SEKIHARA KAMI AOHA
(関原神葵葉)
MAY 1910
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Sekihara Kami Aoha (関原神葵葉);
Narukami (鳴神);
Suô Otoshi (素襖落); Fune-he Uchikomu Hashima no Shiranami (船打込橋間白浪);
Shinsekai-gai Nigiwai (新世界街賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/10
Print Date: 05/05/10
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The coverdepicts Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)
in Narukami (鳴神); Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Ukifune (浮舟)/Kesataro
(袈裟太郎) in Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); and Ichikawa Komazô VIII
(市川高麗蔵) and
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) in unknown roles.