NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1915




MARCH

                   
Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎; 喜多村綠郞) as
Okô (お孝)

Play:  Nihonbashi (日本橋)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/15
Print Date: [1932-1934]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)

Note:  Although listed in a Watanabe sales catalog, it is
possible that this print was never editioned.  There was a
film version of Nihonbashi released in February 1929,
but Rokurô did not appear in that film.



APRIL


Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Agemaki (揚巻)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

               


Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Ikyû (意休)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

               


Jitsukawa Enjirô I (実川延二郎) as
Shirozaki Uri (sweet white sake seller)
Shinbei (白酒売新兵衛)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as
Shiratama (白玉)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date:06/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 1
Personal Collection



MAY


Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Okaru (おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura  Baigyoku II (中村梅玉) as
Heiemon (平右衛門)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/10/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection

               

 





JUNE


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yamanaka Heikurô (山中平九郎)

Play: Yamanaka Heikurô (山中平九郎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/07/15
Print Date: 07/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 2
Personal Collection



JULY


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Yashû no Tomizô (野州の富蔵  (冨増))

Play: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha
(四千両小判梅葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Yura Hyôgonosuke Nobutada (由良兵庫助信忠)

Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

               


Hatsuse Namiko (初瀬浪子) as
Matsushima Tsubune (松島)

Play: Hoshizukiyo Azuma Kagami (星月夜東鑑)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

               


Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection

               


Mori Ritsuko (森律子) as
Okon (お紺)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/15
Print Date: 08/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 3
Personal Collection




AUGUST


Nakamura Kotarô II (中村児太郎) as
Okoshô Yayoi (お小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興]鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection



SEPTEMBER


Kawakami Sadayakko (川上貞奴) as
Arutesu [Artemis] Ôjyo (アルテス王女)

Play: Ikusagami (軍神)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

Note: Another reading of "軍神" is Gunshin.  I
used the "Ikusagami" reading because that it what
the database at the Ritsumeikan University's Art
Research Center uses.

               


Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)  as
Taira Tomomori (平知盛)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

               


Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kamiyu Shinza (髪結新三)

Play: Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tôge
(蔦紅葉宇都谷峠)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/15
Print Date: 10/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 4
Personal Collection
 



OCTOBER


Onoe Taminosuke (尾上多見之助) as
Otsuma (おつま; お妻)

Play: Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya
(櫻鍔根鮫鞘; 桜鍔恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection


               


Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Hiyokuzuka  (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

               


Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Miuraya Komurasaki (三浦屋小紫)

Play: Hiyokuzuka  (比翼塚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

               


Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as
Kyûzaemon (久左衛門)

Play: Go Taiten no On'yado
(御大典の御宿; 御大典のお宿)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/30/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

               


Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Ibara (茨)

Play: Hitotsuya (一ツ家;  一つ家)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection


Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 
澤村宗之助) as Mizuno (水野)

Play: Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection

               

 




NOVEMBER


Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as
Susanô no Mikoto (素盞嗚尊)

Play: Nihon Furisode Hajime
(日本振袖始; 日本振袖初)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/15
Print Date: 11/01/15
Publication: Yakusha-e (Shin Nigao)
(新似顔), Vol. 5
Personal Collection