DECEMBER 1949

                   
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as Sekibê (関兵衛)

Play: Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To 
(積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪関扉)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1949
Print Date: 1950
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Personal Collection

Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibê (関守関兵衛)
           
Play: Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪關扉)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1949
Print Date: 12/1949?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Medium: Colored woodblock print, likely with
hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note:  Kôshirô VIII would reprise this role during the
1950s at the Meiji-za in March 1951, at the Kabuki-za in
December 1953, at the Meiji-za in March 1956, and at the
Kabuki-za in November 1959.  I cannot rule out the
possibility that this print reflects one of these later
performances.