APRIL 1956

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as
Sendô Matsuemon (船頭松右門), in reality
Higuchi Kanemitsu (樋口兼光)

Play:  Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/56
Print Date: 1956?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)

Note:  Although purporting to be hanga genga in
the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen catalogs, it appears
to be a finished painting and I have not found a
hand-colored keyblock print for this design.
 
 

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓彌生; 小姓弥生)

Play:  [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興]鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/56
Print Date: 03/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection