MARCH 1956

                   
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)

Play:  Kenuki (毛抜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/56
Print Date: 04/1956
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Ishinoue no Fumimaro (石ノ上ノ文麻呂)

Play:  Nayotake (なよたけ)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/56
Print Date: 01/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

                   
Nakamura Kinnosuke I (中村錦之助) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Film:  Zoku Minamoto Yoshitsune (続源義経)
Released: 03/15/56
Print Date: 05/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: Zoku Minamoto Yoshitsune was a sequel to
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経), which was released
on July 30, 1955.  Kinnosuke I played the same
character in each movie, although he was billed in
Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸) in the first movie.  It is
possible that the print depicts Kinnosuke I in the
first movie and not the sequel.