IZUMO NO OKUNI
(出雲の阿國)


JUNE 1910

                 
 
Plays: Nue Taiji (鵺退治); Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝); Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿国);
Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨); Rokkasen Kyôga no Suminuri (六歌仙狂画墨塗)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/10
Print Date: 06/01/10
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hiki Daigaku Kumamoto (比企大学熊本)
or Daigaku Saburô (大学三郎) in Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法); Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sakuragawa Ranchô (桜川蘭蝶) in Ranchô (蘭蝶); and an unknown actor
in an unknown role.
 





SEPTEMBER 1919

                 
 
Plays: On'na Narukami (女鳴神);  Ikka Zoku (一家族); Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿國);
Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
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 Hiki Daigaku Kumamoto (比企大学熊本) or
Daigaku Saburô (大学三郎) in in Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法); Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sakuragawa Ranchô (桜川蘭蝶) in Ranchô (蘭蝶); and Ichimura Kamezo III
(市村亀蔵; 市村龜蔵) as Taemanosuke (當麻之助) in On'na Narukami (女鳴神).