JANUARY 1979

                 
Nakamura Senjaku II (中村扇雀の紀) as
Kinokuniya Koharu (国屋小春)

Play: Kawashô ( 河庄), Act I of
Shinju Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 01/10/79
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 7)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 7
(第一期大首絵シリーズの7)
Personal Collection (ed. 36)
 
Note: Color variants of this print exist.

                 
Nakamura Ganjirô II (中村鴈治郎) as
Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Kawashô ( 河庄), Act I of
Shinju Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 01/10/79
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits I (Design 8)]
Daiichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第一期大首絵シリーズの8)
Personal Collection (ed. 45)

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

                 
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 (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).
 
 
 
 

            
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as
Satō Shirō Tadanobu aka Genkurō Kitsune (佐藤忠信実は源九郎狐)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅),
Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1979
Print Date: 09/1979
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (#8/200)
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Kichiemon  II (中村吉右衛門) as
Kajiwara Heizo Kagetoki (梶原平三景時)

Play: Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 01/9179
Print Date: 09/1980
Artist: Yamamoto Hisashi (山本ひさし)
Personal Collection (A/P)