II YÔHÔ (伊井蓉峰)

09/30/1871 - 08/15/1932

Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅二郎) as
[Akitsu Shimpô Reporter Mizusawa
Kyōji]
Akitsu Shinpô Kisha Mizusawa Kyōji
(秋津新報記者水沢恭二)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
[Teikoku Shinbun Reporter Hirada
Tetsuya]
Teikoku Shinbun Kisha  Hirada
Tetsuya (帝国新聞記者比良田鉄哉)
  
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/1894?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
 
 
 

   Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
   [Army Lieutenant Wakita Ryô]
   Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
   (陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
 Terashima Kurajirô (寺嶋倉二郎) as
  [Chinese Soldier  Tianbaozhen]
  Shina-hei Tianbaozhen
  (支那兵天保珍) 
 
  
 

   Mizuno Yoshimi (水埜好美)
   [Army Major General Uetsuta Iwao]
   Rikugun Shōshō Uetsuta Iwao
   (陸軍少将植蔦巌)
 
  

Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎) as
Kishida Montsukasa (岸田紋司)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
[Army Lieutenant Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
(陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
[Major General Uejima]
Uejima Shôshô (植島少将)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤澤浅二郎) as
[Captain Matsutaki]
Matsutaki Taii (松瀧大尉)
 
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/1894?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
[Vice Admiral Zhao Wu]
Fukushô Zhao Wu (副官趙武慣)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as
[Sargeant Katô Yoshiaki]
Sōchō Katô Yoshiaki (曹長加藤喜明)
 
Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
Li Shenda (李申達)

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirada Tetsuya (比良田鉄哉)
 
Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎) as
Hong Bingshu (副官洪炳集)
 
Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) as
Ding Shen (丁慎)
 
Terashima Kurajirô (寺島倉二郎) as
Chinese Soldier] Shina-hei (支那兵)
 
Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
[Prison Guard Liu Changhe]
Rôban Liu Changhe (牢番劉昌和)

Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as [Prison Guard Liu Changhe, in reality Akiyama Katsura]
Rôban Liu Changhe jitsuwa Akiyama Katsura zō (牢番劉昌和 実は 秋山桂蔵)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as [Reporter Hirada Tetsuya]
Kisha Hirada Tetsuya (記者比良田鉄哉)
 
Ishida Nobuo (石田 信夫) as Haruta Shige (春田しげ)
 
Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) as [Qing Army Vice Commander Achaben]
Seigun Fukuchô Achaben (清軍副長阿茶弁)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as [Army Sargeant  Major Katô Yoshiaki]
Rikugunsōchō Katô Yoshiaki (陸軍曹長加藤喜明)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as [Qing Military Chief Zhao Wu]
Seigun Buchô Zhao Wu (清軍部長趙武慣) 
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as [Army Major General Uejima Iwao]
Rikugun Shôshô Uejima Iwao (陸軍少将植島巌)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as [Army Lieutenant Colonel Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô (陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War] Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/09/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
 

       
        Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as ?

 
 
        Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
        Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
        Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 08/31/94
        Print Date: 09/1894
        Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
        Personal Collection
 
 
 

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
[Army Lieutenant Colonel Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
(陸軍中佐脇田亮)

  Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
  [Army Major General Uejima Iwao]
  Rikugun Shôshô Uejima Iwao
  (陸軍少将植島巌)

Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
Li Shenda (李申達)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
Hirada Tetsuya (比良田鉄哉)
 
Sakai Keiji (阪井恵司; 坂井恵司) as
Ueda Fusako (上田扶佐子)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Play: [Sino-Japanese War]
Nisshin Sensô (日清戦争)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/94
Print Date: 09/01/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎) as
[Prison Guard Liu Changhe]
Rôban Liu Changhe (牢番劉昌和)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎) as
[Army Sargeant  Major Katô Yoshiaki]
Rikugunsōchō Katô Yoshiaki
(陸軍曹長加藤喜明)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
[Qing Military Chief Zhao Wu]
Seigun Buchô Zhao Wu
(清軍部長趙武慣) 
 

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
[Army Lieutenant Colonel Wakita Ryô]
Rikugun Chûsa Wakita Ryô
(陸軍中佐脇田亮)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美) as
[Army Major General Uejima Iwao]
Rikugun Shôshô Uejima Iwao
(陸軍少将植島巌)

Shibata Zentarô (柴田善太郎)
 
Fukazawa Kôzô (深澤恒造)
 
Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近)
 
Saori Keiichirô (小織桂一郎)
 
Noda Yasutarô (野田安太郎)
 
Terashima Kurajirô (寺島倉二郎)
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Play: [Battlefield Diary]
Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
Performance Place:  Ueno Park
Performance Date: 12/09/94
Print Date: 12/1894
Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
(歌川小国政)
Personal Collection
 
Note: The Kawakami troupe performed
the play outside in Ueno Park for the
Crown Prince.  Kawakami is shown
in the middle panel in a brown jacket
and a brown cap.
 
 
 
 

Kawamura Akira (河村昶)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎;
川上音次郎)
 
Matsuno Kôtarô (松野光太郎)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰)
 
Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎)
 
Yano Kanjirô (矢野勘二郎)
 
Furukawa Tatsujirô (古川辰次郎)
 
Harasawa Shinzô (原沢新三)
 
Konishi Fukuichirô (小西福一郎) 

Ishida Nobuo (石田 信夫)
 
Takada Minoru  (高田実)
 
Sakai Keiji (阪井恵司)
 
Iwao Keizaburô (岩尾慶三郎)
 
Fujii Mutsusuke (藤井睦輔)
 
Fujisawa Asajirô (藤沢浅二郎;
藤澤浅次郎; 藤澤浅二郎)
 
Mizuno Yoshimi (水野好美)

   
    Takada Minoru (高田実) as
    [Captain Tani] Tani Taiii (谷大尉)
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Play: [Battlefield Diary]
    Senchi Kenbun Nikki (戦地見聞日記)
    Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
    Tokyo
    Performance Date: 12/03/1894
    Print Date: 12/09/94
    Artist: Utagawa Kokunimasa
    (歌川小国政)
    Personal Collection
 
 
 

  Nakano Nobuchika (中野信近) as
  [Sergeant Iwasaki]
  Iwasaki Gunsô (岩崎軍曹)
 
  Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
  [Ensign Takeuchi]
  Takeuchi  Shôi (竹内少尉)

Igaki Masutarô (井垣増太郎) as
Ke**shi* (清**士*)
'
Terashima Kurajirô (寺島倉二郎) as
Qing General Wei Ru (清将衛汝)an-gen
(山本兵站監)

JANUARY 1896

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as [Princess Yaegaki] Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
 
Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Asakusa-za
Performance Date: 01/1896?
Print Date: 01/1896
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the Tokyo Museum Collection
 
Note: This is a reissue of a189* print that featured the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro V (尾上菊五郎).
 
 
 
 

Tanaka Hiroya (田中浩哉) as [Puppeteer] Ningyō Tsukai (人形遣)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Kiyohime (清姫)
 
Fukushima Kiyoshi (福島清) as [Boatman] Sendô (船頭)
 
Play: Hidakagawa (日高川)
Performance Place:  Asakusa-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/96; 04/10/96
Print Date: 04/07/96
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
 
 
 

JULY 1896

Ishii Burakku (石井 ブラック) as  Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Play: Edo Murasaki Hiyoku no Monjitsu (江戸紫比翼紋日)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 07/1896?
Print Date: 07/1896
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
 
 
 

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as [Yaegiri of the Hagino Family] Hagino-ka no Yaegiri (萩野家の八重桐 )
 
Play: Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/97
Print Date: 01/28/97
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
 
 
 

AUGUST 1898

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰)  as Kumonryû (九紋龍)　　
 
Yamaguchi Sadao (山口定雄) as Kaoshô (華和尚)　
 
Play: [Water Margin] Suikoden Danmari (水滸伝だんまり)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/29/98
Print Date: 08/1898?
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Information courtesy of the Tokyo Museum Collection