MARCH 1959
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as
Kumedera Danjô (粂寺弾正)
Play: Kenuki (毛抜)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/59
Print Date: 03/1959 or later
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
Note: Kôshirô VIII also performed this role at the
Minami-za in Tokyo in February 1950. I cannot
rule out the possibility that this print reflects that
performance. A similar but more detailed
version of this design is shown in the 2002 and
1991 Shunsen catalogs (and appears to be a painting).
Yamamoto Fujiko (山本富士子) as
? (情谷叶家) Koume (小梅)
Film: Jôen (情炎)
Released: 03/17/59
Print Date: 03/1959 or later
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
Note: A similar but more detailed version of this
design is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen
catalogs (and appears to be a painting).
Yamamoto Fujiko (山本富士子) as
? (情谷叶家) Koume (小梅)
Film: Jôen (情炎)
Released: 03/17/59
Print Date: 03/1959 or later
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
Note: A similar but more detailed version of this
design is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen
catalogs (and appears to be a painting).
Jitsukawa Enjirô II (実川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
Okaru (お軽; おかる)
Play: Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
(道行旅路花聟) between Acts IV and
V of Kanadehon Chûshingura
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/1959
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection
Note: I have not found an instance where both
actors appeared together in Tokyo in these roles.
They did perform the Michiyuki Tabiji no
Hanamuko (道行旅路の花聟) scene of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
together at the Osaka Kabuki-za in October 1955
and at the Minami-za in Kyoto in December 1955.
A similar but more detailed version of this design
is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen catalogs
(and appears to be a painting).