Matsui Sumako (松 須磨子) as [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン)
[Song of Carmen] Karumen no Uta (カルメンの唄)
Play: [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン)
Peformance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/27/21 (original publication date; this copy dated 05/05/22)
Medium: Woodblock? printed sheet music cover
Personal Collection
Note: Okamoto Kiichi also designed a 1919 sheet music
cover that featured the actress Matsui Sumako. It is
unclear if Matsui Sumako (who died in 1919) was also
the model for this design, if it reflects a different actress
who performed the role in the late 1920 or 1921, or, most
likely, if it is an idealized portrait.