JUNE 1924
Ichkawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Yashio (八汐)
Play: Meiboku Sendai
Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:
Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date:
06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist: Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock
printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of
Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû
Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
Note: Uzaemon XV also
performed
this role at the
Shintomi-za in April
1923 with Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村 歌右衛門) as Masaoka
(政岡) when Chikamine was
active as a print
designer. I
cannot rule out the
possibility
that this print
reflects that
performance.