MARCH 1981

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助)

Play: Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1981
Print Date: 03/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 6)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第二期大首絵シリーズの6)
Personal Collection (#29/36)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).   A smaller, simplified
version of the actor's face was also used on a 1998
holiday card.
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 
 
 

                 
1998 Holiday Card with portraits of
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫)

Print Date: c. 01/01/98
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: The holiday card uses reduced,
simplified images of Kataoka Takao
(left to right starting at the top row)
from the following prints:
 
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Sukeroku (助六), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/83);
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/96);
Tobizu Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉) in
Omatsuri (お祭り), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/94);
Tamiya lemon (民谷伊右衛門) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/83);
Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/81);
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵),
Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/88).