JULY 1909

               
Tokyoza (東京座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/04/09
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. 109 (Aug. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the July bill were  Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Neko (猫); Renjishi (連獅子); Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習 鑑); and Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira
(鑓の権三重帷子).
 
 

               
Yûrakuza (有楽座)

Plays: [Two Geniuses] Futari Tensai (二人天才); Shin
Katsuragawa (新桂川) 
Performance Place: Yûraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/09
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. 109 (Aug. 1, 1909)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: There may have been other plays on the bill.
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)
 
Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:07/1909
Artist: Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 4, No. 7 (July 1, 1910)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Given that the artist most recently appeared in a production
of this play in Tokyo a year earlier, it is reasonable to assume that
he was depicting himself and his co-star in this print.