Shimpa and Sadayakko / 13c-sadayakko13

Sadayakko as Portia in The Merchant of Venice. Here Portia denounces Shylock, played by Otojiro. Source: Lesley Downer, Madame Sadayakko (Gotham Books, 2003)

(Credit: Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum, Waseda University)