FEBRUARY 1928
Ichimura Kakitsu VII as
Suruga Jirô (番卒)
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/28
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors
of Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage
Zôshi (當世名優面影双紙) #6
Personal Collection
Note: Although the print identifies
the character as a generic guard
(Bansotsu (番卒)), the character's
name is Suruga Jirô.
.
AUGUST 1949
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Yoemon (与右衛門)
Ichimura Uzaemon XVI (市村羽左衛門) as Kasane (かさね)
Play: Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/1949
Print Date: 1951
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Series: [Kabuki Calendar] Kabuki Karendâ (歌舞伎カレンダー) [October]
Medium: Colored woodblock print, possibly with hand-applied color
on verso
Image courtesy of Gary Christenson