NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1952

                   
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Oya Shishi (親獅子)

Play: Renjishi (連獅子)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/52
Print Date: 01/1952 or later
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: This was Ennosuke II's last performance in this
role in Tokyo.  He first performed the role at the Meiji-
za in September 1934.  It is possible that this print
depicts an earlier performance, particularly one of his
post-WWII performances at the Tokyo Gekijô in
December 1945, January 1947, or January 1949.
 
 
 
       

                   
Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松緑) as
Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辨慶; 武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勸進帳; 勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/52
Print Date: 03/1952
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)

                   
Nakamura Tomijûrô IV (中村富十郎) as
Kamuro (かむろ; 禿)

Dance: Hane no Kamuro (羽根の禿)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
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

Note: I can find no record of Tomijûrô IV performing this
role in the relevant time period.

                   
Old Man/Spirit of the Sumiyoshi Pine]
Rôjin/Sumiyoshi Matsu no Sei
(老人/住吉松の精)

Play: Takasago (高砂)
Print Date: 01/1952
Personal Collection

Note: First Day Cover; envelope is
postmarked Jan. 16, 1952.
 
 

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)

Play:  Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1952
Print Date: 1954
Series: Shin Yakusha-e [New Actor Prictures] (新役者絵)
Personal Collection