| The last performance of homekotoba in theater was supposedly made by hokan (a professional male entertainers) of Yoshiwara in 1896 when Danjuro ICHIKAWA (the ninth head) played a role of Sukeroku at Kabuki-za theater. |
劇場においては明治29年、市川團十郎 (9代目)が歌舞伎座で助六を演じた時、吉原の幇間によっておこなわれたのが最後であろうという。 |