ICHIKAWA DANSHIRÔ IV (市川段四郎)
  07/20/1946 - 05/18/2023

aka ICHIKAWA KAMEJIRÔ I (市川亀治郎; 市川龜治郎)

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as
Yahashi no Hashizô (矢橋の橋蔵)

Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Onigawara no Dôhachi (鬼瓦の胴八)

Play: Oguri Hangan (小栗判官)
[Tôryû Oguri Hangan (當世流小栗判官)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/83
Print Date: 07/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 24)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 24
(第三期大首絵シリーズの24)
Personal Collection (#21/36)

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Watashimori Tonbê (渡し守頓兵衛)

Play: Yaguchi no Watashi (矢口渡) 
[Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/87
Print Date: 01/1988
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as
Komori no Yasuzô (蝙蝠の安蔵)

Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Kirare Otomi (切られお富)

Play: Kirare Otomi (切られお富)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/92
Print Date: 09/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 2)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第七期大首絵シリーズの2)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as
Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎)

Play: Jiraiya (児雷也)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/92
Print Date: 12/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note:  A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 
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Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Gohiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/94
Print Date: 06/1996
Print Title: Danshirô - Benkei (段四郎 - 弁慶)
Artist: Paul Binnie
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#17/100)

                 
                  Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as Benkei (弁慶)

                  Play: Gohiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)
                  Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
                  Performance Date: 07/03/94
                  Print Date: 06/1996
                  Print Title: Danshirô - Benkei (段四郎 - 弁慶)
                Artist: Paul Binnie
                  Image courtesy of Sarugallery.com
                 
                  Note: Test proof
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情)

Play: Kagekiyo (景情)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/95
Print Date: 12/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

               
Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Hayami no Tôta (逸見藤太)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/98
Print Date: 08/1998
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 4)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 4
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの4)
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Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Play: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/99
Print Date: 02/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 10)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 10
(第十三期集成シリーズの10)
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