UNKNOWN ARTIST

UNDATED MATCHBOOK COVERS #2


Note: These prints do not appear to correspond to specific performances in a
given season or two but appear to document signature roles of major kabuki
performers.  Based on compositional similarities, the artist for this set is also
likely the artist for Unknown Artists - Sensafuda Set #2.


 
O-Kabuki (大歌舞伎)
envelope

Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
           


           

         
          Envelope

            Play: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
 
          
        

            
            Nakamura Utaemon V
            (中村歌右衛門) as ?

            Play: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
                       
         

            
            Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
            s Shirabyôshi (白拍子)
            [Hanako (白拍子)]

            Play: Kyōganoko Musume Dôjôji
            (京鹿子娘道成寺)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Kikugorô VI first performed
            the role of Hanako in Tokyo at the
           Shintomi-za in September 1912. 
           His final performance in Tokyo was
          at the Tokyo Gekijô in January 1948.
 
 

 

            
            Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
            Iwafuji (岩藤; 岩ふじ)
           
            Play: Kagamiyama Kokyô no
            Nishikie (鏡山旧錦繪)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Baikô VI performed this
            role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
           Gekijô in April 1914 and at the
            Ichimura-za in February 1918.
                      

            

 
   Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童)
   as Nagato-no-Kami (長門守)
  
   Play: Ume Kyôdai Naniwa
   Senki (梅✪✪浪花扇記)
   Medium: Woodblock printed
   matchbook cover
                      


         
          Kataoka Nizaemon XI
          (片岡仁左衛門) as
          Yuranosuke (由良之助)
         
          Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura
          (仮名手本忠臣蔵;
          假名手本忠臣蔵)
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
 
          Note: Nizaemon XI performed
          this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-
          za in November 1915,
          November 1918, and April
          1921.         
        


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)
       
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo
Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜;
助六由縁江戸櫻)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Uzaemon XV performed
this role in Tokyo seven times
between June 1906 and April
1941. 
 
 
                      
       

         
         Nakamura Utaemon V
         (中村歌右衛門) as
         Sadato (貞任)

         Play: Òshù Adachi-ga-Hara
         (奥州安達原)
         Medium: Woodblock printed
         matchbook cover
 
        Note: Utaemon V performed
         this role in Tokyo at Kabuki-
         za in May 1918.
           


           

         
          Ôtani Tomoemon VI
          (大谷友右衛門) as
          Tonbê (頓兵衛)

          Play:  Shinrei Yaguchi no
          Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
 
          Note: Tomoemon VI performed
          this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
          Gekijô in March 1923.
 
 
          
        

            
            Nakamura Jakuemon III
            (中村雀右衛門 as Okaru (お軽)

            Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (假名手本忠臣蔵;
            仮名手本忠臣蔵)  
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
                       
         

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as
            Kumagai Naozane
            (熊谷直実)

            Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba
            Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Kichiemon I first per-
            formed this role in Tokyo as the
            Asakusa-za in February 1902. 
            His final performance in Tokyo
            was at the Tokyo Gekijô in June
            1948.

            
            Morita Kan'ya XIII
            (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
            Shirozaki Uri [Shinbei]
            (白酒売; 白酒うり)
 
            Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo
            Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Kan'ya XIII performed
            this role in Tokyo at the
            Ichimura-za in April 1915 and
            in April 1918, and at the Tokyo
            Gekijô in May 1930.
                      

            

 
  Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵)
  as Kichisa (吉三)

   Play:  Oshichi Kichisa
   (お七吉三)
   Medium: Woodblock printed
   matchbook cover
  
   Note: Omezô IV performed this
   role at the Hōgaku-
   za in December 1927.  Omezô IV
   also performed   the role of Obô
   Kichisa in Sannin Kichisa
   (三人吉三) at the Mitsukoshi
   Gekijô in February 1948.                  



? as Okumi (おくみ)

Play: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
                      
        

         
        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若) as
        Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

        Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
        (伽羅先代萩)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
 
 
                      
       

         
        Nakamura Jakuemon III
        (中村雀右衛門 as ?

        Play: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
           


           

         
            Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
            Nureginu (濡衣)
 
            Play: Honchô Nijûshikô
            (本朝廿四孝)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Shûchô III performed this
            role in Tokyo at the Hongô-za in
            November 1913 and at the
            Teikoku Gekijô in December
            1922.
 
 
          
        

            
            Nakamura Kichiemon I
            (中村吉右衛門) as
            Chôbei (長兵衛)

            Play: Banzui Chôbei
            (幡随長兵衛)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
  
            Note: Kichiemon I first
            performed this role at the
            Ichimura-za in May 1909.
            His final performance in
            Tokyo was at the Kabuki-
            za in September 1953.
                    
         

            
            Ichikawa Sadanji II
            (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
            Chûya (忠弥)

            Play: Marubashi Chûya
            (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Sandanji II first
            performed this role at the
            Meiji-za in September 1906.
            His final performance in
            Tokyo was at the Tokyo Gekijô
            in October 1938.       

            
            Kataoka Nizaemon XI
            (片岡仁左衛門) as
            Kakiemon (柿右衛門)

            Play: Meikô Kakiemon
            (名工柿右衛門)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Nizaemon XI performed
            this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-
            za in November 1912, at the
            Meiji-za in January 1917, at the
            Teikoku Gekijô in November
            1919, at the Ichimura-za in
            October 1922, at the Teikoku
            Gekijô in June 1925, and at
            the Meji-za in October 1929.
                                   
                      

 


Ichikawa Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Ushiwaka (牛若)

Play: Hashi Benki (橋弁慶)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Sumizô VI performed
this role in Tokyo at the Meiji-
za in May 1921 and in March
1928, and at the Tokyo Gekijô
in June 1935 and May 1940.
                      


         
           ? as Goemon (五右ェ門)

           Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
           (樓門五山桐; 楼門五山桐)
           Medium: Woodblock printed
           matchbook cover
                      
        

       
        Arashi Kichisaburô VI (嵐吉三郎)
        as 長野新?

         Play: ?
         Medium: Woodblock printed
         matchbook cover
 
 
                      
       

       
        Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵)
        as Ôkyō (大蔵卿)

        Play: Ichijô Ôkura Monogatari
        (一條大蔵譚), Act IV, Scene 3 of
        Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
        (鬼一法眼三略巻)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
 
        Note: Tokizô III performed this
        role in Tokyo at the Ichimura
        za in December 1918 and at
        the Shinbashi Enbujô in June
        1958.
           


           

         
          Ichimura Uzaemon XV
          (市村羽左衛門) as ?

          Play: ?
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
 
 
          
        

            
            Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
            (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as ?
            Ôguchiya Gyôu (暁雨)
 
            Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
            (侠客春雨傘) 
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Sôjûrô VII performed
            this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
            Gekijô in February 1918. 
                       
         

            
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV
            (市村羽左衛門) as
            Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)

            Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no
            Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Uzaemon XV first per-
            formed this role in Tokyo at the
            Ichimura-za in July 1906. His
            final performance in Tokyo
            was at the Kabuki-za in April
            1943.           


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
as Tatsugorō (辰五郎)

Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô
no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Kikugorô VI first per-
formed this role in Tokyo at
the Ichimura-za in January
1909.  His final performance
in Tokyo was at the Tokyo
Gekijô in January 1948.  

            

 
  Nakamura Ganjirô I
  (中村鴈治郎) as Wankyû (椀久)

   Play: Wankyû Sue no Matsuyama
   (椀久末松山)
   Medium: Woodblock printed
   matchbook cover
 
   Note: Ganjirô I performed this
   role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-
   za in February 1913 and
   November 1920, and at the
   Kabuki-za in May 1928.                   


         
          Sawamura Chôzaburô VII
          (沢村長三郎; 澤村長三郎) as ?

           Play: ?
           Medium: Woodblock printed
           matchbook cover
                      
        

       
        Ichikawa Sadanji II
        (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
        Sadakurô (定九郎)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
        (假名手本忠臣蔵;
        仮名手本忠臣蔵)     
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        matchbook cover
 
         Note: Sadanji II performed this
         role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in
         November 1918 and April 1921,
         at the Hongo-za in December 1924,
         and at the Meiji-za in May 1931.
 
 
                      
       

 
Nakamura Ganjirô I
(中村鴈治郎) as ?

Play: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
           


           

         
          Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助)
          as Nozarashi Kohyôe
          (野晒小兵衛)

          Play: Ingamonoshi
          (劇因果物師)
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
 
        Note: MMatsusuke IV performed
        this role at the Teikoku Gekijô in
        August 1921.  Matsusuke IV
        also performed this role at the
        Ichimura-za in November 1915
        in a version called Imashi
        Megusa Susukino (誡種芒野晒).
 
 
          
        

            
  ?        Bandô Jusaburô III
            (坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎) as
            Saigô (西郷)

            Play: Saigô to Buta-hime
            (西郷と豚姫)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Jusaburô III performed
            this role at the Naniwa in
            Osaka in April 1924.  [A
            different source gives this
            performance date as April
            1936.]
                       
         


Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助)
as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no
Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Matsusuke IV first
performed this role in Yowa
Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in
September 1892.  His last
Tokyo appearance in this role
was in a June 1927 production
of Otomi to Yosaburô
(お富と与三郎) at the Teikoku
Gekijô. 

                
            Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
            (松本幸四郎)
            as Umeômaru (梅王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Kôshirô VII performed this
            role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in
            May 1921, at the Teikoku Gekijô
            in January 1929, and at the
            Kabuki-za in January 1934 and
            January 1937.
                      

            

 
  Jitsukawa Enjaku II
  (実川延若; 實川延若) as
  Heiemon (平右ェ門)

   Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
   (假名手本忠臣蔵;
    仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
   Medium: Woodblock printed
   matchbook cover
                      
   Note: Enjaku II performed this
   role at the Hongô-za in
   December 1924, at the Tokyo
   Gekijô in October 1934, and
   at the Kabuki-za in March 1936.

         
           Onoe Usaburô II (尾上卯三郎) as
           Ushi Gorô (丑五郎)
 
           Play: Bushi to Mago (武士と馬子)
           Medium: Woodblock printed
           matchbook cover
 
           Note: Usaburô II performed this
           role in Tokyo at the Tokyo Gekijô
           in June 1913 and  at the Asakusa
           Shôchiku-za in February 1925.
                      
        

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

         Play: ?
         Medium: Woodblock printed
         matchbook cover
   
         Note: Utaemon V performed this
        role in Tokyo at least ten times
        between 1913 and 1939 .   He
        also played the character in a
        play called Kiri Hitoha ( 桐一葉)
        at the Kabuki-za in October 1919
         and at the Hongo-za in October
        1924, in a play called Ôsakajô
        (大阪城) at the Kabuki-za in
        January 1921, in a play called
        Seki-ga-Hara at the Kabuki-za
        in April 1925, and in a play
        called Yodogimi Odawarajin
        (淀君小田原陣) at the Kabuki-za
        in April 1926.
 

         
 
 
      
       

 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎)
as Chôbei (長兵衛)
 
Play: Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori
(御存鈴ヶ森 )
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Kôshirô VII performed
this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
Gekijo in June 1916, and at the
Kabuki-za in May 1920 and
May 1930, and February 1939.
           


           

         
          Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦)
          as Koman (小まん)
 
          Play: ?
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
 
 
          
        


Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車)
as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Badarai no Mitsuhide
(馬盥の光秀), Act II of Toki-ha
Ima Amagashita Shiru Satsuki
Kana (時今天下知皐哉)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Chûsha VII performed
this role in Tokyo at the Kabuki-
za in October 1918 and at the
Meiji-za in October 1921.   
         

            
            Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as     
            Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
            Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Chûsha VII performed
            this role in Tokyo at the Teikoku
            Gekijo in December 1919, at
            the Shintomi-za in April 1921, at
            the Asakusa Shôchiku- za in
            May 1924, and the Meiji-za in
            February 1929.

 
Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀)
as Rikiya (力弥)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵;
仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
                      

            

 
  Ichikawa Ennosuke II
  (市川猿之助) as Benkei (弁慶)

   Play: Hashi Benkei
   (橋辨慶; 橋弁慶)
   Medium: Woodblock printed
   matchbook cover
 
   Note: Ennosuke II first per-
   formed this role in Tokyo at
   the Meiji-za in May 1921. 
   His last Tokyo appearance in
   this role was at the Shinbashi
   Enbujô in March 1952.
                      


         
          Nakamura Kaisha I  (中村魁車)
          as Otani (お谷)

          Play: Igagoe Dôchū Sugoroku
          (伊賀越道中双六)
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
 
          Note: Kaishi I performed this
'         role at the Naniwa in Osaka in
          October 1917.
                      
        

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke
        (中村福助) as Oshichi (お七)

         Play: Kichisama Mairu Yukari
         no Otozure (吉様参由縁音信)
         Medium: Woodblock printed
         matchbook cover
   
         Note: Fukusuke V performed this
         role at the Shintomi-za in January
         1923, and Fukusuke VI performed
         this role at the Meiji-za in June 1936.
 
                      
       

 
Ichikawa Sanshô V
(市川三升; 市川三舛) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Gedatsu (解脱)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cove
 
Note: Sanshô V performed
this role at the Kabuki-za in
November 1932 and in
October 1953.
           


           


Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎)
as Musashibô Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
 
Note: Kôshirô VII first per-
formed this role in Tokyo at
the Teikoku Gekijô in April
1914.  His final appearance
in Tokyo in this role was at
the Tokyo Gekijô in June 1946.
 
 
          
        

            
            Nakamura Fukusuke
            (中村福助) as Masaoka (政岡)

            Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
            (伽羅先代萩)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
   
            Note Fukusuke * performed
            this role at the Meiji-za in
            October 1931.
                       
         

            
            Bandô Mitsugorô VII
            (坂東三津五郎) as
            Kisen (喜撰)

            Play: Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori
            (六歌仙容彩)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
 
            Note: Mitsugorô VII first performed
            this role in Tokyo at the Ichimura-
            za in July 1907.  His final
            appearance in Tokyo in this role
            was at the Kabuki-za in February
            1957.