The masterpiece "Nihonbashi" by literary writer Kyoka Izumi is a work that was originally written as a novel and is so enthusiastic that Kyoka himself plays. I drew two geisha, Kiyoha and Takashi, who care for the same man. It is said that Kyoka from Kanazawa's longing for Edo culture is deeply rooted, and the air of Nihonbashi at the time of the Meiji era is transmitted. It was also talked about the fact that I found a handwritten manuscript last year. This "Nihonbashi" is being performed at the Mitsukoshi Theater until the 25th as a New Year's Hanagata New School performance.
It was a commemorative performance 130 years since the beginning of the new school, and at the time of the premiere, Shotaro Hanayagi played Osensei and became a success. At the Nipponbashinishi Riverside Jizo-ji Church, there is a "plane-colored millennium figure" dedicated by Shotaro Hanayagi and is registered in the ward Tangible Cultural Property. The stage of the story began with this Nishi River Bank Bridge, and Shotaro also came to pray.
The book binding of Kyoka's book was Komura Yukidai, a Japanese painter, and the figure was also requested by Taro Shodai to Yukidai. On this day, the temple was closed and I couldn't see the picture, but there is a temple, and if you ask, you can show it. The photo shows Ema of the Millennium drawn by Yukidai. He was said to be a genius of design, worked on bindings, illustrations, and stage art, and was also a "designer" who was also enrolled in the Shiseido Design Department, which was just inaugurated.
“Nihonbashi” binding
Nihonbashi was also performed at the Mitsukoshi Theater in 1999 to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the Nihonbashi Bridge and the 100th anniversary of the bridge in 2011.
Mitsukoshi Theater 6th floor of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Building, 1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku
