KAMISHITA CHIKAMINE (神下周峯)
aka KAMISHITA SHUHÔ (神下周峯)

  1924

 

MAY

       

       

       
        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.