NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1946

                   
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kinjirô (金次郎)

Play:  Musuko (息子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/1946
Print Date: 1958
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note:  Kikugorô VI first performed the role of
Kinjirô in Tokyo at the Teikoku Gekijô in March
1923.  He reprised the role at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in May 1925.  Since Kikugorô VI died
in 1949, this could be considered a memorial print.
 
 

                   
Bandô Hikosaburô VII (坂東彦三郎) as
Benkei (弁慶)

Play: Funa Benkei (船辨慶)
Performance Place: Tôkyô Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/46
Print Date: 03/1952
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
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