Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Ryôkan (良寛)
Plays: Nishiyama Monogatari (西山物語); Yuki no Tokiwa (雪常磐); Kanjinchô (勸進帳);
Echigo no Denkichi (越後の傳吉); Ryôkan to Komori (良寛と子守)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/29
Print Date: 06/1929?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover also depicts Onoe Kôzô II (尾上幸蔵) as Yoriki Ishiko Bansaku (與力石子伴作) in
Echigo no Denkichi (越後の傳吉); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Tokiwa Gozen (常磐御前; 常盤御前) in
Yuki no Tokiwa (雪常磐); and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Hangan Yoshitsune
(判官義経), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶), and Ichikawa
Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門).