Onoe Baik VII with British Princess Alexander, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO, and Princess

Chichibu nee Setsuko Matsudaira backstage at the Kabukiza 20 November 1961.

... ..., KG GCVO
1961

Programme -

I Matinee

Kaomise Zuki (sic) Soga no Ishizue (Kaomise Season: The Foundation of the Soga Brothers, a newly
adapted seven act play Toshi Kygen)
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iso no Tora - Nakamura Utaemon VI
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Ichikawa Ebizo IX


II - Evening Programme

1 - Kake Tamamushi (Gambling with Beetles), a history play in three acts/five scenes by Yamaoka
Shachi and directed by Murakami Genz
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Lady Oawa (in reality Ofu) Nakamura Utaemon VI
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Takeda Katsuyori Ichikawa Ebiz IX
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Odawara, his wife Nakamura Fukusuke VII
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Tea Master Skei - Ichikawa Sadanji III
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Okudaira Kuhachir (Nobumasa) Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
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Ofus father Gorzaemon Band Minosuke VI
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Maid Shima - Band Shch IV
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Act 1 Wooded mountain path leading to the Hrai-ji Temple, May, 1571
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Act 2/ -
Act 3/ -

(Note: Butai chkei kake tamamushi no geki to shijitsu ni
tsuite in 1965 H Maruyama wrote about a televised broadcast of a stage performance of
Kake Tamamushi which was published by Nagashino Kydo Kenkykai, Nagashino
Interest and Research Society)

2 - Kumagai Jinya (Kumagais Battle Camp)


3 - Fuji Musume (Wisteria Maiden) Onoe Baik VII
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4 - Tsuzumi no Wakare (The Drum Beats a Farewell)






Photos from the authors collection -
Photo from Acme Newsphoto Company (now United Press International).

A big thanks to Samuel L Leiter for his help with the cast list for Kake Tamamushi