NAKAMURA HASHINOSUKE III (中村橋之助)
08/31/1965 -

aka NAKAMURA SHIKAN VIII (中村芝翫)

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 13-25, 1991
Print Date: 1991
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Hikimado (引窓),
Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Matsuura no Taiko
(松浦の太鼓), and Yoshinoyama (道行初音旅) [Act III,
Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)].  It
starred Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫), Nakamura Kankurô V
(中村勘九郎), Ichikawa Sadanji IV (市川左団次; 市川左團次),
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), Nakamura Hashinosuke
III (中村橋之助), Kataoka Takatarô (片岡孝太郎), Ichimura
Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車),
Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅) and Kamimura Kichiya V.
 

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: May 7-21, 1993
Print Date: 1993
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Natsu Matsuri Naniwa
Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑), Ukare Bôzu (浮かれ坊主), Shiokumi
(汐汲), Sakanaya Sôgorô (魚屋宗五郎) [second part of Shin
Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa (新皿屋舗月雨暈)], and
Takatsuki (高杯).  It starred Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎),
Sawamura Tôjûrô II (沢村藤十郎;  澤村藤十郎), Nakamura
Kankurô V (中村勘九郎),  Nakamura Tomotarô (中村智太郎),
Nakamura Hirotarô (中村浩太郎), Nakamura Hashinosuke III
(中村橋之助), Bandô Kichiya II (坂東吉弥; 坂東吉彌), and
Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅).
 
 

                 
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 5-21, 1994
Print Date: 1994
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of  Kuzu-no-Ha (葛の葉)
[Act IV of Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑),
Meoto Dôjôji (男女道成寺), Kôjô (口上), Hana no Ueno
Homare no Ishibumi (花上野誉碑), and Modoribashi (戻橋).
It starred Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫), Ichikawa Sadanji
IV (市川左団次; 市川左團次), Sawamura Tôjûrô II
(沢村藤十郎;  澤村藤十郎), Nakamura Hashinosuke III
(中村橋之助), Nakamura Fukusuke IX (中村福助), Ichimura
Kakitsu IX (市村家橘), and Ichikawa Otora VI (市川男寅).

                   
Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/98
Print Date: 09/1998
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 5]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 5
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: This design was used as the background for
Kôkei's 2006 self-portrait print.
 
 

                 
[Me, Profile]  Yokogao no ga (横顔の我)

Print Date:  2006 (ed. 5)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print printed with sumi ink
Series: [Me Series (Design 3)] Ga no Rensaku no 3 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#2/5)
 
Note: Two copies were monotypes printed with oil based paints and three
copies were printed with sumi ink.  The picture in the background is based
on Kokei's1989 woodblock print of Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) in Sendai Hagi (先代萩) [Meiboku Sendai
Hagi (伽羅先代萩)], which was performed at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in August
1998.

                 
[Me, Profile]  Yokogao no ga (横顔の我)

Print Date:  2006 (ed. 5)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print with oil based paints
Series: [Me Series (Design 3)] Ga no Rensaku no 3 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#*/5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (#*/5)
 
Note: It is unclear if this is the second of the two monotypes printed with oil
based prints or the same monotype photographed under different lighting
conditions.
 

                 
[Me, Profile]  Yokogao no ga (横顔の我)

Print Date:  2006 (ed. 5)
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Medium: Woodblock print printed in sumi ink
Series: [Me Series (Design 3)] Ga no Rensaku no 3 (我の連作の1)
Personal Collection (#*/5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com (#*/5)
 

               
Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助(3代目) as
Yakko (奴)
 
? as ?

Play: Tomo Yakko (供奴)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 8-25, 1999
Print Date: 1999
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Chûjôhime Koseki no
Matsu (中将姫古跡の松), Shinkei Kasane-ga-Fuchi (真景累ヶ淵),
Tomo Yakko (供奴), Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri (新版色読販),
and Iro Moyô Chotto Karaimane (色彩間苅豆).  It starred
Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (沢村宗十郎;  澤村宗十郎), Nakamura
Shikan VII (中村芝翫), Nakamura Fukusuke IX (中村福助),
Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助), Bandô Yajûrô,
Matsumoto Kôemon I (松本幸右衛門), and Sawamura
Tetsunosuke V (沢村鉄之助;  澤村鐵之助).