OCTOBER 1924

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/24
Print Date: 1925
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#8)
Personal Collection

Note: Nizaemon XI first played this role at the Kabuki-za
in October 1917 and reprised the role at the Kabuki-za in
October 1921.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print
on one of those earlier performances.
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Yoshitsune (義経)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/1924
Print Date:  10/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Fukusuke V also performed the role at the Kabuki-za in
February 1928.  I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print reflects that performance. 

                    
Plays: Kamikaze (神風); Momiji no Eneshi no Shirahari (紅葉宴衛士白張);
Otsuma Hachirobê Ryôgoku Kôdan (おつま八郎兵衛兩國巷談); Mei Lanfan (梅蘭芳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/25/24 - 11/04/24
Print Date: 10/1924?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum