TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1988

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1988
Print Date: 02/1988
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) 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: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1988　　
Print Date: 03/1988
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji IV (市川左團次) as
Sagisaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内)

Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路の花聟), between Acts 4 and 5 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/1988
Print Date: 05/1988
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 

                   
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路の花聟), between Acts 4 and 5 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/1988
Print Date: 07/1988
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Personal Collection (#35/72)
 
 
 

                 
Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる)

Play: Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act 7 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/1988
Print Date: 09/1988
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).
 
 
 
 

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Play: Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act 7 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/1988
Print Date: 09/1988
Personal Collection (#57/72)

Note: A smaller, simplified version of the actor's face was
also used on a 1998 holiday card.

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Shiranami Gonin Otoko (白浪五人男)
[Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishikie (青砥稿花紅彩畫)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1988
Print Date: 06/1988
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Scenes from the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Rokkei
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六景)
Personal Collection (#31/72)
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Play: Soga no Taimen (対面)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/1988
Print Date: 01/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 1)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1
(第七期大首絵シリーズの1)
Personal Collection (#33/90)