JANUARY 1950

Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Nuregami Chôgorô (濡髪長五郎)
           
Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/1950
Print Date: 01/1950?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Medium: Colored woodblock print, likely with
hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:  Ebizô IX previously performed this role at the Tokyo
Gekijô in January 1947.  I cannot rule out the possibility that
this print reflects that earlier performance.

                   
                    Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Sanbasô (三番叟)
           
                    Play: Tanemaki Sanbasô (種蒔三番叟)
                    Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 01/1950
                    Print Date: 1951
                    Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
                    Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [January]
                    Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
                    Personal Collection
 
   
 
 

                   
                    Nakamura Shikan VI (中村芝翫) as Yuki-hime (雪姫)
           
                    Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of Gion Sairei Shikûki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
                    Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 01/1950
                    Print Date: 1951
                    Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
                    Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー)
                    Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
                    Personal Collection