AUGUST 1998

                   
Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/98
Print Date: 09/1998
August: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 5]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 5
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: This design was used as the background for
Kôkei's 2006 self-portrait print.

                 
[Me, Profile]  Yokogao no ga (横顔の我)

Print Date:  2006 (ed. 5)
August: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print printed with sumi ink
Series: [Me Series (Design 3)] Ga no Rensaku no 3 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#2/5)
 
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's 1998 woodblock print of Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) in Sendai Hagi (先代萩) [Meiboku Sendai
Hagi (伽羅先代萩)], which was performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in August
1998.

                 
[Me, Profile]  Yokogao no ga (横顔の我)

Print Date:  2006 (ed. 5)
August: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print with oil based paints
Series: [Me Series (Design 3)] Ga no Rensaku no 3 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#*/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, Profile]  Yokogao no ga (横顔の我)

Print Date:  2006 (ed. 5)
August: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print printed in sumi ink
Series: [Me Series (Design 3)] Ga no Rensaku no 3 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#*/5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (#*/5)
 

                 
Bandô Yasosuke V (坂東八十助) as
Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)


Play: Bô Shibari (棒しばり
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/98
Print Date: 11/1998
August: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 6)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 6
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの6)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com