TSURUYA KÔKEI (弦屋光溪) 

 2000

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
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Note: 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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