TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 1999

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵)

Play: Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵), Act 2 or Act 3 of
Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome (曽我綉侠御所染)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/99
Print Date: 02/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 1)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 1
(第十三期集成シリーズの1)
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Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibê (関守関兵衛)

Play: Seki no To (関の扉) 
[Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積戀雪関扉)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/99
Print Date: 12/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 9)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 9
(第十三期集成シリーズの9)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                 
1999 Holiday Card depicting
Umeômaru (梅王丸)?

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
((菅原傳授手習鑑)?
Print Date: c. 01/01/99
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Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as
Takatsuna Tsuma Kagaribi (高綱妻篝火)

Play: Moritsuna Jinya (盛綱陣屋)
[Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (盛綱陣屋)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/99
Print Date: 03/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 2)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 2
(第十三期集成シリーズの2)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 
 
 

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)

Play: Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪暮夜入谷畦道)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/99
Print Date: 04/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 3)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 3
(第十三期集成シリーズの3)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Bandô Hikosaburô VIII (坂東彦三郎) as
Fujiwara no Shihei (藤原時平)

Onoe Tatsunosuke II (尾上辰之助) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Kuruma Biki (車引), Act III, Scene 1 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/99
Print Date: 06/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 4)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 2
(第十三期集成シリーズの4)
*Personal Collection (#43/63)
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎) as
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/99
Print Date: 10/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 7)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 7
(第十三期集成シリーズの7)
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Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Kiyohime (清姫) and
Ganninbôzu Genpachi (願人坊主源八)

Play: Kane no Misaki (鐘の岬) and
Ukare Bôzu (うかれ坊主)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/99
Print Date: 07/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 5)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 5
(第十三期集成シリーズの5)
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Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助)
"Kojo" stage announcement (口上姿) and
as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Date no Jûyaku (伊達の十役) [Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/99
Print Date: 08/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 6)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 6
(第十三期集成シリーズの6)
Personal Collection (#44/63)
 
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)
[Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/99
Print Date: 11/1999
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 8)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 8
(第十三期集成シリーズの8)
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Ichikawa Danshirô IV (市川段四郎) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)

Play: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/99
Print Date: 02/2000
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 10)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 10
(第十三期集成シリーズの10)
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