JANUARY 1940

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Koume (小梅)

Play: Koume to Kazue (小梅と一重), a version of 
Kanaya Koume (仮名屋小梅)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/40
Print Date: 1950 or later
Artist: Ota Gakô (太田雅光)
Series: Meifu Miyage Geki no Omokage
(冥府苞苴劇容彩)  (#23)
Medium: ?
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum

Note: It is unclear if this is a woodblock print, a watercolor
drawing, or a hand-colored keyblock print for an
unpublished design.  Takeo died on March 21, 1942 at age
68.  He first played the role of Koume in Kanaya Koume
in Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in November 1919.  Although
Takeo's final Tokyo appearance was at the Meiji-za in
January 1940, it is possible that Gakô based this print on
one of Takeo's prior performances.
 
 
 
 

                    
Play:  Kensetsu no Meian (建設の明暗)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shôgekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01-19/40
Print Date: 01/1940?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Play:  [Madame Curie] Kuî Fujin (キュリー夫人)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shôgekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/21-30/40
Print Date: 01/1940?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Play:  [Madame Curie] Kuî Fujin (キュリー夫人)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shôgekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/21-30/40
Print Date: 01/1940?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum