[Previous Generation Kikugorô as Hairdresser Shinza]
Sendai Kikugorô no Kamiyui Shinza (先代菊五郎の髪結)
Play: Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô (梅雨小袖昔八丈)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1897
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
Note: Onoe Kikugorô V also performed this role in Tokyo at the
Naka-za in June 1873, and at the Kabuki-za in May 1893. This
print could theoretically reflect any of these performances.