MINOWA NO SHINJÛ
(箕輪の心中)
OCTOBER 1911
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Gorozaburo (吉田五郎三郎)
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fujieda Geki (藤枝外記)
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ayaginu (綾衣)
Plays: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha (四千両小判梅葉); Kaichô Taiji
(怪鳥退治);
Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中); Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮);
Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/27/11
Print Date: 09/28/1911
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Date
Shinzaemon (伊達新左衛門)
in Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮).
JULY 1917
Minowa Shinjû no Ayaginu (箕輪心中の綾衣)
Play: Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中)
Print Date: 07/01/17
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
JULY 1920
Ayaginu (綾衣)
Play: Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中)
Performance Place:
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 07/01/20
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 14, No. 7 (July 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Cornell University