JANUARY 1926

                   
Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as
Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: 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)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/26
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#19)
*Personal Collection

Note:  Ichizô IV first played this role in Tokyo at the Engi-za
 in December 1910.  He would again play this role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in July 1921 and at the Meiji-za in February
1924.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print on his 1921
or 1924 performances.
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Ikuta Kakudayû (生田角太夫)

Play: Tôyama Seidan Uwasa Shiranami (遠山政談噂白浪),
a version of Tôyama Zakura Tenpô Nikki (遠山桜天保日記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shokaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/26
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#21)
*Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/26
Print Date: 1926
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#9)
*Personal Collection

Note:  Sadanji II first played this role in Tokyo at the Meiji-za
in May 1910.  He would again play this role at the Teikoku
Gekijô in December 1919.  Depending on the precise
publication date of this print, it is possible that Shunsen
modeled this print after Sadanji II's 1919 performance.

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Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as  
Hachirobê (八郎兵衛)

Play: Unagidani (鰻谷)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô
Performance Date: 01/1926
Print Date: 01/1926?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site.  The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.
 
 
 
 

            
            Matsumoto Kôshirô VII ( 松本幸四郎) as
            Sekimori Sekibê (関守関兵衛)

            Play:  Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
            (積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪關扉)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 01/01/26
            Publication Date: 1927
            Artist: ?
            Medium: Machine printed lithograph