JITSUGETSUSEI
(日月星)
NOVEMBER 1912
Plays: Shin Nanba Senki (新難波戦記); Kikubatake (菊畑); Meikô
Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門);
Jitsugetsusei (日月星)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Print Date: 11/03/12
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as Chienai
(智恵内), Ichimura Uzaemon
XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵), actually Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸),
Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村歌右衛門) as Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫), and Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kiichi Hôgen
(鬼一法眼) in Kikubatake (菊畑).