UTAGAWA KUNISADA III
(歌川国貞)
aka Baidô Hôsai
(梅堂豊斎); Baidô Kunimasa IV (梅堂国政); Kôchôrô Hôsai (香朝楼豊斎)
1906
Kataoka Jûzô IV (片岡十蔵) as Hanako (花子)
Play: Yakko Dôjôji (奴道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/06
Print Date: 02/1906?
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
Note: The caption of the print is Gaisen (凱旋) -
Triumphant Return. Jûzô IV had just returned
from fighting in the Russo-Japanese War. Two
other plays on the same bill at the Kabuki-za
were "Okuno Kiroku" (陸奥記録) and "Gunjin
Katagi,", two victory-commemorating war
dramas directed by Jûzô IV's adopted father
Kataoka Ichizô III (片岡市蔵).