NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1945

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play:  Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 1949
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Yayoi in Tokyo
at the Ichimura-za in January 1914.  He reprised the role in
Tokyo on at least 21 subsequent occasions.  Although his
appearance at the Teikoku Gekijô in November 1945
was his last appearance in this role in Tokyo, it is possible
that this print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of these other
productions.

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play:  Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 11/1945?
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Yayoi in
Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in January 1914.  He reprised
the role in Tokyo on at least 21 subsequent occasions. 
Although his appearance at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1945 was his last appearance in this role in
Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts Kikugorô
VI in one of these other productions.  Depending on
the actual publication date of the print, it is possible
that it was intended as a memorial print.
 
 
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (御小姓彌生; 御小姓弥生)

Play:  Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 1950?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:  The keyblock print at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum identifies the actor as Kikugorô VI, who died on
July 10, 1949.   A final version of this design printed in color
has not been located and may not exist.  This print was likely
commissioned as a  memorial print.  Kikugorô VI first
performed the role of Yayoi in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in
January 1914.  He reprised the role in Tokyo on at least 21
subsequent occasions.  Although his appearance at the
Teikoku Gekijô in November 1945 was his last appearance
in this role in Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts
Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.
 
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shishi no Sei (獅子の精)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1945
Print Date: 1950?
Image courtesy of Hanga.com

Note:  A keyblock print at the Tsubouchi Memorial
Theatre Museum identifies  the actor as Kikugorô VI,
who died on July 10, 1949.   This print was likely
commissioned as a memorial print.  Kikugorô VI
first performed the role of Yayoi in Tokyo at the
Ichimura-za in January 1914.  He reprised the role in
Tokyo on at least 21 subsequent occasions. 
Although his appearance at the Teikoku Gekijô in
November 1945 was his last appearance in this role
in Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts
Kikugorô VI in one of these other productions.