TANAKA SHIKÔ (田中紫光)

1922

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsuômaru (松王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/22
Print Date:  ?
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role
at the Meiji-za in April 1928.  I cannot rule
out the possibility that this print reflects that
performance.
 
 

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play:  Toki-mo Kikyô Shusse no Ukejô
(時桔梗出世請状)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 09/1922
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed pochibukuro
Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also performed this role
at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1927. 
I cannot rule out the possibility that this print
reflects that performance.