Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Zendama (善玉)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Akudama (惡玉; 悪玉)
Plays: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Sanja Matsuri (三社祭); Shisenryô Koban no
Umenoha (四千両小判梅葉); Minori no Nigiwai
(御法賑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/25
Print Date: 01/03/25
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
Note: The cover also depicts Ôtani Tomoemon
VI (大谷友右衛門) as Byakugô no Midaroku
(白毫の彌陀六) and Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as Kumagai Naozane
(熊谷 次郎 直実) in Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記); and Bandô Hikosaburô VI
(坂東彦三郎) as Hamada Sanai (浜田左内) in
Shisenryô Koban no Umenoha
(四千両小判梅葉).
Play: Sanja Matsuri (三社祭)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Kiyomoto Bushi (清元節)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art