YAMAMURA UTANOSUKE

The actors Fujikawa Kinjûrô (top/1st from left), Onoe Sodenosuke (top/2nd from left), Yamamura Kazaemon (top/2nd from right), Yamamura Utanosuke (top/1st from right), Murayama Heijûrô II (bottom/1st from left), Miyazaki Giheita (bottom/2nd from left), Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I (bottom/2nd from right) and Kikukawa Kiyotarô I (bottom/1st from right) playing the roles of Shôsuke, Rintarô, Jibudayû's son Shinohara Gekinojô, Princess Take, the bashi Washinosuke, the bashi Gonzô, the motoyuiya Kyôsuke (in reality Goinosuke) and Princess Sawa in the kaomise drama "Genjôraku Biwa no Ôumi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1717 in Kyôto at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater

The actor Yamamura Utanosuke in an illustration from the 1st volume of the book "Sangoku Rôei Kyôbutai" (1731)
Courtesy of the Main Library, Kyôto University - Sangoku Rôei Kyôbutai
Image slightly edited by Shôriya Aragorô (reuse rules)

 
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