SHIHEI KOCHI NANA WARAI
(時平公七笑)

 


NOVEMBER 1928









                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Fujiwara Tokihira (藤原時平)

Play: Shihei Kochi Nana Warai (時平公七笑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/01/28
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gako (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#22)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.   Utaemon V died on September 12,
1940 at age 76.