JANUARY 1994

                 
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫) as
Tobizu Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉)

Play: Omatsuri (お祭り)
[Mata Koko-ni Kabuki no Hanadashi (再茲歌舞妓花轢)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/94  
Print Date: 03/1994
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits X (Design 1)]
Daijû-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 1
(第十期大首絵シリーズの1)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: A smaller, simplified version of the actor's face was also
used on a 1998 holiday card.
 
 
 
 
 

                 
1998 Holiday Card with portraits of
Kataoka Takao I (片岡孝夫)

Print Date: c. 01/01/98
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: The holiday card uses reduced,
simplified images of Kataoka Takao
(left to right starting at the top row)
from the following prints:
 
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Sukeroku (助六), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/83);
Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in
Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/96);
Tobizu Matsukichi (鳶頭松吉) in
Omatsuri (お祭り), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/94);
Tamiya lemon (民谷伊右衛門) in
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (06/02/83);
Tsurigane Gonsuke (釣鐘権助) in
Sakurahime Azuma Bunshô (桜姫東文章), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/81);
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Act VII of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵),
Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/88).

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
[Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)]
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/94
Print Date: 04-05/94
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Kagekiyo (景清)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#64/80)
 

                 
Ichikawa Danjûrô XII (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)

Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
[Ôichô Sakae Kagekiyo (大銀杏榮景清)]
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/94
Print Date: 1996
Artist: Paul Binnie
Print Title: Grey Danjûrô [Gurê Danjuro (グレー団十郎)
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection
 
Note: This copy was printed "hors série" on grey, rather than on
black, washi paper.