SEPTEMBER 1955

                   
Iwai Hanshirô X (岩井半四郎) as
Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

Play:  Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Tôyoko Hall, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1955
Print Date: 02/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note:  The inscription on the print says
“牛若丸の橋弁慶” but I can find no evidence that
Hanshirô played Ushiwakamaru in any post-war
production of Hashi Benki during Shunsen’s
 lifetime.  I can only assume that Shunsen is refer-
ring to the scene of Benkei on the bridge in Act V
of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki and not to the
play by that title.
 
 

                 
Yamamoto Fujiko (山本富士子) as Otsuta (お蔦)

Film: [The Romance of Yushima; The White Plum
of Yushima] Onna Keizu: Yushima no Shiraume
(婦系図 湯島の白梅)
Released: 09/28/1955
Print Date: 09/1966
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Series: [Contemporary Actress Collection of Bills, the
Late Ishii Kanedarô's Memorial Service Billing Party]
Nôsatsu Gendai Joyû-shû ko Ishii Kanedarô Isshûki
Tsuizen Nôsatsu-kai (納札現代女優集 故石井金田郎
一周忌追善納札会)
^Personal Collection