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.
 
 
 

                    
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