MAY 1950

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若 ) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)
           
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五山桐; 楼門五山桐)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/1950
Print Date: 05/1950?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII 中村勘三郎) as
Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣秀頼)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Katô Kiyomasa (加藤清正)
 
 Sawamura Tosshô IV  (沢村訥升;澤村訥舛) as
Kita-no-Mandokoro (北政所)
 
Play: Nijō-jō no Kiyomasa (二條城の清正)
Performance Place: Misono-za, Nagoya
Performance Date: 05/1950
Print Date: 05/03/50
Artist; Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Woodblock printed program cover
Personal Collection

Note: Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII 中村勘三郎) celebrated his
shumei at the Misono-za in Nagoya  with a troupe led by
his brother Nakamura Kichiemon I.  Other plays on the bill
included Akegarasu Yume no Awayuki (明鳥夢泡雪),
Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記), Narukami (鳴神), 
Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子), and Banzuiin Chobê ((幡随長兵衛;
幡随院長兵衛).
 
 
 
  

Nakamura Shikan VI (中村芝翫) as
Taema-hime (絶間姫)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)

Plays: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Misono-za, Nagoya
Performance Date: 05/1950
Print Date: 05/03/50
Artist; Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Woodblock printed program (back cover)
Personal Collection