Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)

NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙)

1924

JANUARY

Nakamura Shikaku II (中村芝鶴) as
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Horikawa Gosho (堀川御所), Act I, Scene 3 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/24
Print Date: 1926
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#16)
*Personal Collection

Note: Shikaku II also performed this role at the Asakusa
Shochiku-za, Tokyoin January 1926. I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects that performance.

FEBRUARY

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan
(信濃屋娘おはん; 信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Ohan Chôemon Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Azabu Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/24
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
;(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#31)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan
(信濃屋娘おはん; 信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Ohan Chôemon Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Azabu Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/24
Print Date: 1928
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集)
Personal Collection

Note: Color variant.

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shinanoya Musume Ohan
(信濃屋娘おはん; 信濃屋娘お半)

Play: Ohan Chôemon Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
(おはん長右衞門桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Azabu Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/24
Print Date: 10/1991
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集)
Personal Collection (ed. 350)

Note: This is a later printing in a smaller size made
under the auspices of the Kushigatachô Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.

APRIL

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)

Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (戀湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 04/1924
Print Date: 05/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

MAY

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Note: Although Kikugorô VI performed this role at the Ichimura-za in Tokyo starting on May 12,
1924, that performance would have been after the publication date of this issue. Kikugorô VI's
immediate prior performance in Tokyo was at the Ichimura-za in October 1921. The print likely
represents some intermediate regional production.

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 06/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

JUNE

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage (時今也桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 06/1924
Print Date: 07/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gokurakuji Seishin (極楽寺所化清心)

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Izayoi (十六夜)

Play: Sato no Harugi Azami Ironui (柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 07/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Izayoi (十六夜)

Play: Izayoi Seishin (十六夜清心)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 12/01/25
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 12) (三十六家選 (その十二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

Note: It is possible that it reflects a later regional production.

JULY

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

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: Okuni-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/24
Print Date: 07/01/25
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei (演藝), Vol. 1, No. 4 (July 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Okaji (お梶)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Hôngaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/16/24
Print Date: 09/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Sawada Shôjirô (沢田正二郎) as Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)

Play: Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太)
Performance Place: Engeki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/03/24
Print Date: 08/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Oman (おまん)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 07/06/24
Print Date: 08/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

AUGUST

Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Yoshitsune to Ise no Saburô (義經と伊勢三郎)
Performance Place: Naniwa-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 08/02/24
Print Date: 09/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

SEPTEMBER

Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Omiyo (お己代)

Play: Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai (八幡祭小望月賑)
Performance Place: Hôngaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/24
Print Date: 10/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 02/01/25
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 2) (三十六家選 (その二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

OCTOBER

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)

Play: Yamashina Kankyo (山科閑居), Act IX of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/24
Print Date: 1925
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画春仙似顔集) (#8)
Personal Collection

Note: Nizaemon XI first played this role at the Kabuki-za
in October 1917 and reprised the role at the Kabuki-za in
October 1921. It is possible that Shunsen based this print
on one of those earlier performances.

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/05/24
Print Date: 11/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 10/01/24
Print Date: 04/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国),
which is outside the scope of this site.

NOVEMBER

Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Hanarumei (花瑠明)

Play: [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 10/31/24
Print Date: 12/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 12/01/24
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)
Personal Collection

DECEMBER

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷直実)

Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 12/03/24
Print Date: 01/01/25
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection