Kikugoro the fifth was good at the role of a fireman such as Umekichi in "Mekuranagaya Umega Kagatobi" known as "Kagatobi" (The Firefighters of the Kaga clan) or Sashichi in "Edosodachi Omatsuri Sashichi" (The Festival and Sashichi, a Son of Edo) known as "Omatsuri Sashichi;" he left oral instructions of various ways of acting. |
五代目菊五郎は『盲長屋梅加賀鳶』(加賀鳶)の梅吉や『江戸育御祭左七』(お祭り左七)の左七など町火消役を得意としたが、さまざまな演じ方の口伝を残している。 |