NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 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.
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義經)
 
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/19
Print Date: 07/01/19
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 7 (July 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Kameya Chûbei (亀屋忠兵衛)    

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/19
Print Date: 08/01/19
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次) as Ikeda Tango (池田丹後)
 
Plays: Muromachi Gosho (室町御所)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/19
Print Date: 09/01/19
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection