CHÛKÔ SOMEWAKE TAZUNA
(忠孝染分繮)




                 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Date Shinzaemon (伊達新左衛門)
 
Plays: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha (四千両小判梅葉); Kaichô Taiji (怪鳥退治);
Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中);  Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/27/11
Print Date: 09/28/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Gorozaburo
(吉田五郎三郎),  Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fujieda Geki (藤枝外記), and 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ayaginu (綾衣) in Minowa no Shinjû
(箕輪の心中).