NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1921

                   
Bandô Jusaburô III (坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎)
Mizuhiki Seigorô (水引清五郎)

Play: Hanazumô Megumi no Tateire (花相撲め組達入)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/21
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#32)
Personal Collectionm

                   
Bandô Jusaburô III (坂東寿三郎; 坂東壽三郎)
Mizuhiki Seigorô (水引清五郎)

Play: Hanazumô Megumi no Tateire (花相撲め組達入)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/21
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)

Note:  Color variant.
 
 

                   
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as 
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Yukashita (床下), Act II, Scene 3 of
Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/31/21
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#34)
Personal Collection
 
 

                   
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as 
Sakata Tôjûrô (坂田藤十郎)

Play: Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/21; 04/01/21
Print Date: 1925
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#6)
*Personal Collection
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as Kagaribi (篝火)

Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 06/01/24
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.
 
 

               
Hayashi Chôzaburô I (林 長三郎) as
Tadanobu jitsu ha Genkurô Kitsune ( 忠信実ハ源九狐) 

Play: Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 11/01/24
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.
 
 

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)

Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21
Print Date: 1926
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#12)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as 
Ingamonoshi Nozarashi Kobê
(因果物師野晒小兵衛)

Play: Ingamonoshi (因果物師)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/21
Print Date: 1925
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#5)
*Personal Collection