KAJI
(借児)





JULY 1910

                 
 
Plays: Tonosama Kanji (殿様勘次); Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記); Kaji (借児);
Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/07/10
Print Date: 07/10/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover depicts Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
disguised as the farmer Tajű (太十) in Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎)
and a second actor in unknown roles.