Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Kôtô (勾當)
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Yura Hyôgonosuke (由良兵庫助)
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); Kôtô no Naishi (勾當内侍); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Kosodemaku Yamato Nishikie (小袖幕大和錦繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/17/22
Print Date: 04/1922?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎)
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This was an entertainment for the Tokyo City Welcome Party for His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales. The outer left and right panels were designed by Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠). The
cover also depicts Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Maizuru (舞鶴) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎) in Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺引); and Sawamura Sôjûrô
VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎)
as Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶), and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Togashi Saemon
(富樫左衛門) in Kanjinchô (勸進帳).