NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1951






JANUARY

                   
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Sanbasô (三番叟)

Play: Ninin Sanbasô (二人三番叟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/51
Print Date: 01/1952
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 



                   
Ichikawa Danshirô III (市川段四郎) as
Sanbasô (三番叟)

Play: Ninin Sanbasô (二人三番叟)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/51
Print Date: 02/1952
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum



                   
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Eizan no Sôchichû (叡山の僧智籌)

Play: Tsuchi Gumo (土蜘)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1951
Print Date: 11/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum



                   



FEBRUARY

                   
Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋次兵衛; 紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1951
Print Date: 02/1952
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



APRIL

                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 07/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum



                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 1952
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: To the extent that a keyblock was used for
this print, it is a different keyblock that that used
for the 1951 version.
 
 
 
 
 
 



                   
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 10/1988
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Personal Collection

Note: This is a later printing in a smaller size made
under the auspices of the Kushigatachô Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.
 
 
  

                   
Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (中村勘三郎) as
Tabakoya Genshichi (煙草屋源七)

Play: Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 12/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum



                   
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵)  as
Oginoya Yaegiri-go ni Yamanba (萩の家八重桐後に山姥)

Play: Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 10/1952
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



                   
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Yakko (槍奴)

Play: [Oharame] Kuniiri Yakko ([大原女] 國入奴)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 03/1952
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum




                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
Yuki Jorô Shinan (雪女郎信濃)

Play: Yuki Jorô (雪女郎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 12/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum




                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
Yuki Jorô Shinan (雪女郎信濃)

Play: Yuki Jorô (雪女郎)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 12/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of  Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)

Note: Color variant.
 
 
 



                   
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛)

Play: Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori (御存鈴ヶ森)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1951
Print Date: 08/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum





MAY





                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Yoemon (与右衛門)

Play: Kinegawa Tsutsumi (木下川堤) scene of
Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1951
Print Date: 09/1951
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Yoemon (与右衛門)

Play: Kinegawa Tsutsumi (木下川堤) scene of
Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1951
Print Date: 10/1988
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
Personal Collection

Note: This is a later printing in a smaller size made
under the auspices of the Kushigatachô Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.
 
 
  



JULY

                   
Ichikawa Jukai III (市川寿海; 市川壽海) as
Kimura Nagato-no-Kami (木村長門守)

Play: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/1951
Print Date: 05/1952
Series: Shinpan Butai no Sugata-e
[New Version of Figures on the Stage]
(新版舞台之姿絵)
*Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



UNKNOWN PERFORMANCE DATE

                   
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1951
Personal Collection