MURATA MASAO I (村田正雄)
03/25/1871 - 06/07/1925

                    
Murata Masao I (村田正雄) as Oshima (おしま)

Play: Shimizu Jirochō (清水次郎長)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/23
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gatô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#6)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Masao I died on June 7, 1925 at age 55.
 
 
 
 
 

Murata Masao I  (村田正雄) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥)

Play: Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Matsuda Seifu (松田青風)
Series: Nigao-e (似顔繪), #9
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art