FEBRUARY 1957








                   
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)

Play: Onna Shibaraku (女暫) 
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/57
Print Date: 1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: This was probably conceived as a memorial
print, as Tokizô III died in 1959.  A similar but
more detailed version of this design is shown in
the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen catalogs (and appears
to be a painting, not hanga-genga).