MASUGAWA CHIKAMINE (ます川周峯)
aka MASUGAWA SHUHÔ (ます川周峯)
  1928

 

    JANUARY

       
        Envelope design for Tôsei Meiyû
        Omokage Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙)
        [#4]

         Print Date: 01/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Sôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#4]
 
        Note: A dealer had the envelope to
        set #6 associated with the prints
        in this set.   It is possible that the
        envelopes were reversed at some
        point.
 
 
 
 


       
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII    
        (松本幸四郎) as
        Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

        Play: Kichirei Soga no Taimen
        (吉例曽我対面)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/28
        Print Date: 01/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Sôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#4]
        Personal Collection
 
 
 
 


       
        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII    
        (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
        Soga Jûrô Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

        Play: Kichirei Soga no Taimen
        (吉例曽我対面)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/28
        Print Date: 01/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Sôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#4]
        Personal Collection

FEBRUARY

       

       

       
        Envelope design for Tôsei Meiyû
        Omokage Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙)
        [#4]

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: ?
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#10]
        Personal Collection


       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
        as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 02/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#10]
        Personal Collection


       
         Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
         市川左團次) as
        Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 02/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#10]
        Personal Collection

       
        Nakamura Fukusuke V  (中村福助) as
        Hangan Yoshitsune (判官義経)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 02/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#10]
        Personal Collection

       
        Ichimura Kakitsu VII as
        Suruga Jirô (番卒)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 02/01/28
        Print Date: 02/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors
        of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
        Sôshi (當世名優面影双紙) [#10]
        Personal Collection
 
        Note: Although the print identifies
        the character as a generic guard
        (Bansotsu (番卒)), the character's
        name is Suruga Jirô.



OCTOBER

       

       

       
        Nakamura Kichiemon I    
        (中村吉右衛門) as
        Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

        Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 10/01/28
        Print Date: 10/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Sôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#?]
        Personal Collection
   
       Note: Thematically, this print would
       appear to go with set #2,

       
       

       
        Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
        Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
        
        Play: Chûshingura Nenjû Gyôji
        (忠臣藏年中行事)
        Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô,
        Tokyo   
        Performance Date: 10/01/28
        Print Date: 10/1928?
        Medium: Woodblock printed
        pochibukuro
        Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
        Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Sôshi
        (當世名優面影双紙) [#9]
        Personal Collection