SEPTEMBER 1956






                   
Ichikawa Sadanji III (市川左団次 市川左團次) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)

Play:  Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Tôyoko Hall, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/1956
Print Date: 09/1956 or later
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Hand-colored keyblock print (版画源画)
Personal Collection

Note: A similar but  more detailed version of this
design is shown in the 2002 and 1991 Shunsen
catalogs (and appears to be a painting).  Another
verison of this print exist without the butterflies
hand-painted in the upper left corner.