Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名)
Play: Yasuna (保名)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/49
Print Date: 1950 or later
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩) (#32)
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unpublished design. Kikugorô VI died on July 10, 1949 at
age 65. He first played the role of Yasuna in Tokyo at the
Ichimura-za in February 1922. Although Kikugorô VI's
final Tokyo appearance in this role was at the Shinbashi
Enbujô in January 1949, it is possible that Gakô based
this print on one of Kikugorô VI's prior performances.