Hôkaibô (法界坊)
Play: Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage
(隅田川続俤; 隅田川續俤)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1951
Medium: Woodblock print with hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
Note: It is unclear whether this print depicts a specific actor in the role
of Hôkaibô. However, it is possible that it depicts Nakamura Kanzaburô
XVI (中村勘三郎), who portrayed Hokaibo in a production of
Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage at the Kabuki-za i, Tokyo in August
1951 and at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô in Tokyo in February 1950.