FEBRUARY 1928

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/28
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Shuhô (神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
Personal Collection

       
         Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
         市川左團次) as
        Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Shuhô (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke V  (中村福助) as
        Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Shuhô (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Kakitsu VII as
        Suruga Jirô (番卒)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 1928?
        Artist: Kamishita Shuhô (神下周峯)
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: Although the print identifies
        the character as a generic guard
        (Bansotsu (番卒)), the character's
        name is Suruga Jirô.
 
 
 
 

                   
[Son] Musuko (息子)

Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku za
Performance Date: 02/15/1928
Print Date: 1929
Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Medium: Stone lithograph
Image Courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art

Note: There were also productions of Musuko in 1923,
1925, 1926, and 1927.  It is possible that this print
reflects one of those prior performances.
 
 
 
 

               
 
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 10, No. 6 (Feb. 3, 1928)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

               
 
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: Yamada Shinkichi (山田伸吉)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 10, No. 7 (Feb. 10, 1928)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
 

               
 
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 10, No. 8 (Feb. 17, 1928)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
 

               
 
Performance Place: Dôtonbori Shôchiku-za, Osaka
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shôchiku-za News (松竹座ニュース),
Vol. 10, No. 9 (Feb. 24, 1928)
Image Courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

                    
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Uesugi Terutora Nyûdô Kenshin (上杉輝虎入道謙信)
 
Bandō Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Yamamoto Kansuke (山本勘助)
 
Plays: Kawanakajima Gassen (川中島合戦); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘); 
Yoshinoyama Michiyuki (吉野山道行);  Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/01/28
Print Date: 02/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library