MARCH 1922

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kumagai Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実)
          
Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/22
Print Date: 03/1922?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This design (lacking Kunisada's
signature and seal, no doubt because
Kunisada had died in 1920) was originally
issued in a slightly different color
scheme circa June 1919 when Kichiemon
I played this role at the Kabuki-za.
 

                                       
                    Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
                    Matsuômaru (松王丸)

                    Play:  Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
                    (菅原傅授手習鑑; 菅原伝授手習鑑)
                    Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
                    Performance Date: 03/1922
                    Print Date: 1928
                    Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
                    Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
                    (創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#29)
                    Personal Collection

                    Note: Hikosaburô VI first played this role in Tokyo at the
                    Teikoku Gekijô in February 1918.  He also played the role
                    at the Shinbashi Enbujô in February 1919 and February
                    1920, and at the Asakusa Shochiku-za in February 1921.
                    It is possible that Shunsen modeled this print on one of
                    these other prior performances. 
 
 

                 
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Matsuri no Yogatari (祭りの夜がたり); Tsuchigumo (土蜘);
Shimizu Ikkaku (清水一角); Makari Koshiji Azuma no Hitofushi (罷越路東諷)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/01/22
Print Date: 03/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum