MITSUI ATSUO
(三井淳生)
1981
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;
篭釣瓶花街酔醒)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/1981
Personal Collection (#55/100)
Note: See the entry for 1961 and 1966 showing similar prints..
This color variant bears an inscribed date of September 1981 and
is signed in gold by the actor and sealed by him in
read. It is
possible that it was reissued to commemorate a revival of
Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame at the Kabuki-za in September 1980
that starred Utaemon VI, or some intervening regional production.
Edition number slip for preceding print (#55/100)
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;
篭釣瓶花街酔醒)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/1981
Personal Collection
Note: This appears to be a printer's proof of the 1981 variant, as
it
is not numbered, and is not signed or sealed by the actor.