IROHA SHINSUKE
(いろは新助)
MARCH 1912
Plays: Date Masamune (伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iroha Shinsuke (いろは新助)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Print Date: 03/12/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Kumagai Jirô Naozane
(熊谷次郎直実), Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Yoshitsune
(義経), Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Midaroku ( 弥陀六), and Jitsukawa
Enjirô I (実川延二郎;
實川延二郎) as Sagami (相模) in Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記).