NOBORU ASAHI
(昇る旭)
MAY 1916
Plays: Hototogisu Asama no Nishikie (早苗鳥浅間錦繪); Noboru Asahi
(昇る旭);
Ishi no Haha (醫師の母); Hôkaibô (法界坊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/16
Print Date: 05/1916?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Hôkaibô
(法界坊) and Morita Kan'ya
XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Dôguya Jinzô (道具屋甚三) in Hôkaibô (法界坊).