WAKA SANJIN
(和歌三神)
NOVEMBER 1909
Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi (伽羅先代萩); Gozonji Banzui Chôbei
(御存幡随長兵衛);
Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi (大経師昔暦); Waka Sanjin (和歌三神); Otsu-e (大津絵)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/05/09
Print Date: 11/05/09
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: The cover depicts Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Masaoka
(政岡), Ichikawa Sadanji
II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Nikki Danjô (仁木弾正), and Ichikawa
Kodanji V (市川小団次;
市川小團次) as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) in Meiboku Sendai
Hagi (伽羅先代萩).