AIKOKUSHA
(愛國者)
 


DECEMBER 1917

                 
 
Plays: Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Aikokusha (愛國者); Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (戀飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 12/1917?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as Oyoshi (およし), Kataoka Nizaemon
XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Oishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助), Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次)
as Yoshida Chuzaemon (吉田忠左衛門), and Kataoka Ichizô IV (片岡市蔵) as Terasaka Kichiemon
(寺坂吉右衛門) in Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵助); Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Aoyama Harima (青山播磨), Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Hôkoma Shirôbei
(放駒四郎兵衛), and Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Okiku (お菊) in Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷);
and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Umegawa (梅川) in Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
(戀飛脚大和往来).  The other figure is unknown.