July 1989

JULY 1989

Ichikawa Monnosuke VII (市川門之助) as
Shinzô Shiratama (新造白玉)

Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1989
Print Date: 09/1989
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 6)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第七期大首絵シリーズの6)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This design was used as the background for Kôkei's 2005
self-portrait print.

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[Me, Presbyope] Rôgan no ga (老眼の我)

Print Date: 2005 (ed. 5)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print with oil based paints
Series: [Me Series (Design 2)] Ga no Rensaku no 2 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#5/5)

Note: Two copies were monotypes printed with oil based paints and three
copies were printed with sumi ink. The picture in the background is based
on Kokei's1989 woodblock print of Ichikawa Monnosuke VII (市川門之助) as
Shinzô Shiratama (新造白玉) in Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引), which was performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in July 1989.

[Me, Presbyope] Rôgan no ga (老眼の我)

Print Date: 2005 (ed. 5)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print with oil based paints
Series: [Me Series (Design 2)] Ga no Rensaku no 2 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#5/5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (#*/5)

Note: It is unclear if this is the second of the two monotypes printed with oil
based prints or the same monotype photographed under different lighting
conditions.

[Me, Presbyope] Rôgan no ga (老眼の我)

Print Date: 2005 (ed. 5)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print printed in sumi ink
Series: [Me Series (Design 2)] Ga no Rensaku no 2 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#5/5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (#*/5)