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FURUYA SHIN (古家新)

Wrapper for [Kabuki Sketch
Collection] Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎素描集)

Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎素描集)
Personal Collectio

        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
        Musashibô Benkei
        (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)

        Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
        (歌舞伎素描集)
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kôshirô VII performed this role
        in Tokyo twenty-three times between
        April 1914 and June 1946.

        Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
        Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

        Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
        (京鹿子娘道成寺)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
        (歌舞伎素描集)
        Personal Collection

        Note: Kikugorô VI performed this role
        in Tokyo eighteen times between
        September 1912 and January 1948.

Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Sanbasô (三番叟)

Play: Ninin Sanbasô (二人三番叟)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎素描集)
Personal Collection

Note: Ennosuke II performed this role
in Tokyo eleven times between April
1936 and April 1959.

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Okaru (お軽)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎素描集)
Personal Collection

Note: Although the role is not specifically
identified and Baikô VI played several
female roles in this play over the course
of his career, it is mostly likely Okaru.
Baikô VI performed this role in Tokyo
at least eight times between November
1904 and November 1930.

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Kabuki Sobyô-shû
(歌舞伎素描集)
Personal Collection

Note: Uzaemon XV performed this role
in Tokyo seven times between June 1906
and April 1941.