushi Asagao
Nikki
(生写朝顔日記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
Play: Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
Yatsuhashi (八つ橋)
Play: Kagotsurube Sato no
Eizame
(籠釣瓶花街酔醒)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
? as ?
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Personal Collection
Note: This likely depicts Kajiwara
Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時) in
Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原).
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
Play: Kanadehon
Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵;
假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
Note: This design also
exists as a woodblock
printed postcard.