MARCH 1939

Kawarasaki Chôjûrô IV (河原崎長十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)



Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 03/1939
Print Date: 03/1939?
Artist: Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Personal Collection

Note: Chôjûrô IV first portrayed Benkei in this play in Tokyo at the
Shinbashi Enbujô in November 1933.  He also  performed this role
in Tokyo with Kanemon III and Kunitarô V at the Shinbashi Enbujô
in November 1936 and June 1965, the Kokusai Gekijô in November
1939, and the Kyôritsu Kôdô in May 1950.  While I cannot rule out
the possibility that Kiyokata based this print on one of these
performances, the print closely resembles a photograph from the
 1939 production.
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Kan'emon III (中村翫右衛門) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Kawarasaki Kunitarô V (河原崎国太郎; 河原崎國太郎) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo,
Performance Date: 03/1939
Print Date: 03/1939?
Artist: Torii Kotondo (鳥居言人)
Personal Collection

Note: Kan'emon III and Kunitarô V first portrayed Togashi and
Yoshitsune, respectfully, in this play in Tokyo at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in November 1933.  They also performed these roles in
Tokyo with Chôjûrô IV at the Shinbashi Enbujô in November 1936
and June 1965, the Kokusai Gekijô in November 1939, and the
Kyôritsu Kôdô in May 1950.  While I cannot rule out the possibility
that Kiyokata based this print on one of these performances, the
print closely resembles a photograph from the 1939 production.