CHORYO HEISHO NO
TAMAMONO
(張良兵書賜)
Plays: Kama-ga-Fuchi Futatsu Domoe (釜淵双級巴); Chôryô Heisho no
Tamamono (張良兵書賜);
Hizakurige (膝栗毛); Funa Benkei (船辨慶); [Miss Ruth Page Dance] Ruusu
Pêji Joshi Buyô
(ルウス・ペエヂ女史舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
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 Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ishikawa
Goemon (石川五右衛門),
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kinoshita Tôkichi (此下藤吉),
and Onoe Kôzô II
(尾上幸蔵) as Gorôbei (五郎兵衛) in Kama-ga-Fuchi Futatsu Domoe (釜淵双級巴);
Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Tachimen Yajirobé (栃面屋弥次郎兵衛) in Hizakurige (膝栗毛);
and Onoe Baikô
VI (尾上梅幸) as Tomomori No Rei (知盛の霊) in Funa Benkei (船辨慶).