Ishii Burakku (石井 ブラック) as  Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)
 
Play: Edo Murasaki Hiyoku no Monjitsu (江戸紫比翼紋日)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 07/1896?
Print Date: 07/1896
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
 
 
 

               
                Woodblock printed announcement of the opening of the
                Kawakami teahouse at the Kawakami-za
 
 
                Performance Place: Kawakami-za, Tokyo
                Print Date: 07/1896?
                Artist: ?
                Personal Collection
 
                Note:  The Kawakami-za opened in Tokyo on June 6,
                1896.  The first regular run program was [Japanese Girl]
                Nihon Musume (日本娘), which starred Kawakami Otojirô
                (川上音二 郎; 川上音次郎) and which opened on July 2, 1896.