JANUARY 1911

                 
Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子;  澤村訥子)  as Ôkawa Tomoemon (大川友右衛門)
 
Plays: Tsuta Moyô Chizome no Goshuin (蔦模様血染御書); Kawanakajima Shôri no Yamamoto
(川中島勝利山本); Kotobuki Soga (寿曽我); Haru Sumô Ataru Koyanagi (新春角力当小柳);
Gonin Benkei (五人弁慶)
Performance Place: Tôkyôza, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/11
Print Date: 01/02/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Agemaki (揚巻)
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Sadatô Munetô (貞任宗任); Yagura Daiko Shusse no
Torikumi (櫓太鼓出世取組); Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13/11
Print Date: 01/13/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               
Four Theaters: Kabuki, Meiji, Shintomi, and Hongô
(歌舞伎、明治、新富、本郷の四座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 01/1911
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 128 (Feb. 1, 1911)
Personal Collection

               
Four Theaters: Kabuki, Meiji, Shintomi, and Hongô
(歌舞伎、明治、新富、本郷の四座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 01/1911
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 128 (Feb. 1, 1911)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
 [Spring Kyogen] Haru Kyôgen (春狂言) (Megumi (め組), Gokû
(悟空), Ishikiri (石切), Yoshidaya (吉田屋) , Yamashina (山科))
 
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The cover alludes to Miura no Ôsuke Ôbai Tazuna
(三浦大助紅梅靮) and Saiyuki (西遊記)  which opened at the
Ichimura-za, Tokyo, on January 3, 1911, Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
and Goban Taiheiki (碁盤太平記) which opened at the Shintomi-za
on January 3, 1911, and Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi
(神明恵和合取組) which opened at the Kabuki-za on January 14,
1911.