Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘彌) as
Kyôjin [Madman] Katsushima Yoshitarô (勝島義太郎)
Play: Akujyô no Kyôjin (屋上の狂人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/21
Print Date: 1921
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Image courtesy of The Art of Japan
Note: There was a second production of Akujyô no Kyôjin in Tokyo
that opened on June 21, 1921 at the Meiji-za. Sawada Shôjirô
(澤田正二郎) played the main role in that production. Depending
on the month when this print was made, I cannot rule out the pos-
sibility that it depicts Sawada Shôjirô and not Morita Kany'a XIII.
However, based on a photo-postcard I have found, I believe it
depicts Kany'a XIII.