JULY 1948





? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô,
Tokyo           
Performance Date: 07/1948
Print Date: 07/1948?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi
Gekijô Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場
板画小集)
Medium: Woodblock print with hand-
applied color on verso
Personal Collection

Note: This the design on the wrapper for
the prints in this series.  It is possible
that the print depicts a generic Jôruri
reciter, and not a specific performer in any
particular play at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô.  The
plays on the bill at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô in
July 1948 were Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan
(東海道四谷怪談); Shinobi Yoru Koi no
Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者); Sato Moyô
Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫); and
Koreha Hyôban Ukina no Yomiuri
(是評判浮名讀賣).
 
 


           
            Ichikawa Danzô VIII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) in
            the dual roles of Naosuke (直助) and
            Naosuke disguised as Gonbê (直助権兵衛)
           
            Play: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Personal Collection

            
            Ichikawa Danzô VIII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) as
            Naosuke (直助)
 
            Sawamura Tosshô IV (沢村訥升; 澤村訥舛) as
            Osode  (お袖) (seen from behind only)
           
            Play: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Personal Collection


            
            Ichikawa Dannosuke VI (市川團之助) as
            Takuetsu ( 按摩宅悦)
 
            Nakamura Moshio IV (中村もしほ) as Oiwa (お岩)
           
            Play: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Moshio IV (中村もしほ) in the dual
            roles of Oiwa (お岩) and Kobotoke Kohei
            (小佛小平)
           
            Play: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color
            on verso
            Personal Collection



 
  Ichikawa Somegorô V (市川染五郎) as
  Tamiya Iemon (民谷伊右衛門)
 
  Play: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
  Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
  Performance Date: 07/1948
  Print Date: 07/1948?
  Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
  Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
  Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
  Personal Collection

            
            Nakamura Shikan VI (中村芝翫) as
            Takiyasha-hime ( 瀧夜又姫)
 
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
            Ôya no Tarô Mitsukuni (大宅太郎光國)
           
            Play: Shinobi Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜戀曲者)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Personal Collection

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as 
            Motome (求女)

            Play: Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color
            on verso
            Personal Collection

            
            Ôtani Tomoemon VII (大谷友右衛門) as
            Izayoi (十六夜)
 
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as Seishin (清心)
           
            Play: Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Personal Collection

            
            Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as Seishin (清心)
            Ôtani Tomoemon VII as Izayoi (十六夜)
 
            Kataoka Ichizô V (片岡市蔵) as
            Ôdera Shôbei (大寺正兵衛)
           
            Play: Sato Moyô Azami no Ironui (花街模様薊色縫)
            Performance Place: Mitsukoshi Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 07/1948
            Print Date: 07/1948?
            Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
            Series: Shichigatsu Kyôgen Mitsukoshi Gekijô
            Hanga Ko-Shû (七月狂言 三越劇場 板画小集))
            Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color
            on verso
            Personal Collection