SEPTEMBER 1919
Plays: On'na Narukami (女鳴神); Ikka Zoku (一家族); Izumo no Okuni
(出雲の阿國);
Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法); Ranchô (蘭蝶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/31/19
Print Date: 08/1919?
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 Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Hiki Daigaku
Kumamoto (比企大学熊本)
or Daigaku Saburô (大学三郎) in Nichiren Shônin Tsuji Seppô (日蓮聖人辻説法);
Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Sakuragawa Ranchô (桜川蘭蝶) in Ranchô (蘭蝶); and an
unknown actor
in an unknown role.