FEBRUARY 1930

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)  as
Osome (お染)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/30
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#31)
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unpublished design.  Sôjûrô VII died on March 2, 1949 at
 age 75.  Sôjûrô VII also portrayed Osome in a product of Osome
no Michiyuki (お染の道行) in February 1923 at the Ichimura-za.  It i
s possible that this work reflects that earlier performance.
 
 

                    
Play:  Taiyô no Nai Machi (太陽のない街)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/03-11/30
Print Date: 02/1930?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Performed by the Sayoku Gekijô.