KOHARU-JI KABUKI NIGIWAI
(小春時歌舞伎賑)
OCTOBER 1903
Plays: Matsu no Sakae Chiyoda no Shintoku (松栄千代田神徳); Funa
Benkei (船弁慶);
Kamiko Jitate Ryômen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑); Koharu-ji Kabuki Nigiwai
(小春時歌舞伎賑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/17/03
Print Date: 10/29/03
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Kataoka Gatô III (片岡 我當) as Yorozuya
Sukeroku (萬屋助六) in Kamiko Jitate
Ryômen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑). The other figure is as yet
unidentified.