AZUMA GONIN OTOKO
(吾妻五人男)
Plays: Azuma Gonin Otoko (吾妻五人男); Kinnô Ibun (勤王遺聞); Kokusen'ya
Gassen (國性爺合戦);
Adesugata On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (璃壽靭猿)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
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 Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Hirano Jirô (平野次郎) in
Kinnô Ibun (勤王遺聞); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osono (おその) and
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助)
as Hanbei (半兵衛) in Adesugata On'namaiginu (艶姿女舞衣); Sawamura
Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Miyoshino (三吉野) and Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥;
守田勘彌) as Noshihira (熨斗平) in
Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (璃壽靭猿); and Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
(松本幸四郎) as Watônai (和藤内) and
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Goshôgun Kanki (伍将軍甘輝) in
Kokusen'ya Gassen (國性爺合戦).