JANUARY 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
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
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
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)

                    
Play:   Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/02/52
Print Date: 01/1952?
Artist: Ueno Tadamasa (上野忠雅)
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum