NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1927




 

JANUARY

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kan Shôjô (菅丞相; 管丞相)

Play:  Ôatari Toshitoku Soga (当歳徳曽我), seemingly an
abridged version of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
 (菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/27
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#20)
*Personal Collection
 
 
 


MARCH

                   
Ichikawa Kigan V (市川鬼丸) as
Otomi (お富; おとみ)

Play:  Genjidana (源氏店), Act 3 of  Yowa Nasake Ukina no
Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛; 與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/27
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#22)
*Personal Collection

Note: Kigan V first portrayed Otomi in Tokyo at the Miyato-
za in July 1908.  Depending on the precise publication date
of this print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
after Kigan V's June 1916 performance at the Miyato-za
or June 1921 performance at the Kanda Gekijô.
 
 
 
 

  




AUGUST

                   
Sawada Shôjirô (澤田正二郞; 沢田正二郎) as
Hayashi Buhei (林武平)

Play: Tsurugi (剱; 釼)
Performance Place:  Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/1927
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#27)
*Personal Collection

Note:  Depending on the precise publication date of this
print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print after
Shôjirô's performance at the Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo,
 in March 1927.
 
 
 




DECEMBER

                   
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Hyakushô Manbê (百姓万兵衛)

Play:  Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人)
Performance Place:  Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/01/27
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#24)
*Personal Collection

Note: Mitsugorô VII first played the role of Manbê at the
Ichimura-za in July 1917.  He reprised the role at the
Teikoku Gekijô in August 1919 and at the Ichimura-za in
May 1922.  Depending on the precise publication date of
this print, it is possible that Shunsen modeled this print
after one of Mitsugorô VII 's prior performances.
 
 
 




UNKNOWN PERFORMANCE DATES

                   
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Umegawa (梅川)
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Chûbei (忠兵衛)

Play:  Umegawa Chûbei (梅川忠兵衛), a common title for
a version of Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#23)
Personal Collection

Note: I have not found a specific performance with these
two actors in these roles.  As a consequence, it is possible
that whatever play depicted was performed before 1927.

               

                   
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Narihira Reizô (業平礼三郎)
[Ôshûya Reizaburô (奥州屋禮三郎; 奥州屋礼三郎)]

Play: Koisogahara (小磯ヶ原; 小磯ケ原), Act III of
Fubuki no Hana Oshizu Reiza (吹雪花於静禮三)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/12
Print Date: 1927
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#18)
*Personal Collection

Note: The only record I can find of Sôjûrô VII  performing
this role in Tokyo was at the Teikoku Gekijô in May 1912. 
Presumably, this print is based on a later performance outside
of Tokyo, such as in Yokohama.