FEBRUARY 1940

                   
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Yashaô (夜叉王)

Play: Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1940
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)  (#20)
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unpublished design.  Sadanji II died on February 23, 1940
at age 61.  He first played the role of Yashaô in Tokyo at
the Meiji-za in May 1911.  Although Sadanji's final Tokyo
appearance in this role was at the Shinbashi Enbujô in
February 1940, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Sadanji II's prior performances.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                    
Play:  Daibutsu Kaigen (大佛開眼)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shôgekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/02/40 - 03/18/40
Print Date: 02/1940?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum