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 Chikamine
(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 Chikamine
        (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 Chikamine
        (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 Chikamine
        (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.