CLIFTON KARHU

1983 

                   
[Village of Movies] Eiga Mura (映画村)

Place: Kyoto Studio Park
Print Date: 1983
Series: Kyoto (京都)
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Sôma Masakado (相馬将門)

Play: Kamahige (鎌髭)
Print Date: 1983
Series: Kyoto (京都)
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Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1983
Series: Kyoto (京都)
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Note: Benkei figures in a number of kabuki plays. 
Based on the character's wig and makeup, the print
possibly depicts a scene from Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使),
Act IV of Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi
(御所桜堀川夜討; 御所櫻堀川夜討).
 
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 1983
Image courtesy of Serge Astieres

Note:  Ebizô X performed this role in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in November 1981.  It is possible that he
also performed the role in Kyoto around that time.