KAMISHITA CHIKAMINE (神下周峯)
aka KAMISHITA SHUHÔ (神下周峯)
1924
Envelope design for Tôsei
Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙)
[#A]
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車)
as
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami
(松平伊豆守)
Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place:
Asakusa Shôchiku-
za,
Tokyo
Performance Date:
05/03/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous
Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Personal Collection
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as
Nyôbô Osetsu (女房おせつ)
Play: Keian Taiheiki
(慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous
Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#A]
Personal Collection
JUNE
Envelope design for Tôsei
Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous
Actors of Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:
Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date:
06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Yashio (八汐)
Play: Meiboku Sendai
Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:
Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date:
06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
Note: Uzaemon XV also
performed
this role at the
Shintomi-za in April
1923 with Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村 歌右衛門) as Masaoka
(政岡) when Chikamine was
active as a print
designer. I
cannot rule out the
possibility
that this print
reflects that
performance.
JULY
Envelope design for Tôsei
Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙)
[#B]
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵)
as
Sasano Sangobê
(笹野三五兵衛)
Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta
(今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place:
Asakusa Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date:
07/01/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous
Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
Personal Collection
Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Satsuma Gengobê
(薩摩源五兵衛;
薩摩源吾兵衛)
Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta
(今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous
Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as
Oman (おまん)
Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta
(今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa
Shôchiku-
za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous
Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) [#B]
Personal Collection
Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as
Danshichi Kurôbê
(団七九郎兵衛)
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa
Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place:
Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/16/1924
Print Date: 1924?
Medium: Woodblock printed
magazine print
Personal Collection
NOVEMBER
Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村 歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)
Play: Meiboku Sendai
Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:
Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo
Performance Date:
11/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
Note: Utaemon V also
performed
this role at the
Shintomi-za in April
1923 with Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Yashio (八汐)
when Chikamine was active as
a
print designer. I
cannot rule out
the possibility that this
print
reflects that
performance. The
envelope for Set #3 is shown
in
the Chikamine entry for June
1924.