MORI SHUNCHÔ (森 春島) 

 1919

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)
 
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/05/19
Print Date: 02/01/19
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The artist is likely either Natori Shunsen (名取春仙) or
Mori Shunchô (森春鳥).
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)
 
Play: Takatoki (髙時)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1919
Print Date: 03/01/19
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The artist is likely either Natori Shunsen (名取春仙) or
Mori Shunchô (森春鳥).  This print is similar to an earlier 1916 print
of Takatoki.
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/19
Print Date: 05/01/19
Artist: Mori Shunchô (森春鳥)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 5 (May 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Hisayoshi (久吉)
  
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Mori Shunchô (森春鳥)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as
Iinuma Katsugorô (飯沼勝五郎)

Play: Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi (箱根霊験躄仇討)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/19
Print Date: 10/01/19
Artist: Mori Shunchô (森春鳥)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Higashima Saburoemon (東間三郎右衛門)
 
Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/19
Print Date: 11/01/19
Artist: Mori Shunchô (森春鳥)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection