Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
Kômori Yasu (蝙蝠安)
Play: Otomi to Yosaburô (お富と与三郎), a version of
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/1927
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#8)
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unpublished design. Matsusuke IV died on September 5,
1928 at age 86. He first played the role of Kômori Yasu
in Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in September 1892. Although Matsusuke
IV's last Tokyo appearance in this role was in June 1927,it
is possible that Gakô based this print on one of
Matsusuke IV's prior performances in that play or in
"Kirare Otomi."