IMOHORI CHÔJA
(芋堀長者)
MARCH 1919
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).