Far left
芸者於京
Geisha OkyoOnoe Fujaku VII -
尾上芙雀
Second from left
梅香娘角蔵
Umeko, Kakuzo’ daughterNakamura Fukusuke IV -
中村福助
Center
渡守角蔵
Ferry boat man KakuzoIchikawa Sadanji I,
市川左團次
Second from right
勝浦小五郎
Katsūra KogoroOnoe Kikugoro V,
尾上菊五郎
Far right
悪者熊蔵
Warumono KumazoNakamura Hakugoro
中村博五郎
2 -
(Waseda Yakusha-eDatabase)The priest Iwakura no Sōgen became infatuated with Orikotōhime, a beautiful Geisha and, thoughhe knew it would mean expulsion from his temple, broke his vow of chastity. Orokotōhime diedand he was tragically left alone.
花吹雪岩倉宗玄
Hanafubuki Iwakura Sōgen at the Shintomiza, 24
年
5
月
, May 24
th
1891, as partof the performance run. Artist
絵師
Utagawa Kuniteru
歌川国輝
(right)
岩倉宗玄
Iwakura SōgenOnoe Kikugorō V
尾上菊五郎
(left)
折琴姫
OrikotōhimeNakamura Fukusuke IV
中村福助
Listed as the middle play in the Kabuki Research archives is
増補姻袖鏡
Zōho in Shū Kagami –Mirror of the Marriage Sleeve. The first part of the middle play, advertised on the original Kabukibanzuke, was to have been entitled ‘Hanafubuki Iwakura Sōgen’ (known as Hanafubuki) whichwas introduced with a tribute to the life of Sanjō Sanetomi who had passed away in February thesame year. Given the sensitivity to the fairly recent political upheavals of the Meiji Restoration,