HIYOKUMON ITOSHI NO JI
(比翼紋愛井の字)
JULY 1919
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助: 澤村宗之助) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
Plays: Chûshin Fuyunauri (忠臣冬菜賣); Yahata no Musume (八幡屋の娘); Hatena
(?);
Hiyokumon Itoshi no Ji (比翼紋愛井の字)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/18/19
Print Date: 07/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hagiwara
Sanai (萩原左内) and Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Nakamura Kansuke (中村勘助) in Chûshin Fuyunauri
(忠臣冬菜賣).