ICHIMURA UZAEMON XV (市村羽左衛門)
  1874 - 05/06/1945

aka ICHIMURA KAKITSU VI (市村家橘)

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: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/21
Print Date: 02/1921?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This posthumous design was
originally issued in a slightly different
color scheme circa September 1918
when Uzaemon XV played this role at
the Yokohama-za.  The print is signed
"Kunimatsu," but that is believed to be
a pseudonym adopted by the publisher
to hide the fact that it recycles Kunisada
III's original design a few months after
Kunisada's death and is not suggestive
that the artist in question was Utagawa
Kunimatsu (歌川國松).
 
 
 
 

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

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/21
Print Date: 1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda

[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (御祭佐七; 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: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/21
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
Personal Collection

L: Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Danshichi Kurobei
(団七九郎兵衛);
R: Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七)
 
Play: L: Sono Sugata Danshichi Jima
(其姿団七縞);
R: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七 )
Performance Place: L: Meiji-za, Tokyo;
R: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: L: 04/03/21
R: 02/06/21
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
[Komatsuya] Sôshichi ([小松屋]宗七 )   
 
Play: Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21  
Print Date: 05/1921?
Artist: ?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print is similar in format to the series of
prints designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and
1920, and was probably issued by the publisher in a
limited attempt to continue the series after Kunisada
III's death in 1920.  It is also possible that it is a
posthumous reissue of an unknown Kunisada III
design.
 
 
  

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
senshafuda
Personal Collection

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Uekiya Kichigorô (植木屋吉五郎)

Play: Midareyaki (みだれ焼)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/21
Print Date: 1921
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)
 
Plays:  Midareyaki (みだれ焼); Na ni Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri (名橘譽石切);
Hatsukohi Ji Chigusa no Nuregoto (初戀路千種濡事); Yari Odori Hana no Danmaku (鎗踊花段幕)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌), Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助), 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎),  Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸), and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) in unknown roles.
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Jiraiya (児雷也)
 
Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚語)
Print Date: 11/03/21
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Series: Azuma Nishiki Yôjûtsu-kura (東錦妖術競)
Personal Collection

Note: This is a mitate-e.  Prior to the publication of this
print, Uzaemon XV performed this role in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in July 1918.
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki  (根元草摺引); Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kosodemaku Yamato Nishikie (小袖幕大和錦繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/17/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artists: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This was an entertainment for the Tokyo City Welcome Party for His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales.  The middle panel was designed by Kubota Beisai (久保田米星).  The cover also
depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Maizuru (舞鶴) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Soga no
Gorô (曽我ノ五郎) in Kongen Kusazuribiki  (根元草摺引); and Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Kôtô (勾當) and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Yura Hyôgonosuke (由良兵庫助)
in Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍). 
 
 
 

[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as 
Saitô Sanemori (斎藤実盛)

Play: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/22
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
Personal Collection

                 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Ishidô Umanojô (石堂右馬之丞)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Ono Kudayû (斧九太夫)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (桃井若狭之助)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okaru (お軽)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助 )
 
Plays: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵); Tabi Sugata Omoi no Kake Ine
(旅姿思掛稲); Tsuyu no Harema Sora ha Sumiyoshi (入梅晴間空住吉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/22
Print Date: 06/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

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: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/23
Print Date: 03/1923?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔似顔繪), #14
Personal Collection 
 
 
 

[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1923
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Uzaemon XV performed this role six times in
Tokyo between 1905 and 1923.

                    
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Plays: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Shizuhata Obi (賤機帯); Ryôgoku no Aki (兩国の秋);
Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ono Komachi (小野小町)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/23
Print Date: 06/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ataka Gôemon (安宅郷右衛門)
and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôta Ôi (太田大炊) in Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動); Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nishina Rin'nosuke (仁科林之助), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Hebitsukahi Okinu (蛇つかひお絹), and  Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Toyokichi (豊吉) in Ryôgoku
no Aki (兩国の秋); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Ono Komachi (小野小町).
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Yashio (八汐)
      
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo     
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯) 
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
  Personal Collection
 
Note: Uzaemon XV also performed
this role at the Shintomi-za in April
1923 with Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村 歌右衛門) as Masaoka
(政岡) when Chikamine was
active as a print designer.  I
cannot rule out the possibility
that this print reflects that
performance.
 
 
 
 

[New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)

Print Date: 10/05/24
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as ?
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date:
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
Personal Collection

 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)? as
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助)? as
Yaegaki hime (八重垣姫)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/05/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Title: [New Edition Actor Portrait Sugoroku] Shinpan
Haiyû Nigao Sugoroku (新版俳優似顔双六)
Personal Collection
 
Note:  The actor's names are hard to read and may
not be as indicated.  I can find no indication that
Uzaemon XV and Fukusuke V performed these roles
together in the relevant time period.  It is possible that
this is a mitate-e.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1925
Print Date:  01/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Woodblock printed
envelope (pochibukuro) [Set OG1]
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; 助六由縁江戸櫻) 
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        Print Date:  02/1925?
        Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
        Medium: Lithograph
        Personal Collection

 
 

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV
        (市村羽左衛門) as
        Sukeroku (助六)

        Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
        (助六所縁江戸櫻)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/08/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) #2
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (助六)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Agemaki (揚巻)
Matsumoto Kôshirô 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:  02/08/25
Print Date: 02/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection

Note: The same design was used for an earlier production at
the Kabuki-za in 1915 that also featured Ichimura Uzaemon XV.
 
 

                 
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: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Baikô VI, Uzaemon XV, and Matsusuke IV also
appeared in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in June
1927.  It is possible that this print reflects Uzaemon XV's
performance in that production.
 
 
 

       
        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: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 04/01/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
    `   Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #1
        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
            okogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
            Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/01/25
            Print Date: 1928?
            Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
            (神下周峯)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            pochibukuro
    `       Personal Collection

       

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/25
Print Date: 04/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) in
Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘蛛の精) in
Tsuchigumo (土蜘); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Sakuramaru (桜丸) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Umeômaru (梅王丸) in Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑).
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Naojirô (直次郎)

Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)    
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/25
Print Date: 05/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV also performed this role opposite
Baikô VI  in a production at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1926, but this print more closely resembles a
photograph from the 1925 production. 
 
 
 

                   
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),
covering Act IV, Scenes 1 and 2 of
Kumo ni Magô Ueno no Hatsuhana (天衣紛上野初花)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/25
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#3)
*Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV first played Naojirô in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in November 1905.  Prior to his 1925 performance,
he also performed this role at the Kabuki-za in April 1910, at
the Kabuki-za in November 1916, and at the Shintomi-za in
December 1919.  Depending on the precise publication date
of this print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
after Uzaemon XV's 1916 or 1919 performances.
 
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
(三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Ojô Kichisa (お嬢吉三)

Play:  Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no
Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place:  Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/25
Print Date:  06/1925?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Note: This and the other postcard on this
page bear a different seal and may not
actually be Hanayama.  However, they
are included here because of their
obvious similarities to prints by
Hanayama.
 
 

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

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 07/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
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
        (江戸育お祭佐七)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 07/01/25
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
        (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #7
        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:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also performed
the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) at
the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is possible that this print
reflects Uzaemon XV's performance in that later production.

               
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:  10/1925
Print Date:  10/1925?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV, Chûsha VII, and Sadanji II also
performed the same roles in a production of Benten Kozô
(弁天小僧) at the Kabuki-za in December 1927.  It is
possible that this print reflects Uzaemon XV's performance
in that later production.
 
 
 
 

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Komurasaki Miuraya (三浦屋小柴)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Plays: Maimôsu Iro no Tanemaki (舞奏いろの蒔種); Ehon Taikôki  (本太功記);
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本櫻); Rakuhoku no Aki (洛北の秋);
Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (権八小紫其小唄夢廓)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/25
Print Date: 11/1925?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
disguised as the farmer Tajû (太十) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Takechi
Jûjirô (武智十次郎) in Ehon Taikôki  (本太功記); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Yazaemon
(弥左衛門) and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yasuke (弥助) in Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本櫻).

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)   

Nakamura Kaisha I (中村魁車) as
Tonami (戸浪)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

Ichikawa Ebijûrô VII (市川鰕十郎) as
Shundô Genba (春藤玄蕃)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Konô Michisei (河野通勢)
Series: Kabuki E-ban Gashū (歌舞伎絵版画集)
Personal Collection
 
Note: All but Ebijûrô I performed their particular roles at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in April 1926.  It is unclear if Ebijûrô I
is listed in error, if he was a replacement for the actor
during the run, or if the print actually reflects a performance
on tour and not the one at the Kabuki-za. 
 
 
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺所化清心)
 
Plays: Ejima Ikushima (江島生島); Sangoku Musô Hisago no Gunpai (三國無双瓢軍配);
Genboku to Chôei (玄朴と長英);  Sato no Harugi Azami no Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/26
Print Date: 06/1926?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Ikushima Shingorô
(生島新五郎), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Ejima (江島), and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Tatsuma Saburôbei (達摩三郎兵衛) in Ejima Ikushima (江島生島); and Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as Takano Choei (高野長英) and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Genpaku (玄朴)
in Genboku to Chôei (玄朴と長英).
 
 
 

[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site.  The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.
 
 
 
 

         
          Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
          Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
          
          Play: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai
          (河内山と直侍) 
          Artist: ?
          Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 11/01/26
          Publication Date: 1927

                                    
                Morita Kan’ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Kurayami no Ushimatsu (くらやみの丑松)
 
                Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as Michitose (三千歳)
 
                Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Takega (丈賀)
 
                Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
 
                Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)
 
                Plays: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai (河内山と直侍); Shiranui Monogatari (時代劇白縫譚)
                Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date:  11/01/26
                Print Date: 11/1926?
                Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
                Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                Note: The cover also depicts Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Toriyama Inuchiyo
                (鳥山犬千代) in Shiranui Monogatari (時代劇白縫譚).
 
 
 

 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
as Okaru (おかる)
Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Kanpei (勘平)

Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路花聟) between Acts IV and
V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
1st Collection] Butai Emaki dai
1-shû (舞台絵巻 第1集)
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), covering Act IV,
Scenes 1 and 2 of Kumo ni Magô
Ueno no Hatsuhana (天衣紛上野初花)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 03/01/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
2nd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
2-shû (舞台絵巻 第2集)
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
 
 
       

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: 04/03/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
3rd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
3-shû (舞台絵巻 第3集)
Personal Collection