HONCHÔ ÔSHÔKUN
(本朝王昭君)



OCTOBER 1921

                 
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tawaraya Sôtatsu (俵屋宗達)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (烏丸光広)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Gakusô Keiun (學僧慶雲)
 
 Plays: Honchô Ôshôkun  (本朝王昭君); Onatsu Kyôran (おなつ狂乱); Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri
(名月八幡祭)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01/21
Print Date: 10/1921?
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 Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Onatsu (おなつ) in Onatsu Kyôran
(おなつ狂乱); and Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Uosô (魚惣),  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎;
澤村宗十郎) as Chijimiya Shinsuke (縮屋新助), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Geisha Miyokichi (芸者美代吉) in Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri (名月八幡祭).