MAY 1997

               
Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as
Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月)

Play: Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/97
Print Date: 07/1997
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 8)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの8)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
Personal Collection (#14/72)

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. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 
 

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: May 8-25, 1997
Print Date: 1997
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Banchô Sarayashiki
(番町皿屋敷), Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Hagoromo (羽衣),
Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩), and Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人).  It starred Nakamura Shikan VII ((中村芝翫),
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎), Nakamura Baigyoku V
(中村梅玉), Kataoka Gatô V (片岡我當; 片岡我当), Nakamura
Matsue VI (中村松江), Nakamura Tôzô VI (中村東蔵), Kataoka
Roen VI (片岡芦燕), Nakamura Shinjirô, Kataoka Shinnosuke
(片岡**), Nakamura Tamatarô (中村智太郎), and Nakamura
Utae (中村歌江).