CYRUS BALDRIDGE

1937

Female Impersonator - Tokyo

Print Date: 1937
Medium: Etching
Personal Collection

Note: It has been suggested that the actor was a member of the
Nakamura family, the most obvious candidates being Nakamura
Utaemon V, Nakamura Jakuemon III, Nakamura Fukusuke IV
(Takasagoya), and Nakamura Fukusuke V (Narikomaya).

The Ghost - Kabukiza

Print Date: 1937
Medium: Drypoint etching
Personal Collection

Note: Baldridge's autobiography indicates that he saw Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎) in 1924 perform a ghost role, so that is presumably the actor
depicted in this etching.