OTA GAKÔ (太 田雅光)
aka Ota Masamitsu

1946

 

JUNE



                    
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII 松本幸四郎) (as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05 /46
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#30)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Kôshirô VII died on January 27, 1949
at age 80.  He first played the role of Benkei in this play in
Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in April 1914.  Although
Kôshirô VII's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in
June 1946, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one
of Kôshirô VII's prior performances.
 
 
 
 
 

 


               

              
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/46
Print Date: 1952
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata  (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#5)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kôshirô VII first played the role of Benkei in this play
in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in April 1914.  Although
Kôshirô VII's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in June
1946, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one of
Kôshirô VII's prior performances.


               

              
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/46
Print Date: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata  (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#5)
Personal Collection

Note: Kôshirô VII first played the role of Benkei in this play
in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in April 1914.  Although
Kôshirô VII's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in June
1946, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one of
Kôshirô VII's prior performances.