TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1985

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Kuruma Biki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/85
Print Date: 01/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 8)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第三期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (#3/45)
 
 
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵)

Play: Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/85
Print Date: 02/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 9)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 9
(第三期大首絵シリーズの9)
*Personal Collection (#6/45)
 
 
 
 

                 
Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Fûrin Ohime (風鈴お姫)

Play: Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/85
Print Date: 03/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 10)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 10
(第三期大首絵シリーズの10)
Personal Collection (#20/45)
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 05/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#24/54)

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Uirô Uri (外郎売)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 10/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection  (#25/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô (鎌倉権五郎)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/85
Print Date: 11/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#18/54)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play: Sukeroku (助六)
[Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)\]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/85
Print Date: 06/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#11/54)

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) performing the
nirami (にらみ) pose during the kôjô announcement

Event: Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei hirô kôjô
(市川團十郎襲名披露口上)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/85
Print Date: 07/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)  as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/85
Print Date: 09/1985
Series: [Bust Portraits V, A Selection of Six Aragoto Characters -
the Name-Taking Ceremony of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Onnagata Ôkubi Roku Sugata
Jûni-daime Ichikawa Danjûrô Shûmei Hirô Aragoto Roku-sen
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・
十二代目市川團十郎襲名披露　荒事六選)
Personal Collection (#11/54)