ARAO JÔSUKE
(荒尾譲介)
 

Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters (Atari yaku nigaoe sugoroku)

Print Date: 01/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: Supplement to the magazine Engei Kurabu, Vol. 2, No. 1.
 
 

            
            Takada Minoru (高田実) as Arao Jôsuke (荒尾譲介)
 
            Play:  Arao Jôsuke (荒尾譲介)
            Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/15/12
            Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

           
Takada Minoru (高田實; 高田実) as
Arao Jôsuke (荒尾讓助;荒尾譲介)

Play: Arao Jôsuke (荒尾讓助; 荒尾譲介)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/15/12
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)  (#1)
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unpublished design.  Arao Jôsuke was a sequel to Konjiki
Yasha (金色夜叉), a novel by Kôyô Ozaki, Konjiki
Yasha was adapted for the stage in a March 1898
production at the Ichimura-za that starred Minoru and
was included on November 1912 bill at the Hongô-za,
Since Minoru played the same character in both plays,
the print could depict him in either play.  Takada
Minoru died on September 20, 1916 at age 46.