GOKURAKU NO
ONI
(極楽の鬼)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as [Spiritual Father Belton] Rei
Chichi Beruton (靈父べルトン)
Plays: Koi no Shingen (戀の信玄); Gokuraku no Oni (極楽の鬼); Kantan (邯鄲);
Inu (犬)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
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 Takeda Shingen (武田信玄) in
Koi no Shingen (戀の信玄); Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as Rosei [Lu
Sheng] (盧生) in
Kantan (邯鄲); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as [Steven] Suteban
(ステバン) in Inu (犬).