NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1922

                   
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) 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: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1922
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#29)
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Note: Hikosaburô VI first played this role in Tokyo at the
Teikoku Gekijô in February 1918.  He also played the role
at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1919 and February
1920, and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in February 1921.
It is possible that Shunsen modeled this print on one of
these other prior performances. 
 
 

Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Osen (お仙}

Play: Fuyuki Shinjû (冬木心中)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/22
Print Date: 03/1923?
Series: Nigao-e (似顔似顔繪), #14
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Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Badarai no Mitsuhide (馬盥の光秀), Act II of
Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage (時今也桔梗籏揚)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 09/1922
Print Date: 1925
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#1)
*Personal Collection

Note: Kichiemon I also played this role in a production of
Toki-ha Ima Amagashita Shiru Satsuki Kana (時今天下知皐哉)
at the Ichimura-za in July 1917.  In fact, this print strongly
resembles a production photograph from that production. 
Consequently, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this
print on that earlier performance.

                   
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as
Uirô Uri (外郎売)/Soga Gorô Tokimune (曾我五郎時致)

Play: Uirô (ういろう) [Uirô Uri (外郎売)]
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/22
Print Date: 1926
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#15)
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Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七)

Play:  Oshichi (おしち)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/04/22
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#26)
*Personal Collection