TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1989

                 
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Keisei Chitosedayû (傾城千歳太夫)

Play: Kuruwa Sanbasô (廓三番叟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1989
Print Date: 03/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 2)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第七期大首絵シリーズの2)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as
Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作)

Play: Nozakimura (野崎村)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1989　
Print Date: 07/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 5)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第七期大首絵シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

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

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kawachiya Tokubê (河内証徳兵衛)

Play: Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku (女殺油地獄)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/89
Print Date: 05/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 3)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第七期大首絵シリーズの3)
Personal Collection (#35/90)
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Gappô Dôshin (合邦道心)

Play: Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji (摂州合邦辻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: /05/04/89
Print Date: 06/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 4)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第七期大首絵シリーズの4)
Personal Collection (#34/90)
 
 
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Monnosuke VII (市川門之助) as
Shinzô Shiratama (新造白玉)

Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1989
Print Date: 09/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 6)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 6
(第七期大首絵シリーズの6)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: This design was used as the background for Kôkei's 2005
self-portrait print.
 
 
 

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Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as
Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万)

Play: Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/89
Print Date: 11/1989
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 7)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第七期大首絵シリーズの7)
Personal Collection (#34/90)

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