OCTOBER 1923

                   
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Komatsuya Sôshichi (小松屋宗七)

Play: Kezori (毛剃), common name for
Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
(恋湊博多諷; 恋港博多諷)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 03-04/1923
Print Date: 1927
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Sôsaku Hanga: Shunsen Nigao-e Shû
(創作版画 春仙似顔集) (#25)
*Personal Collection

Note: I have not located a performance by Fukusuke IV in
this role in Tokyo.
 
 
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Nazo no Obi Chotto Tokubê (謎帶一寸徳兵衛)
Performance Place: Yachiyo-za, Kobe
Performance Date: 10/1923
Print Date: 12/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1923)
Personal Collection