SHIRABYÔSHI KAMI-Ô
(白拍子祇王)
APRIL 1912
Plays: Shirabyôshi Kami-ô (白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記);
Gojôbashi (五条橋);
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); Hanakura Tai Amigasa
(花競対編笠)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Print Date: 04/10/12A
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kajiwara
Genta Kagesue
(梶原源太景季), Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Chidori (千鳥),
and Ichimura
Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka (梶原平次景高) in
Hirakana Seisuiki
(ひら仮名盛衰記).