MISAO SANBASÔ
(操三番叟)
MAY 1905
Plays: Maki no Kata (牧の方); Shinpan Utazaimon (新板歌祭文); Misao
Sanbasô (操三番叟);
Nuno-zarashi (布晒し; 布さらし)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/05
Print Date: 05/06/05
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts chikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Moriyoshi
(守義) and Nakamura Shikan
V (中村芝翫) as Maki no Kata (牧の方) in Maki no Kata
(牧の方). The other two figures on the cover are
as yet unidentified. The child actor might be
Nakamura Kansuke [III?] (中村翫助).
Ichikawa Udanji I (市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Sugawara Michizane-ko (菅原道実公) and Sanbasô (三番叟)
Plays: Shinrei Sugawara Michizane-ki (神霊菅原道実記); Yakko Dôdôji
(奴道成寺);
Some Moyô Konomi no Soroi-gi (染模様御好揃着); Yome Odoshi Dani
(嫁おどし谷);
Misao Sanbasô (操三番叟); Shinkyoku Urashima (新曲浦島); Sannin
Ishibashi (三人石橋)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/07
Print Date: 06/06/1907
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum