Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Funa Benkei (船弁慶)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/23/80
Print Date: 10/11/80
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits II (Design 2)]
Daini-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 2
(第二期大首絵シリーズの2)
Personal Collection (#14/36)

Note: 5 copies from the edition of 36 were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 

                 
Inakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信)

Play: Yoshinoyama (吉野山), Act IV, Scene 1 of
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1982
Print Date: 10/1982
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 10)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 10
(第三期大首絵シリーズの10)
Personal Collection (#3/27)

Note: 2 copies from the edition of 27 were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Kô no Moronô (高師直)

Play: Act 3 of Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/86
Print Date: 09/1986
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Acts from Kanadehon Chûshingura]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Kanadehon Chûshingura Roku-maku
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences I (01/1999).
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences I (思い出 I)

Print Date:  01/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Personal Collection (#15/72)

Note: 35 copies from the edition of 72 were never printed.  Given
the difficulty in photographing this print in view of its large size, I
have used the image on the Kôkei website in lieu of one of my
own numbered copy.  This print contains larger versions of the
following actors' faces (left to right starting at the top row):

1. Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/1981).
2. Sawamura Sôjûrô IX (澤村宗十郎) as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
3. Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Kawashô, Act I of  Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (1979/01/1979).
4. Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as Naosuke Gonbê (直助権兵衛) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談),Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/1983).
5. Ichikawa Ebizô X (市川海老蔵) as Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景情) in
Kagekiyo (景清), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/02/1984).
6. Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as Ôgiya Yûgiri (扇屋夕霧) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1983).
7. Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)/Byakko (白狐) in
Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/01/1986).
8. Kawarazaki Gonjurô III (河原崎権十郎) as Sashichi (佐七) in
Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1987).
9. Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as Kô no Moronô (高師直) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1986).
10. Nakamura Kichiemon II (中村吉右衛門) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in
Keya-mura (毛谷村), Act IX of Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1997).
11. Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as Sakuraya Koman (桜屋小万) in
Godairiki Koi no Fujime (五大力恋緘), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (09/01/1989).
12. Ichikawa Danshirô IV ( 市川段四郎) as Yasha Gorô (夜叉五郎) in
Jiraiya (児雷也), Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (11/01/1992).
 
 

                 
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Tominomori Sukeemon (富森助右衛門)

Play: Genroku Chûshingura (元禄忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/87
Print Date: 05/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VI, Six Figures of the Stage]
Dairoku-ki Zenshin Zu Shirîzu Butai Roku Sugata
(第六期全身図シリーズ・舞台六姿)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Todorokibô Shinsai (轟坊震斎)

Play: Onna Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/90
Print Date: 07/1990
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VIII (Design 3)]
Daihachi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第七期大首絵シリーズの3)
Personal Collection (#30/90)
 

                 
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我五郎)

Play: Taimen (対面)
[Kotobuki Soga no Taimen (寿曾我の対面)]
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/93
Print Date: 05/1993
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 5)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 5
(第七期大首絵シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                   
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Meido Kasane (腰元かさね)

Play: Kasane (かさね)
[Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間刈豆)] 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/94  
Print Date: 11/1994
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 4)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第十期大首絵シリーズの4)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 

                   
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎) as
Kiyohime (清姫) and
Ganninbôzu Genpachi (願人坊主源八)

Play: Kane no Misaki (鐘の岬) and
Ukare Bôzu (うかれ坊主)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/99
Print Date: 07/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 5)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 5
(第十三期集成シリーズの5)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com