OTA GAKÔ (太 田雅光)
aka Ota Masamitsu

1930

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎)  as
Osome (お染)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/30
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#31)
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unpublished design.  Sôjûrô VII died on March 2, 1949 at
 age 75.  Sôjûrô VII also portrayed Osome in a product of Osome
no Michiyuki (お染の道行) in February 1923 at the Ichimura-za.  It i
s possible that this work reflects that earlier performance.
 
 

                   
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as
Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/30
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#24)
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unpublished design.  Tomoemon VI died on September
10, 1943 at age 58.