Ichikawa Somegorô VI (市川染五郎) as
Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵肋)

Play: Genroku Chûshingura (元禄忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/81
Print Date: 04/11/81
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 7)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第二期大首絵シリーズの7)
Personal Collection (#2/36)

Note: 13 copies from the edition of 36 were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎)  as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/81
Print Date: 04/1982
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (AP)
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵)

Play: Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/02/85
Print Date: 02/1985
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IV (Design 9)]
Daishi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 9
(第三期大首絵シリーズの9)
*Personal Collection (#6/45)
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX  (松本幸四郎) as
Sakura Sôgorô (佐倉宗五郎)
      
Play: Sakura Gimiden (佐倉義民伝)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1985
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: If this print depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII,
he performed this role at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo, in
April 1954 and again in February 1960, and at the
Kokuritsu Gekijô in Tokyo in May 1967.
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Kamakura Gongorô (鎌倉権五郎)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/91
Print Date: 07/1991
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VIII (Design 7)]
Daihachi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第七期大首絵シリーズの7)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Moritsuna (盛綱)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1991
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵)
Okaru (お軽)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX  as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Gion Ichiriki Jaya (Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: April 11-24, 1992
Print Date: 1992
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Koi Nyôbô
Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱), Meisaku Hidari
Kogatana  (銘作左小刀), Gion Ichiriki Jaya (Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵), and Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人).  It starred Matsumoto Kôshirô IX
(松本幸四郎), Nakamura Tokizô V (中村時蔵), 
Nakamura Matsue VI (中村松江), Ichikawa Somegorô
VII (市川染五郎), Ichikawa Shinsha II (市川新車),
Matsumoto Kingo (松本錦吾), and Onoe Matsuya II.
 

Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎)   
as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/94
Print Date: 09-10/1994
Print Title: Kanjinchô Benkei (勧進帳弁慶)
Artist: Paul Binnie
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#6/80)
       

 
JUNE 1994

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Narukami (鳴神)

Play: Act IV of Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura
(雷神不動北山櫻) [Act III, Scene 3 in modern
productions]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/94
Print Date: 06/1994
Print Title: Narukami (鳴神)
Artist: Paul Binnie
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#17/80)
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play: Terakoya (寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/97
Print Date: 05/1997
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 7)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの7)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
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).

                 
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
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
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
 
 
 
 

                   
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
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII or IX (松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibei (関守関兵衛)/Kuronushi (黒主)
           
Play: Seki no To (雪関扉)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Medium: Woodblock printed senshafuda
Personal Collection
 
Note: Matsumoto Kôshirô IX performed this role five times between 1986
and 1999.  If this print depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII, he performed this
role thirteen times between 1953 and 1979.