MARCH 1953

                   
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)

Play:  Sukeroku Yukari No Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸櫻; 助六由縁江戸桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/53
Print Date: 03/1957
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
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Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Hanakawado Sukeroku  (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura
(助六由縁江戸桜; 助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/02/53
Print Date: 01/1954
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#1)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Ebizô IX first played the role of Sukeroku in this play
in Tokyo at the Tokyo Gekijô in June 1946.  Although
Ebizô IX's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in March
1953, it is possible that Gakô based this print on one of
Ebizô IX's prior performances.  This design was reissued to
commemorate his shumei at the Kabuki-za in April and May 1962.