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)
Image courtesy of Hanga.com
 
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎)

Play: Shisenryô (四千両)
[Shisenryô Koban no Umenoha (四千両小判梅葉)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/83
Print Date: 02/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 15)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 15
(第三期大首絵シリーズの15)
Personal Collection (#11/27)

Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).  7 copies from the edition of
27  were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
  

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
Personal Collection (#14/72)

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. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Gappô Dôshin (合邦道心)

Play: Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji (摂州合邦辻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: /05/04/89
Print Date: 06/1989
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VII (Design 4)]
Dainana-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第七期大首絵シリーズの4)
Personal Collection (#34/90)
 
 

Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)
[Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/92
Print Date: 11/1992
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits IX (Design 3)]
Daikyuu-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 3
(第七期大首絵シリーズの3)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Oshimodoshi (押戻)

Play: Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Print Date: 01-04/1995
Print Title: Oshimodoshi (押戻)
Artist: Paul Binnie
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#6/80)

Note: This print would seem to have been based on a
special gala performance or a prior broadcast of
Uzaemon XVII's performance.  Uzaemon XVII's last
performance as Oshimodoshi that I could find was at
the Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo, in August 1992 before
Binnie arrived in Tokyo.  He also performed the role
on several previous occasions, including at the
Kabuki-za, Tokyo (February 1976 and December
1969), the Kokuritsu Gekijō, Tokyo (March 1971),
and the Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo (January 1960).
 
 
 

                 
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Senoo Jûrô (瀬尾十郎)

Play: Sanemori Monogatari (実盛物語), Act III,
Scene 4 of Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/95
Print Date: 11/1995
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 8)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第十期大首絵シリーズの8)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
 
 

                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Benkei Jôshi (弁慶上使)
[Gosho Zakura Horikawa Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/99
Print Date: 11/1999
Artist: Tsuruya Kôkei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Culminant Series XIII (Design 8)]
Daijûsan-ki Shûsei Shirîzu no 8
(第十三期集成シリーズの8)
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