Hanayagi Jusuke II (花柳寿輔; 花柳壽輔) as Myôjin (明神)
Play: Kokaji (小鍛冶)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/1954
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Series: Shin yakusha-e [New Actor Prictures] (新役者絵)
Personal Collection
Note: Dance Master Jusuke II was the choreographer for the
original performance in Tokyo at the Meiji-za in September 1939.
The print may depict Jusuke II's performance at some Noh
theatre, as I can find no record of him performing it in a Kabuki
theatre.