© Ikeda Bunko Library Osaka, 1983Toyokuni I
(1769-1825)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Actor / play: (left) Bando Mitsugoro III as Kumagai Jiro Naozane (right) Iwai Kumesaburo II as the prince Atsumori; in the play Ichi no Tani Futaba Gunki performed at the Nakamura-za / Edo
Date: 9/1820
Publisher: Eikyudo
Censor's seal: Kiwame
Dimension: oban
Lit.: Hokushu to Toyokuni: Kamigata Edo yakusha-e meishô ten by Susumu Matsudaira, Ikeda Bunko Library Osaka 1983, pl.111
"September 1820: premiere at the Nakamuraza of the 7-role hengemono "Setsugekka Nagori no Bundai". All the seven dances are played by Mitsugorô. Three dances ("Asazuma Bune", "Makasho" and "Tama Usagi") are still part of the current Kabuki repertoire. He also plays the role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane in the drama "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". All these items are in fact his onagori kyôgen for he was about to depart from Edo to play in Ôsaka."
quoted from kabuki21.com
