CHIYODA NINJÔ
(千代田刃傷)
APRIL 1922
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Matsudaira Geki (松平外記)
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Chichi Yorimo (父頼母)
Plays: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Takatoki (高時); Chiyoda
Ninjô (千代田刃傷);
Modoribashi (戻橋); Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (桂川連理柵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in
Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Sayuri (小百合) in Modoribashi (戻橋);
and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Shinanoya Ohan (信濃屋お半)
and Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Obiya Chôemon '(帯屋長右衛門) in Katsuragawa Renri
no Shigarami
(桂川連理柵).