FÛSEN NORI UWASA NO TAKADONO
(風船乗評判高閣)

Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
[Balloon Rider Spencer]
Fûsen-jô Supensâ 
(風船乗スペンサー)
 
Onoe Kikunosuke II (尾上菊之助) as
Sanyûtei Baichô (三遊亭梅朝)
 
 
Play: Fûsen Nori Uwasa no
Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/07/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theater Museum
 
Note: Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
was a famous rakugo performer,
and many of his stories were
adapted into kabuki plays.
 
 

  Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as
  Fukutomi Manuemon (福富万右衛門)
 
  Sawamura Shozan II (沢村曙山) as
  [Shimizuya's Daughter Omura]
  Shimizuya Musume Omura
  (清水屋娘おむら)

                    
   Nakamura Fukusuke IV  (中村福助)
   as [Fukutomi's daughter Otama]
   Fukutomi no Musume Otama
   (福富の娘お玉)
 
   Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
   Sanyûtei Enchô (三遊亭円朝)
 
 
 
 

                
Plays:  Nezumi Komon Harugi no Hinagata  (鼠小紋春着雛形); Gion Sairei Shinkôki  (祇園祭礼信仰記);
Fûsen Nori Uwasa no Takadono (風船乗評判高閣)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/91
Print Date: 01/09/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳), Onoe
Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as Konoshita Tôkichi (此下東吉), Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Yukihime (雪姫) in Gion Sairei Shinkôki  (祇園祭礼信仰記).  The balloon, however, is from Fûsen Nori
Uwasa no Takadono (風船乗評判高閣).