Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbei (亀屋忠兵衛)
Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/14
Print Date: 11/1914?
Personal Collection
Note: This unsigned fan print has been stylistically attributed to
Seifû by the webmaster. Ganjirô I also performed the same role
in Fuin Giri (封印切), Act I of Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(恋飛脚大和往来) at the Minami-za in Kyoto in December 1914.
However, during the time period that Seifû is known to have
designed prints, he also performed the role at the Naniwa-za in
Osaka in June 1916 and again in February 1919, at the Minami-
za in Kyoto in December 1921, at the Misono-za in Nagoya in
February 1924, at the Naka-za in Osaka in January 1925, at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in November 1926, and at the Naka-za in
Osaka in March 1928, among other appearances. I cannot
rule out the possibility that this fan print reflects one of those
other performances.
