NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1928

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: [1929]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Udanji II (市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Sukune Tarô (宿祢太郎)

Play: Dômyôji (道明寺), Act II Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑) 
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#30)
Personal Collection

Note: I have not found a specific Tokyo performance with
this actor in this role.  Udanji II was primarily a Kamigata
actor, and probably performed this role outside of Tokyo
 
 
 
 
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Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as
Tachimen Yajirobé (栃面屋弥次郎兵衛)

Soganoya Choroku (曾我廼家蝶六) as Kitahachi (喜多八)

Play: Hizakurige (膝栗毛)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#33)
*Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Kame (亀)

Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Tsuru (鶴)

Play: Tsuru Kame (鶴亀)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1929
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#36)
Personal Collection

Note: Although the print bears a 1928 date, it was not
actually published until 1929.  Nonetheless, this suggests that
the performance depicted transpired on or before 1928.

                   
Chitsu for Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) series prints

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Interior Cardboard Folder for holding all 36 Sôsaku Hanga:
Shunsen Nigao-e Shû (創作版画 春仙似顔集) series prints

Personal Collection

                   
Sample Numbered Paper Folder for an individual print in the
Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen  Nigao-e Shû (創作版画 春仙似顔集) series.

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