NAKAMURA SÔJÛRÔ I (中村宗十郎)


 
 



               
"Thunder & Shower III" after Yoshitaki
 
Print Date: 1979 (ed. 300)
Artist: Michael Jay Knigin
Medium: Lithograph
Series: The Japanese Suite
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: The actor in the original 1865 Yoshitaki print was Nakamura Sôjûrô I
(中村宗十郎) as Suehiro Sôjûrô (末広宗十郎) in the play Narihibiku
[Narukami] Date no Yudachi (鳴雷達夕立).  The Yoshitaki print was a mitate-e,
so there was no original performance date.