FURUKAWA ROPPA (古 川緑波)




JANUARY 1902


Furukawa Roppa (古川緑波) as
Kodama (小玉)

Yamaguchi Sadao (山口定雄) as
Otowa (おとわ)

Play: Yakusha Katagi (俳優気質)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/02
Print Date: 12/1901
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞) 
Image courtesy of the National Theatre
of Japan

Note: The depiction of Ichikawa Danjûrô
VIII (市川団十郎 市川團十郎) as Jiraiya
(児雷也) in Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
(児雷也豪傑譚語) in the upper left panel
is by Utagawa Kunihiro (歌川国広).