YAKUDOSHI
(厄年)

                    
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Imosaka no Jinbei (芋坂の甚兵衛)
 
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓) ; Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki ( 双蝶々曲輪日記); 
Asazuma-bune ( 浅妻船);  Yakudoshi ( 厄年)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/02/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 
Note: The cover also depicts Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Nan Yohê (南与兵衛) in
Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki ( 双蝶々曲輪日記); Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Fukashichi (鱶七) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Omiwa (お三輪) in
Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Asazuma (浅妻)
in Asazuma-bune ( 浅妻船).
 
 
 

                    
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as  Imosaka no Jinbei (芋坂の甚兵衛)
 
Plays:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki ( 双蝶々曲輪日記); Asazuma-bune ( 浅妻船);  Yakudoshi ( 厄年)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/02/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover 
 
Note: The reason for two extra figures is unknown.  The prior sujigaki lists
Kikugorô VI as Motome (and Tokizô III as Tachibana-hime).  It is possible
that Omezô IV took over the role after the opening and new sujigaki was
printed to reflect that change.  The cover also depicts Bandô Mitsugorô VII
(坂東三津五郎) as Nan Yohê (南与兵衛) in Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記); Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Motome (求女), 
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Tachibana-hime (橘姫), Nakamura
Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Fukashichi (鱶七) and  Sawamura Sôjûrô
VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Omiwa (お三輪) in Imoseyama Onna Tekin
(妹背山婦女庭訓); and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Asazuma (浅妻) in
Asazuma-bune ( 浅妻船).