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)
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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)
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Note: 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)
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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
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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)
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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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