NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1929

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

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/29
Print Date: [1929]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Sadanji II first performed the role of Marubashi in
Tokyo at the Meiji-za in September 1906.  He reprised this
role at the Meiji-za in May 1909, at the Hongô-za in
October 1912, at the Kabuki-za in June 1916, at the
Shintomi-za in May 1920, at the Meiji-za in April 1923,
and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in May 1924.
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play:  Act V of Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/29
Print Date: [1929]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Kanpei in
Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in June 1905.  He reprised this role
at the Kabuki-za in November 1907, at the Ichimura-za in
November 1910, at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1926,
and at the Hongô-za in April 1926.  For a similar, but later
portrait, see the entry for November 1947.
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play:  Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/29
Print Date: [1929]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Uzaemon XV first performed the role of Sukeroku in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in June 1906.  He reprised the role
at the Kabuki-za in April 1915 and February 1925.
 
 
  

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Hige no Ikyû (髭の意休)

Play:  Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六由縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/29
Print Date: [1929/03]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kôshirô VII first performed the role of  Ikyû in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in February 1925. 

                   
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺))

Play:  Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭恋寝刃;  伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/29
Print Date: [1929]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Baikô VI first performed the role of  Okon in
Tokyo at the Tokyo Gekijô in October 1909.  He reprised
the role at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1920.