Mizutani Yaeko I (水谷八重子丈) as
Ochô (お蝶)
Play: Ochô Fujin (お蝶夫人)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/53
Print Date: 07/1954
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Gendai Butai Geika (現代舞台芸花) (#4)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Yaeko first played the role of Ochô in this play in
Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in August 1952. Although
Yaeko's final Tokyo appearance in this role before the the
publication of this print was in September 1953, it is
possible that Gakô based this print on Yaeko's
performance at the Kabuki-za.