KIHEITAI
(奇兵隊)


DECEMBER 1919

                 
 
Plays: Kiheitai (奇兵隊); Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎);
Narukami (鳴神); Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 12/1919?
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 Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Benkei (弁慶) and Ichikawa Sumizô VI
(市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Yoshitsune (義経) in Ataka no Seki (安宅關); Bandô Jusaburô III
(阪東壽三郎; 坂東寿三郎) as Hirado Seizô (平戸清藏), Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as
Kano Gon'emon (河野権右衛門), and an unknown actor in Matsudaira Chôshichirô (松平長七郎);
Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Kyô Ningyô (京人形) and Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Hidari
Jingorô (左甚五郎) in Kyô Ningyô (京人形); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Kumo Taema-hime (雲絶間姫) and Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin
(鳴神上人) in Narukami (鳴神).