Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)
 
? as Kaba no Kaja Noriyori (蒲冠者範頼)

Play:  Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/07
Print Date: 01/1907?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Three woodblock printed postcards
Image courtesy of Kobikido Shoten
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村 羽左衛門)
as Todorokibô Shinsai (轟坊震斎)
 
? as ?

 
 

Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as
Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
 
Ichikawa Dan'emon? (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
  
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)

Play:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Onoe Baikô VI as Motome (求女)
 
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)
  





Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/07
Print Date: 04/1907
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the
Ritsumeikan ARC
 
 

Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

    
     Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Aburaya Osome (油屋お染)
   
     Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as Hisamatsu (久松)
    
     Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)
    
     Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ)
    
     Play: Nozaki-mura (野崎村), Volume 1, Scene 2 of
     Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
     Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
     Performance Date: 04/1907
     Print Date: 04/1907
     Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
     Image courtesy of the National Theatre of Japan

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫)
as Aburaya Haha [Otsune]
(油屋母[お常])

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Musume Osome (娘おそめ)

Sawamura Tosshô III
(沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
Hisamatsu (久松)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ)

Play: Nozaki-mura (野崎村),
Volume 1, Scene 2 of
Shinpan Utasaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1907
Print Date: 06/20/07
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum 

Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助 )

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Ôshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Okaru (おかる)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/06/09
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This appears to be a mitate
print.
 
 

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.
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)
          
Play: Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/15/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Kiichi Hôgen (鬼一法眼)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Minamoto Ushiwaka (源牛若)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Chienai (智恵内), actually Kisanta (喜三太)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Play: Kiichi Hougen Kuramayama Jutsuken (鬼一法眼鞍馬山術健)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/12
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Yamabosi Shoten

Note: This appears to be a version of a Kuramayama play such as Kuramayama no Danmari (鞍馬山のだんまり), possibly combined with portions of
Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻).  Yaozô VII, Uzaemon XV, and Utaemon V later performed these roles at the Kabuki-za in Toyko in
November 1912  in a production of Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki.  The role of Chienai/Kisanta was played by
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) in that production.
 
 
 
 

Unread as
Gosho Goròmaru (御所五郎丸)

Unread as Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)

Unread as Soga Jûrô (曽我十郎)

Unread as Unknown

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Nitta Shirô (仁田四郎)
 
Play:  Soga Jûban Giri (?)
(曽我十番切)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 1913?
Print Date: 05/05/13
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  Although this print depicts a
Sogamono play such as Youchi Soga
Kariba no Akebono (夜討曾我狩場曙),
I have not found a production of such a
play with this cast.
 
 
 

Unread as Unknown

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
 
Play: Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/14
Print Date: 11/14/14
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #1]
Image courtesy of David Bull
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Narihira Bunji (業平文次; 業平文辞)

Play: Narihira Bunji (業平文次; 業平文辞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/22/14
Print Date: 1914?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

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)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

           
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)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 03/02/15
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: [Kabuki Portraits Set #5]
Image courtesy of David Bull

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Ichikawa Yaozô VII  (松本幸四郎) as Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/08/15
Print Date: 04/1915?
Artist:  Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection

Note:  The same design was used for a later production at the
Kabuki-za in 1925 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 

                
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Nippon Dauemon (日本駄右衛門)
 
Ichikawa Sumizo VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利平)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;  市川左團次) as   
Nangô Rikimaru (南郷力丸)

Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎;  中村叉五郎)
as Akaboshi Jûzaburô (赤星十三郎)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
 
Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪; 辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (弁天小僧菊之助)

Play: Benten Musume Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06//05/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao) 
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Hiyokuzuka  (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection
 
 
 

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)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 12/18/16
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #1]
*Courtesy of Artelino.com

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門;
市村卯左衛門)
as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
      
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/28/16
Print Date: 1916?
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Ôguchiya Gyôu (大口屋暁雨)

Play:  Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa
(侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/07/17
Print Date: 02/10/17
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
[Fujisawa Postcard Set #2]
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro Set #A]
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
 (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi
(お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: 09/15/17
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
Series: [Fujisawa Print Set #1]
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; お祭左七)
 
 
 
Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育御祭佐七; 江戸育お祭左七)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/17
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #1]
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言) Set #3
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Watônai (和藤内
 
Play: Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合戦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/18
Print Date: 01/1918?
Shin Kyôgen (新狂言) #4
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection

 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Tananobu (忠信)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/18
Print Date: 02/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言) #6
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami
(弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 04/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言) #9
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
[Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05//18
Print Date: ?
Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
Dainihen Series 2
(歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #3
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kozaru Shichinosuke (小猿七之助)
           
Play: Hashima Tsunagi Kobune Yawa
(橋間繋小舟夜話助)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/09/18
Print Date: 06/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
 ^Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari 
(児雷也豪傑物語; 児雷也豪傑譚話) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/05/18
Print Date: 07/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Miuranosuke (三浦之助)
 
Play: Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記) 
Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
Yokohoma
Performance Date: 09/05/18
Print Date: 09/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection

Note: This design was posthumously
reissued in a slightly different color
scheme when Uzaemon XV reprised this
role at the Kabuki-za in February 1921.
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV  (市村羽左衛門) as
Oda Harunaga (小田春永)
 
Play: Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage
(時今也桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/29/18
Print Date: 10/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Print Date: 1918/10?
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Samurai Wakasanosuke (若狭之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/18
Print Date: 11/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection           

           
           Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
            as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

            Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
            (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
            Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/18
            Print Date: 11/28/18
            Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄;
            藤沢竜雄)
            Series: Kabuki Odori Sugata
            Dainihen Series 2
            (歌舞伎踊姿 第二編) #10
            Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ten'ichibô (天一坊)

Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
(天一坊大岡政談)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/03/18
Print Date: 12/1918?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

            
            Ichimura Uzaemon XV
            (市村羽左衛門) as
            Ten'ichibô (天一坊)
 
            Play: Ten'ichibô Ôoka Seidan
            (天一坊大岡政談)
            Performance Place: Shintomi-
            za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 12/03/18
            Print Date: 12/1918?
            Medium: woodblock printed
            senshafuda
            Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope [Fujisawa Pochibukuro
Set #1 or 2?]
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo
(藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Courtesy of FujiArts.com

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)


Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/19
Print Date: ?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Medium: Woodblock print
[Fujisawa Accordion Album Set #2]
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
           
Play: Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
(名橘誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/1919
Print Date: 02/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
           
           

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Yoriie (頼家)
            
Play: Shuzenji Monogatari
(修禅寺物語; 修禪寺物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 04/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)
 
Play: Ehon Taikôki
(繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 05/1919?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
 
Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi
(雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/1919?
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Play: Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori
(御存鈴ヶ森)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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