2. KABUKI BOOK COVERS: KATAOKA TAKAO (Vol. 3 in GENDAI WAKATE KABUKI HAIYŪ SHŪ)

The second entry in Kabuki Woogie’s coverage of Japanese books on kabuki from my private collection is volume 3 of the Gendai Wakate Kabuki Haiyú Shū collection. The title is KATAOKA TAKAO, the great Kamigata actor now known as Kataoka Nizaemon XV. The editor is Hagiwara Yukio.

The book is contains an extensive photo section in color and b/w and lots of biographical information, including a detailed chronology of performances.

KATAOKA TAKAO as  Saitō Bettō Sanemori from the play Sanemori Monogatari.

Publication page.

The actor then known as Kataoka Takao as Kimon no Kihei in Osome Hisamatsu Ukina Yomiuri.

The actor then known as Kataoka Takao as Izaemon in Kuruwa Bunshō.