ENMA Ô
(閻魔王)
JULY 1911
[Bon Kyôgen at the Ichimura-za]
Ichimuraza no Bon Kyôgen (市村座の盆狂言)
Play: ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/09/11
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 134 (Aug. 1, 1911)
Personal Collection
Note: The plays on the July bill were Hashi Kuyou Bonji no
Mongaku (橋供養梵字文覚); Danmari Setsugekka (だんまり雪月花);
Enma Ō (閻魔王); Kiku Moyô Konomi no Benizome (菊模様好紅染);
and Tôchû Hizakurige (東海道中膝栗毛).
Onoe Kikugorô (尾上菊五郎) as Enma Daiô (閻魔大王)
Play: Enma-ô (閻魔王)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/09/11
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California