NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1930




 

MARCH

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)

Play: Wakaba no Ume Ukina no Yokogushi
[Kirare Otomi] (若葉梅浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Shinjuku Shin Kabuki, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1930
Print Date: [1933-1934]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)

Note: Although listed in a Watanabe sales catalog, it is
possible that this print was never editioned.


SEPTEMBER

                   
Hayakawa Sesshû (早川雪州) as
Wongu (ウォング)

Play: Appare Wongu (天晴れウォング)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/30
Print Date: 10/13/30
Personal Collection

Note: Published in Mokuhan Shin-Nigao-e
(木版新似顔絵), Vol. 1,  by Hanga Kurabu




                   
Inoue Masao (井上正夫) as
Rokubei (六兵衛)

Play:  Jihi Shinchô (慈悲心鳥)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/30
Print Date: [1930-1932]
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
 
 



DECEMBER

                   
Mizutani Yaeko I (水谷八重子) as
Tsubaki-hime (椿姫)

Play:  Tsubaki-hime [La Traviata] (椿姫)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/30
Print Date: [1931-1932]
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:  Yaeko previously played this role at the Hongô-za
in September 1927 and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in
March 1928.  It is possible that Shunsen based this print
one of those prior performances.
 



1930-1931


Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; 御祭佐七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi
(江戸育お祭佐七; 江戸育御祭佐七)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: [1930-1931]
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: The only record I can find of Kikugorô VI
performing  this role in Tokyo was at the Ichimura-za in
June 1914.  Presumably, this print is based on a later
performance outside of Tokyo, such as in Yokohama.