OTA GAKÔ (太 田雅光)
aka Ota Masamitsu

1945

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興][鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1945
Print Date: 11/30/51
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#1)
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: Kikugorô VI first played the role of Yayoi in this
play in Tokyo at the Ichimura-za in January 1914. 
Although Kikugorô VI's final Tokyo appearance in this role
was in October 1945, it is possible that Gakô based this
print on one  of Kikugorô VI's prior performances.   Some
authorities give the date for this print as 1948 or 1952. 
The date used is the date on the folder for the white
sleeve variant until and unless a difference folder date
surfaces for one of the purple sleeve versions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興][鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1945
Print Date: 11/30/51
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#1)
Image courtesy of Serge Astieres

Note: Color variant.  See first entry for further details.
 
 
 

                 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Koshô Yayoi (小姓弥生)

Play: [Shunkyô] Kagami Jishi ([春興][鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1945
Print Date: 11/30/51
Series: Shôwa Butai Sugata (昭和舞台姿 その一) (#1)
Image courtesy of Serge Astieres

Note: Color variant.  See first entry for further details.