KATÔ SAEMON
(加藤左衞門)

                 
 
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
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 Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nasa no Yogoro
(那須与五郎), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yaheibyôe Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清),
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamushi (玉蟲), and  Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助;
澤村宗之助) as Takakoto (玉琴) in Heikegani (史劇平家蟹).
 
 
 

                 
 
Plays:  Horibe Myôkaini  (堀部妙海尼);  Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらがな盛衰記); Renjishi (連獅子);
Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門); Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/16/12
Print Date: 11/1912
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 Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Ofude (お筆), Sawamura Sônosuke I
(沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oyoshi (およし), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sendô
Matsuemon (船頭松右衛門), in actuality, Higuchi Jirô (桶口次郎), and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hatakeyama Shoji Shigetada (畠山庄司重忠) in Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記).