OTA GAKÔ (太
田雅光)
aka Ota Masamitsu
1915
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Yojirô no Hahaoya (與次郎の母親)
[Yojirô's bliind mother Ogin]
Play: Horikawa (堀川) aka Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki
(近頃河原の達引)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/08/15
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#2)
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unpublished design. Karoku III died on May 17, 1919 at
age 71.