TACHIHARA INUKI
(立原位貫)
Unknown Performance
Ichikawa Kamejirô II (市川亀治郎; 市川龜治郎) as
Satô Tadanobu/ Genkurô Kitsune (佐藤忠信/源九郎狐)
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 2012
Personal Collection (#42/100)
Note: The precise performance depicted in this print is not known
at this
time. Kamejirô II changed his name to Ichikawa Ennosuke IV in June
2012 and performed the "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata" scene of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura at the Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo, in
connection with the first month of his shûmei.
However, since the
print doesn't reflect Kamejirô II's new name, one can only assume
it
was based on earlier performance. It is possible, however,
that it was
made with the foreknowledge of the upcoming Shinbashi Enbujô
production, and was based on photos or video of a prior
production,
rather than one that Inuki actually saw in person. During
the time
that Inuki was actively making his own actor prints, Kamejirô II
performed this role at the Meiji-za, Tokyo, in May 2011, and
at the
Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo, in August 2010.