TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1978

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Ôboshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Tonase, wife of Honzô (本蔵妻戸無瀬)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (山科閑居)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1978
Print Date: 07/1978
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Note: A trial work, not publicly sold.  The first ten printed were destroyed,
and then a second ten were printed.
 

                 
Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (中村勘三郎) as
Rôjo Iwate (老女岩手)

Play: Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara (奥州安達原)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1978
Print Date: 07/1978
Personal Collection (one of two surviving copies from
 an edition of four)

Note: A trial work, not publicly sold.
 

                 
Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (中村勘三郎) as Tetori Hantarô (手取り半太郎)

Play: Irezumi Chôhan (刺青奇遇)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1978
Print Date: 09/10/78
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 1)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1 (第一期大首絵シリーズの1)
Personal Collection (ed, 45)

Note: This copy is mounted on portions of the original keyblock.

                   
Bando Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Hantarô Nyôbô Onaka (半太郎女房お仲)

Play: Irezumi Chôhan (刺青奇遇)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1978
Print Date: 09/10/78
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 2)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2 (第一期大首絵シリーズの2)
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Nakamura Utaemon VII (中村歌右衛門) as
Ama Matsukaze (海女松風)

Play: Suma no Utsushi-e (須磨の写絵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/78
Print Date: 10/10/78
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 3)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第一期大首絵シリーズの3)
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Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Ryôshi Konobê (漁師此兵衛)

Play: Suma no Utsushi-e (須磨の写絵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/78
Print Date: 10/10/78
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 4)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第一期大首絵シリーズの4)
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Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as
Gappô Dôshin (合邦道心)

Play: Sesshû Gappô ga  Tsuji (摂州合邦辻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/78
Print Date: 11/10/78
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 5)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第一期大首絵シリーズの5)
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Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸)  as
Tamate Gozen (玉手御前)

Play: Sesshû Gappô ga  Tsuji (摂州合邦辻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/78
Print Date: 11/10/78
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 6)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第一期大首絵シリーズの6)
Personal Collection (ed. 36)