MAY 1997

               
Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as
Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月)

Play: Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/97
Print Date: 07/1997
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits XI (Design 8)]
Daijûichi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 8
(第十一期大首絵シリーズの8)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com
 
Note: A larger version of the actor's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print contains larger versions of
the following actors' faces (left to right
starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 
 

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: Kanamaru-za, Kotohira
Performance Dates: May 8-25, 1997
Print Date: 1997
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed poster
Personal Collection

Note: The programs were made up of Banchô Sarayashiki
(番町皿屋敷), Migawari Zazen (身替座禅), Hagoromo (羽衣),
Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩), and Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人).  It starred Nakamura Shikan VII ((中村芝翫),
Nakamura Tomijûrô V (中村富十郎), Nakamura Baigyoku V
(中村梅玉), Kataoka Gatô V (片岡我當; 片岡我当), Nakamura
Matsue VI (中村松江), Nakamura Tôzô VI (中村東蔵), Kataoka
Roen VI (片岡芦燕), Nakamura Shinjirô, Kataoka Shinnosuke
(片岡**), Nakamura Tamatarô (中村智太郎), and Nakamura
Utae (中村歌江).