Nakamura Utaemon VI (中村歌右衛門) as
Hyôgo-ya Yatsuhashi (兵庫屋八ツ橋)
Play: Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame (籠釣瓶花街酔醒)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1961
Print Date: 04/1961?
Personal Collection
Note: Utaemon VI's troupe who performed at the Kabuki-za in April
1961 also performed at the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow, between
July 3-16, 1961. This particular copy was given as a present to the
U.S.S.R. Minister of Education at some point during the tour.
However, seeing as all of Mitsui Atsuo's other actor prints were
made in 1957, it is conceivable that this print could have originally
been made circa February 1956 or January 1958 in connection with
Utaemon VI's performances of Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame at the
Kabuki-za. It is also possible that this design was reissued in 1961
in connection with the 1961 revival. See also the entries for 1966
and 1981 for variant print designs.