MIYAKE HANAYAMA (三宅花山)
1939
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Chôbei (長兵衛)
Play: Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)
Print Date: 07/29/39
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Personal Collection
Note: Kichiemon I first performed this role at the Ichimura-za in
May 1909. This appears to have been a
private commission for some group. As Hanayama was not known
to be actively designing print in the
late 1930s, this print likely recycles a Hanayama design from the
1920s. I have not been able to find a
contemporaneous performance of Banzuin Chôbei in Tokyo, though it
could reflect a performance outside
of Tokyo during the summer of 1939.
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Chôbei (長兵衛)
Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)