TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1998


JANUARY

                 
Yori Narukami Jôjōnin (Fundo) (り鳴神上人(憤怒))

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Print Date: 01/1998
Personal Collection (#4/45)

                 
Yori Kumo no Taema Hime (Yûwaku)
(より雲の絶間姫(誘惑))

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Print Date: 01/1998
Personal Collection (#4/45)


                 
Kataoka Hidetarô II (片岡秀太郎) as
Asahina Imôto Maizuru (朝比奈妹舞鶴)

Play: Kotobuki Soga no Taimen (寿曾我の対面)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/98
Print Date: 1998/03/1998
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 1)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 1
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
  
 
 

                 
1998 Holiday Card with portraits of
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫)

Print Date: c. 01/01/98
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: The holiday card uses reduced,
simplified images of Kataoka Takao
(left to right starting at the top row)
from the following prints:
 
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Sukeroku (助六), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/83);
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/96);
Tobizu Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉) in
Omatsuri (お祭り), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/94);
Tamiya lemon (民谷伊右衛門) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/83);
Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/81);
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵),
Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/88).

 




 


FEBRUARY

                   
Bandô Mitsugorô IX (坂東三津五郎) as
Kashima Nyûdô Shinsai (鹿島入道震斎)

Play: Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/98
Print Date: 05/1998
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 2)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 2
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの2)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 


MAY

                 
Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII (市川新之助) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Uirô (外郎売)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/98
Print Date: 07/1998
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 3)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 3
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの3)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 
 


JULY

               
Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Hayami no Tôta (逸見藤太)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/98
Print Date: 08/1998
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 4)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 4
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの4)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 


AUGUST

                   
Nakamura Hashinosuke III (中村橋之助) as
Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/98
Print Date: 09/1998
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 5]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 5
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: This design was used as the background for
Kôkei's 2006 self-portrait print.

                 
Bandô Yasosuke V (坂東八十助) as
Tarôkaja (太郎冠者)


Play: Bô Shibari (棒しばり
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/98
Print Date: 11/1998
Series: [Full Length Portraits - Series XII (Design 6)]
Daijûni-ki Zenshin-zu Shirîzu no 6
(第十二期 全身図シリーズの6)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com