SAKE NO HAJIME
(酒の始)




                 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Gi-Teki (儀狄)
 
Plays: Manchô (満潮); Tôjô Ginkô (東城銀行); Sake no Hajime (酒の始)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/20
Print Date: 07/1920?
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 Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Nagasaki Kaneyuki
(長崎勘解由基) in Manchô (満潮); and Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Tôjô Jisuke (東城自助) in
Tôjô Ginkô (東城銀行).