NIMAI EZÔSHI
(二枚繪草紙)


APRIL 1920

                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oshima (お島)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nagara Ichirōemon (長柄市郎右衛門)
 
Plays: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番); Yoritomo (頼朝); Nimai Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙); Otsue (大津繪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/20
Print Date: 04/1920?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hojo Tokimasa (北条時政), Morita
Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Yahachirô (屋八郎),  Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝), and  Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Masako-hime (政子姫) in Yoritomo
(頼朝); and Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Oshima (お島) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô
VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nagara Ichirōemon (長柄市郎右衛門) in Nimai Ezôshi (二枚繪草紙).