APRIL 1949

                   
Ichikawa Arajirô II (市川荒次郎) as
Kitamura Daizan (北村大膳)

Play:  Kôchiyama (河内山)
Performance Place: Osaka Kabuki-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 04/1949
Print Date: 10/1954
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: Arajirô II first played this role in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in October 1895.  Given the
publication date of the print, it is possible that it
reflects a subsequent performance in some other
venue outside of Tokyo.  Arajirô II's final
appearance in this role in Tokyo was at the
Tokyo Gekijô in December 1940.
 
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升;  市川三舛) as
Toneri Umeômaru (舎人梅王丸)

Play:  Kuruma-biki  (車曳), Act III, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Tokyo Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1949
Print Date: 03/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Scholten Gallery