MEIBOKU SENDAI HAGI
(伽羅先代萩)

aka DATE KURABE OKUNI KABUKI (伊達競阿國劇場)
aka SENDAI HAGI (先代萩)
 
Act II, Scene 1: Take-no-Ma (竹の間) (The Bamboo Room) and
Act II, Scene 2: Goten (御殿) (The Palace)
 
 

MARCH 1900


Nakamura Tokiko (中村時子)  (age 9) as Mento Masaoka (乳人政岡)

Onoe Toyomaru (尾上豊丸) (age 6) as Senmatsu (千松)

Ichikawa Tonbo (市川とんぼ) (age 6) as Tsuruchiyo (鶴千代)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date:  04/23/1900
Artist: Ichikawa Reizan (市川礼山)
Title: [Tokyo Child Actors] Tokyo Kodomo Haiyu (東京子供俳優):
Chiyokame Goten Take no Ma no Ba (先代萩 御殿竹之間ノ場)」
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 
 
 


 
       

 
 
 
 

NOVEMBER 1901


Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
(市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as
Yashio (八汐)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/12/01
Print Date: 11/01/01
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III
(歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This is a revised version of a
design issued in March 1898. The far
left panel was also reissued as a
death print for Danjûrô IX in
September 1903. 
 
 
 
 


  Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
  Menoto Masaoka (乳人政岡)


   Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
   Sakae Gozen (栄御前)

MAY 1902


Unread as Unknown

Unread as Menoto Masaoka
(乳人政岡)

Unread as Todoke (?) Yashio (届八汐)

Unread as Okinoi (沖の井)

Unread [as Tsuruchiyo (鶴千代)

Unread as Unknown

Unread as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)

Unknown as Arajishi Otokonosuke
(荒獅子男之助)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩 )
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/05/02
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This is a strange print, as there
was no production of Sendai Hagi at
the Kabuki-za in or around May 1902.
While the actors' names cannot be
clearly read, what can be read
suggests that it might reflect the cast
of a production at the Kabuki-za in
April 1908.   An on-line dealer has a
copy which purports to be dated
1912.  Could there be multiple
printings of this set over the years,
and Tsuouchi Memorial Theatre
Museum's copy contain the first
page from one set and the last page
(with the printing information) from
another set?  Was there a revised
version of Sendai Hagi mounted at
the Kabuki-za in 1902 under a
different name?
 
 
 
 


 




  


 


  


 
 
 

JANUARY 1906

                 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Masaoka (政岡)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元)
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Sakamichi Raku (酒道楽); Takarabune Haru Hatsuyume (宝船春初夢)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/06
Print Date: 01/16/06
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




MARCH 1908

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as Masaoka (政岡)
 
Ichikawa Danzô VII (市川団蔵; 市川團蔵) as Nikki Danjô 仁木弾正)
 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Daigo no Hanami (醍醐の花見); Gozonji Banzui Chôbê
(御存幡随長兵衛); Harugasumi Sora-mo Sumiyoshi (春霞空住吉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/24/08
Print Date: 03/24/08
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 





NOVEMBER 1909

                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Masaoka (政岡)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi  (伽羅先代萩); Gozonji Banzui Chôbei (御存幡随長兵衛);
Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi (大経師昔暦); Waka Sanjin (和歌三神); Otsu-e (大津絵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/09
Print Date: 11/05/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 





JANUARY 1914


Issei Ichidai Appare Sugoroku (一世一代天晴双六)

Print Date: January 1, 1914
Artist: Igawa Sengai (井川洗厓)
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

Note: Published by Kodan Kurabu, No. 15 No. 1 New Year Issue Appendix.
 



           
           

                       


            
            Menoto (乳人) Masaoka (政岡)
                     
           

FEBRUARY 1915


Nakamura Kamon I (中村歌門) as
Masaoka (政岡)
 
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Engi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/31/15
Print Date: 02/1915?
Artist: Yoshida Eishô (吉田永昇)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

DECEMBER 1917

                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Menoto Masaoka (乳人政岡)

Play:  Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:  Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/1917
Print Date:  1917?
Artist: Fujisawa Tatsuo (藤澤龍雄; 藤沢竜雄)
Series: Hyôban Rien Tansei (評判梨園丹青)
Courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Utaemon V first portrayed Masaoka in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in April 1914.  He also reprised the role at the
Kabuki-za in April 1920.  Depending on when this print
was published, it is possible that this print depicts one of
these other performances.  Based on the other known\
print by Fujisawa in this series, it is also possible that
it depicts some performance outside of Tokyo.




APRIL 1923


Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (其小唄夢廓);
Sukeroku Sakura no Futae Obi (助六櫻の二重帯)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                 
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara (其小唄夢廓);
Sukeroku Sakura no Futae Obi (助六櫻の二重帯)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/23
Print Date: 04/1923?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



JUNE 1924


Ichimura Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as
Yashio (八汐)
      
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo     
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
 
Note: Uzaemon XV also performed
this role at the Shintomi-za in April
1923 with Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村 歌右衛門) as Masaoka
(政岡) when Chikamine was
active as a print designer.  I
cannot rule out the possibility
that this print reflects that
performance.
 
 
 
 

NOVEMBER 1924


Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村 歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
Tokyo      
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 1928?
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Images of Famous Actors of
Today] Tôsei Meiyû Omokage Zôshi
(當世名優面影双紙) #3
Personal Collection
 
Note: Utaemon V also performed
this role at the Shintomi-za in April
1923 with Uzaemon XV
(市村羽左衛門) as Yashio (八汐)
when Chikamine was active as a
print designer.  I cannot rule out
the possibility that this print
reflects that performance.
 
 
 
 

                               
                Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
                Masaoka (政岡)

                Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
                Performance Place: Teikoku  Gekijô, Tokyo
                Performance Date: 11/06/1924
                Print Date: 1926
                Artist: Shin'ei (新栄; 新榮)
                Series: Nigao-e (似顔絵), No. 2
                Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
                ^Note: A damaged copy is in the Karl collection.
 
 



               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 11/1924?
Artist: Miyake Hanayama (三宅花山)
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: In the relevant time period, Utaemon V also portrayed
Masaoka at the Shintomi-za in April 1923 and at the Kabuki-za
in October 1928.   I cannot rule out the possibility that this
print reflects one of these other performances.



                    
Plays: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Sakakibara Takao (榊原高尾); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/06/24
Print Date: 11/1924?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



MARCH 1927


Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Hongô-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/27
Print Date: c. 1927-1928
Artist:  Kamishita Chikamine
(神下周峯)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Series: [Stage Picture Scroll -
2nd Collection] Butai Emaki dai
2-shû (舞台絵巻 第2集)
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
 
 
 

OCTOBER 1928

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/28
Print Date: 1952
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#7)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Utaemon V first played the role of Masaoka in this
play in Tokyo at the Kabuki-za in March 1914.  Although
Utaemon V's final Tokyo appearance in this role was in
October 1928, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Utaemon V's prior performances.  However, the
print is similar to a photo from the October 1928
production.
 

 

FEBRUARY 1935

                 
Nakamura Baigyoku III (中村梅玉) as Masaoka (政岡)

? as Takechiyo

? as [Masaoka's son]

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Osaka Kabuki-za
Performance Date: 02/01/35
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番);
also reissued as part of the series Kabuki Jûni Dai
 (歌舞伎十二第) in 1952
*Personal Collection
 
 
 







                 
Nakamura Baigyoku III (中村梅玉) as Masaoka (政岡)

? as [Masaoka's child]

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Osaka Kabuki-za
Performance Date: 02/01/35
Print Date: 1941
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: Chûkô Kabuki Jûhachiban  (忠孝歌舞伎十八番)
Courtesy of Artelino.com


                   
Nakamura Baigyoku III (中村梅玉) as Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Osaka Kabuki-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/01/35
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#28)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Baigyoku III died on March 18, 1948
at age 74.  There is no record of Baigyoku III having
performed the role of Masaoka in Tokyo.  He did, however,
reprise the role at the Osaka Kabuki-za in May 1943, but
the print more closely resembles a photograph from the
February 1935 production.
 
 
 
 

.

1954


Tsuruchiyo (鶴千代)
 
Masaoka (政岡)
 
Senmatsu (千松)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Date: 1954
Artist: Ohashi Gekkô (大橋月皎)
Series: [Woodblock Prings of Famous Stories of Kabuki]
Meikyôgen; Kabuki Mokuhangashu (名狂言  歌舞伎木版画集)  Series 1
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 


              

1963

                   
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
Performance Place:  [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1963
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu IV (長谷川貞信)
Series: Bunraku-za Ningyô Hanga-shû
(文楽座人形版画集), #?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 
 

MAY 1983

                 
Nakamura Shikan VII (中村芝翫) as
Ukyô Tsuma Okinoi (右京妻沖の井)

Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門)  as
Menoto Masaoka (乳人政岡)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/83
Print Date: 05/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 19)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 19
 (第三期大首絵シリーズの19)
Personal Collection (#20/36)

Note: 7 copies from the edition of  were destroyed by the artist.

                   
Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as
Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐)

Jitsukawa Enjaku III (三世實川延若) as
Sakae Gozen (栄御前)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
[Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/83
Print Date: 05/1983
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits III (Design 20)]
Daisan-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 20
(第三期大首絵シリーズの20)
Personal Collection (#14/36)

Note: A larger version of Kanzaburô XVlI's face was used for
Reminiscences II (01/2000).  19 copies from the edition of 36
were destroyed by the artist.
 
 
 
 

                 
Reminiscences II (思い出 II)

Print Date:  01/2000
Image courtesy of Tsuruya-koukei.com

Note: This print contains larger versions of
the following actors' faces (left to right
starting at the top row):

1. Ichikawa Ennosuke III (市川猿之助) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六) in
Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki (黒手組曲輪達引), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (07/02/1982).
2. Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as Hannyo (斑女) in
Sumidagawa (隅田川), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1981).
3. Onoe Shôroku II (尾上松縁) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in
Kanjinchô (勧進帳), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (11/1980).
4. Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in
Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵), Kokuritsu Gekijô, Tokyo (10/04/1986).
5. Nakamura Kanzaburô XVlI (中村勘三郎) as Danjô Imôto Yashio (弾正妹八汐) in
Sendai Hagi (先代萩), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/01/1983)
6. Ichimura Uzaemon XVII (市村羽左衛門) as Fujioka Tôjûrô (藤岡藤十郎) in
Shisenryô (四千両), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (02/01/1983).
7. Bandô Tamasaburô V (坂東玉三郎) as Yûjo Okaru (遊女おかる) in
Gion Ichiriki Jaya (祇園一力茶屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1988).
8. Jitsukawa Enjaku III (實川延若) as Hyakushô Kyûsaku (百姓久作) in
Nozakimura (野崎村), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/1989).
9. Onoe Kikugorô VII (尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧) in
Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1995).
10. Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (松本幸四郎) as Matsuômaru (松王丸) in
Terakoya (寺子屋), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (03/02/1997).
11. Sawamura Tanosuke VI (澤村田之助) as Mitsuhide Tsuma Satsuki (光秀妻皐月) in
Kikyô no Hataage (桔梗旗揚), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (05/03/1997).
12. Nakamura Ganjirô III (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛) in
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵), Kabuki-za, Tokyo (01/02/1996).
 
 
 
 

MAY 1990

                 
Onoe Baikô VII (尾上梅幸) as
Mento Masaoka (乳人政岡)

Play: Sendai Hagi (先代萩)
Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/02/90
Print Date: 10/1990
Artist: Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪)
Series: [Bust Portraits VIII (Design 4)]
Daihachi-ki Ôkubi-e Shirîzu no 4
(第七期大首絵シリーズの4)
Personal Collection (#18/90)
 
 
 
 

JUNE 1993

                 
Nakamura Jakuemon IV (中村雀右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Act II, Scene II of Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/93
Print Date: 10 - 11/1995
Print Title: Masaoka (政岡)
Artist: Paul Binnie
Medium: Kappazuri print
Image courtesy of Binniecatalogue.com
Personal Collection (#12/100) 
 
 
 
 


UNKNOWN DATES

                   
Masaoka (政岡)

? as [Masaoka's son]

Play:   Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place:  [Bunraku-za, Osaka?]
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信)
Series: ?
Image courtesy of the Ritsumeikan ARC Collection
 
 
 





                 
Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Menjo? Sachiko (毛受幸子)
Publication: Nigao-e Kabuki Ehon
(似顔絵歌舞伎絵本)
Medium: Lithographic reproduction of artwork
Personal Collection
 
Note: Utaemon VI performed this role in Tokyo nine times
between December 1953 and December 1988.
 
 
 
 






                   
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎) in
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi  (與話情浮名横櫛)
and similar plays

Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Onhahakô Yodo no Kata (淀の方) [Yodogimi (淀君)] in
Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月) and
similar plays

Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門) in
Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)

Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車)  as
Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正) in
Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbē (亀屋忠兵衛; 龜屋忠兵衛) in
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)

Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) in Kanjinchô (勧進帳)

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Idahachi (伊太八) in Onoe Idahachi (尾上伊太八)

Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)  as Yayoi (弥生) in
Kagami Jishi  (鏡獅子) and similar plays

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijô (鬼女) in
Modoribashi (戻橋)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I  (中村吉右衛門) as
Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原) in
Kajiwara Heizô Homare no Ishikiri (梶原平三誉石切)

Title:  Dozô no Rakugaki (土蔵のらくがき)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 




               
Nakamura Utaemon V  (中村歌右衛門) as
Masaoka (政岡)

Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Lithograph?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: During the time when Shikô is known to have been
actively designing prints, Utaemon V performed this role in
Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in April 1923, the Teikoku Geikijō
in November 1924, and at the Kabuki-za in October 1928.
However, it is possible that this pint reflects a regional
performance.
 
 
 


            
            Nakamura Fukusuke
            (中村福助) as Masaoka (政岡)

            Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
            (伽羅先代萩)
            Artist: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
   
            Note Fukusuke * performed
            this role at the Meiji-za in
            October 1931.