NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1934

                   
Ôkôchi Denjirô (大河内 傳次郎) as
Tange Sazen (丹下左膳)

Print Date: [late 1933 or 1934]
Series: Supplement to Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集)
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Note:  This print was undoubtedly inspired by the movie
Tange Sazen-Dai-Ippen (丹下左膳 第一編・第二編・
解決編), released November 15, 1933, and/or Tange
Sazen: Kengeki no maki (丹下左膳 剣戟編), released March 29, 1934.
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as 
Onatsu (お夏; 緒夏; おなつ)

Play:  Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂乱)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/34
Print Date: 1935
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Note:  This print was commissioned after Baikô VI's death.
It is possible that it was issued in the same wrapper as the
Baikô VI shini-e  shown below.  Baikô VI first performed
the role of Onatsu in September 1914 at the Teikoku
Gekijô in Tokyo.  He is also known to have performed the
role in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in October 1921,
October 1925, and June 1930.  It is possible that this
print is based on one of those earlier performances.
 
 
 

                   
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸)  Shini-e (Death Print)

Print Date: 1935
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:  Onoe Baikô VI was born on the 15th day of the tenth
lunar month of 1870 and died on November 8, 1934.
 
 
 

                   
Wrapper for the Baikô VI Shini-e

Print Date: 1935
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is possible that the print of Baikô VI as Onatsu was also issued with this wrapper

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play:  Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/34
Print Date:  09/05/35
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Folder Cover for Benkei print

Print Date: 09/05/35
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Inner Folder Flap for Benkei print

Print Date: 09/05/35
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