IMOHORI CHÔJA
(芋堀長者)


 
 

                 
 
Plays: Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Imohori Chôja (芋堀長者);
Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結); Mitsu Ningyô (三人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/19
Print Date: 03/1919?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Izumiya Seibei (和泉屋清兵衛) and  Onoe
Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Sakan Chôbê (左官長兵郎) in Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi
(人情噺文七元結); and Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門) in
Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六).
 

                    

Plays: Kongen Kusazuri-biki (根元草摺引); Takatoki (高時); Imohori Chôja ( 芋堀長者); Kami no
Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/03/26
Print Date: 12/1926?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
Note: The cover depicts Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時宗)
and  Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈) in Kongen Kusazuri-biki
(根元草摺引); and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Megumi no Tatsugorô (め組の辰五郎) and 
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Shinagawa no Tokijirô (品川の常次郎) in Kami no
Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組).