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)