JUNE 1985

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku (助六)
[Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)\]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/85
Print Date: 06/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) performing the
nirami (にらみ) pose during the kôjô announcement

Event: Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei hirô kôjô
(市川團十郎襲名披露口上)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/85
Print Date: 07/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)  as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/85
Print Date: 09/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#11/54)

               

Play: ?
Performance Place: Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Grand Theater,
Kotohira
Performance Dates: June 15-18, 1985
Print Date: 1985
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The program was made up of Saikai Zakura Misome
no Kiyomizu (再桜遇清水) and Niwaka Jishi (俄獅子). It
starred Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門), Sawamura
Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎;  澤村藤十郎), Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
(沢村宗十郎;  澤村宗十郎), Ichimura Yoshigorô II
(市村吉五郎), Ichimura Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), and
Nakamura Kangorô XIII.  The poster design is based on a
print by Tôshûsai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽) that depicts Ôtani
Oniji I (大谷鬼次) as Yakko Edobei (奴江戸兵衛) in the play
Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna (恋女房染分手綱), which
premiered at the Kawarazaki-za, Tokyo, on May 5, 1794.