SASAJIMA KIHEI (笹 島喜平) 

  1951

Hôkaibô (法界坊)
           
Play: Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage
(隅田川続俤; 隅田川續俤)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1951
Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note:  It is unclear whether this print depicts a specific actor in the role
of Hôkaibô.  However, it is possible that it depicts Nakamura Kanzaburô
XVI (中村勘三郎), who portrayed Hokaibo in a production of
Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in August
1951 and at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô in Tokyo in February 1950.
 
 
 
   
 
 

           
            [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) cover
            depicting Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)
           
            Play: Shibaraku (暫)
            Performance Place: ?
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: 1951
            Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー)
            Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color
            on verso
            Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 
   
 
 

               
                [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) Title Page
                depicting Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)
           
                Play: Saruwaka (猿若)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: 1951
                Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー)
                Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color on verso
                Image courtesy of Gary Christenson

 
 
 
   
 
 

Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Sanbasô (三番叟)
           
Play: Tanemaki Sanbasô (種蒔三番叟)
Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1950
Print Date: 1951
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [January]
Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
   
 
 

           
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as Umeômaru (梅王丸)
           
            Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
            (菅原傳授手習鑑)
            Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 02/1950
            Print Date: 1951
            Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [February]
            Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
            Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 

               
                Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as Shishi no Sei (獅子の精)
           
                Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
                Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 01/1949
                Print Date: 1951
                Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [March]
                Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
   
 
 

Nakamura Shikan VI (中村芝翫) as Yuki-hime (雪姫)
           
Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of Gion Sairei Shikûki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1950
Print Date: 1951
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [April]
Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 

           
            Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
           
            Play: Badarai no Mitsuhide (馬盥の光秀)
            Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 04/1950
            Print Date: 1951
            Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [May]
            Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
            Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
   
 
 

               
                Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (中村勘三郎) as Hôkaibô (法界坊)
           
                Play: Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage (隅田川続俤; 隅田川續俤)
                Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 02/1950
                Print Date: 1951
                Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [June]
                Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
   
 
 

Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松助) as Tomozô (伴蔵)
           
Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1950
Print Date: 1951
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [July]
Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 

           
            Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)
           
            Play: Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)
            Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 03/1947
            Print Date: 1951
            Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [August]
            Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
            Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
   
 
 

               
                Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
           
                Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
                Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 09/1949
                Print Date: 1951
                Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [September]
                Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
   
 
 

Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Yoemon (与右衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XVI (市村羽左衛門) as Kasane (かさね)
           
Play: Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/1949
Print Date: 1951
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [October]
Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

           
            Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
           
            Play: Jusshukô (十種香), Act 4, Scene 3 of Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
            Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 10/1949
            Print Date: 1951
            Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [November]
            Image courtesy of Gary Christenson
 
 
   
 
 

               
                Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Ibaraki  Dôji (茨木童子)
           
                Play: Ibaraki (茨木; いばらき)
                Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 08/1950
                Print Date: 1951
                Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [December]
                Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color on verso
                Image courtesy of Gary Christenson