TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1979

                 
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀の紀) as
Kinokuniya Koharu (国屋小春)

Play: Kawashô ( 河庄), Act I of
Shinju Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 01/10/79
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 7)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第一期大首絵シリーズの7)
Personal Collection (ed. 36)
 
Note: Color variants of this print exist.

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Kawashô ( 河庄), Act I of
Shinju Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 01/10/79
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 8)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第一期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (ed. 45)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).  Color variants of this print exist.
 
 
 
 

                 
1979 Holiday Card with Unknown Female
 Figure

Play: ?
Print Date: c. 01/01/79
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji IV (市川左團次) as
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)

Play: Kenuki (毛抜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/79
Print Date: 02/10/79
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 9)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 9
(第一期大首絵シリーズの9)
Personal Collection (ed. 36)
 
Note: Color variants of this print exist.
 
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Kinoshita Tôkichi (木下藤吉)

Play: Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of 
Gion Sairei Shinkoki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1979
Print Date: 12/1988
Personal Collection (#27/63)
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
(黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1979
Print Date: 05/1979
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com