Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一條大蔵卿)
Play: Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一條大蔵卿), presumably
Act IV, Scene 3 of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
(鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1953
Print Date: 08/1954
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#5)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Kichiemon I first played the role of Ichijô Ôkurakyô
in this play in Tokyo at the Asakusa-za in April 1898.
Although Kichiemon I's final Tokyo appearance in this role
was in June 1953, it is possible that Gakô based this print
on one of Kichiemon I's prior performances.