KINOKUNI BUNZA DAIJIN
MAI
(紀國文左大盡舞)
MARCH 1914
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kinokuniya Bunzaemon
(紀國屋文左衛門)
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kaiga Saburôbei (貝賀三郎兵衛)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (澤村宗之助) as Otsune (お種)
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Shirakoya Shozaburo (白子屋庄三郎)
Plays: Kinokuni Bunza Daijin Mai (紀國文左大盡舞); Meihitsu Domo no
Matahei (名筆吃又平);
Chikubushima (竹生島); Haru no Yoi (春の宵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/14
Print Date: 03/1914?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
MAY 1923
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Bunzaemon (文左衛門)i
Plays: Jinniku no Ichi (人肉の市); Kinokuni Bunza Daijin Mai
(紀國文左大盡舞);
Gimin Jinbê (義民甚兵衛); Byakko no Yu (白狐の湯); Natsu no Hi no Koi
(夏の日の戀)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/06/23
Print Date: 05/1923?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodbock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Shôya
Mohei (庄屋茂兵衛) in Gimin
Jinbê (義民甚兵衛); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Kakutarô (角太郎) in
Byakko no Yu (白狐の湯).