JANUARY 1950
Ichikawa Ebizô IX (市川海老蔵) as
Nuregami Chôgorô (濡髪長五郎)
Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/1950
Print Date: 01/1950?
Artist: Sasajima Kihei (笹島喜平)
Medium: Colored woodblock print, likely with
hand-applied color on verso
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Ebizô IX previously performed this role at the Tokyo
Gekijô in January 1947. I cannot rule out the possibility
that
this print reflects that earlier performance.