Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
Play: Kyôkanoko Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/48
Print Date: 1949
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Kikugorô Buyo Sugata [Kikugorô’s Dance Appearances]
(菊五郎舞踊姿)
Personal Collection
Note: Kikugorô VI first performed the role of Hanako in Tokyo at
the Shintomi-za in September 1912. He reprised the role in Tokyo
on at least 17 subsequent occasions. Although his appearance at the
Tokyo Gekijô in January 1948 was his last appearance in this role in
Tokyo, it is possible that this print depicts Kikugorô VI in one of
these other productions.