TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 2000

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
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Personal Collection (#14/72)

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. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 

                 
2000 Holiday Card depicting
Jihê (治兵衛) and Koharu (小春)?

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima 
(心中天網島)?
Print Date: c. 01/2000
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Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan (信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Obiya (帯屋), Act II of
Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/2000
Print Date: 03/2000
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 11)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 11
(第十三期集成シリーズの11)
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Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵) as
Izumo no Okuni  (出雲阿国)

Play: Kabuki Zôshi  (歌舞伎草紙) [Harugasumi Kabuki Zoshi]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 04/2000
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 12)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 12
(第十三期集成シリーズの12)
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Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

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: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 11/2000
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Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Matsuômaru (松下丸)

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: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 11/2000
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) 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: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 11/2000
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Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 12/2000
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Note: This print is found inside specially bound copies of Tsuruya
Kôkei: The Complete Woodblock Prints 1978-2000 (2000).  T

               
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川團十郎)) as
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play: Ga no Iwai (賀の祝), Act III, Scene 2 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/2000
Print Date: 12/2000
Personal Collection (#103/200)

Note: This is either a color variant or a copy where the white face
pigment has chemically reacted wit the pink backing paper.

                   
Nakamura Kankuro V (中村勘九郎) as
Iwashi U Sarugenji (鰯賣猿源氏)

Play: Iwashi Uri Koi no Hikiami (鰯賣戀曳網)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/2000
Print Date: 06/2000
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 13)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 13
(第十三期集成シリーズの13)
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Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as
Koshimoto Nureginu (腰元濡衣)

Play: Jusshukô (十種香), Act 4, Scene 3 of
Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/2000
Print Date: 07/2000
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 14)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 14
(第十三期集成シリーズの14)
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Kataoka Nizaemon XV (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kiso Yoshikata (木曽義賢)

Play: Yoshikata Saigo (義賢最期), Act II, Scene 2 of
Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/2000
Print Date: 08/2000
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 15)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 15
(第十三期集成シリーズの15)
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