NOVEMBER 1986

                 
Suketakaya Kodenji II (助高屋小伝次)  as
Ono Kudayû (斧九太夫)

Play: [Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋)], Act 7 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/86
Print Date: 01/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Acts from Kanadehon Chûshingura]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Kanadehon Chûshingura Roku-maku
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
*Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

                 
Onoe Tatsunosuke I (尾上辰之助) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Act 5 [Scene 2 - Teppô Watashi] of
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/86
Print Date: 02/1987
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits V, Six Acts from Kanadehon Chûshingura]
Daigo-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu Kanadehon Chûshingura Roku-maku
(第五期大首絵シリーズ・女形大首六姿)
Personal Collection (#11/54)
 
 
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shibajaku VII (中村芝雀)  as
Usuyuki-hime (薄雪姫)

Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari (新薄雪物語)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/86
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note: Shibajaku VII also performed this role in Tokyo
at the Kabuki-za in June 2008, but this is believed to have
been after the publication date of the set.