DECEMBER 1927

                   
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Hyakushô Manbê (百姓万兵衛)

Play:  Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人)
Performance Place:  Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#24)
*Personal Collection

Note: Mitsugorô VII first played the role of Manbê at the
Ichimura-za in July 1917.  He reprised the role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1919 and at the Ichimura-za in
May 1922.  Depending on the precise publication date of
this print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
after one of Mitsugorô VII 's prior performances.
 
 
 

                    
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as ?
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)
 
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Fuji Musume (藤娘)
   
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as ?
 
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as ?
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kurobê (九郎兵衛)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hyakushô Manbê (百姓万兵衛)
 
Plays:  Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Ôtsue (大津絵);  Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tôge (蔦紅葉宇都谷峠)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
Print Date: 12/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
 
 
 

                    
Play:  Kirisuto (キリスト); Kaisen Atakemaru (怪船安宅丸)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/02/27
Print Date: 12/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Hosokawa Chi Daruma (細川血達摩); Imoseyama Michiyuki (妹背山道行);
Honganji Engi (本願寺縁起); Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥); Horikawa Youchi (堀河夜討);
Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門); Katsudô Kyô Jidai (活動狂時代);
Shôchikubai Yushima no Kakegaku (松竹梅湯島掛額)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
Print Date: 12/1927?]
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center