BALLET
(バレエ)


See also the entry for Pierrot/Harlequin.


MARCH 1920

                 
 
Plays: Zangetsu (殘月); Kabareria, Rusutikana (カバレリア、ルスティカナ); Yukioto (雪おと)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/28/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



SEPTEMBER 1922

                 
Plays: [Anna Pavlova] An'na Paburowa (アンナ・パブロワ) Dance Recital
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/10-29/22
Print Date: 09/1922?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



FEBRUARY 1923


Plays: Dansu (ダンス); Bararaika Ensô (バラライカ演奏); Shamisen Dokusô (三味線独奏)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/24-25/23
Print Date: 02/1923?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This was primarily a dance recital with some balalaika and shamisen  interludes (which I
have not bothered to individually name).  The female star dancer was Anna Pavlova.
 
 

                    
Plays: Dansu (ダンス); Bararaika Ensô (バラライカ演奏); Shamisen Dokusô (三味線独奏)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/24-25/23
Print Date: 02/1923?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: This was primarily a dance recital with some balalaika and shamisen  interludes (which I
have not bothered to individually name).  The female star dancer was Anna Pavlova.



1927

                 
[Modernist] Modanisuto (モダニスト)

Print Date: 1927
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
Note: It is unclear if this print was issued in color or not.


                 
[Modernist] Modanisuto (モダニスト)

Print Date: 1927
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
 
 
 


JULY 1928

                 
Tobira (扉)

Print Date: 07/05/28
Artist: Takemura Setsunosuke (竹村節之助)
Published in Sen (線), Vol. 1, No. 1
 
Note: A color image is not available at this time.
 
 
 
 



1954

                 
[Swan] Hakuchô (白島)

Print Date: 1954
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Image courtesy of Chris Walther
 
 
 



1975


[Scene Bleue]  Aoi butai (青い舞台)
 
Print Date: 1975 (ed. 100)  2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 



1982

                 
[White Fox - Twins B] Shirogitsune (Kagami) (白狐 (鏡))

Date:  1982 (ed. 2)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This is a state proof.  It is not known at this time if the print was editioned.
 
 




                 
[White Fox (Sisters)] Shirogitsune (Shimai) (白狐 (姉妹))

Date:  1982
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This is a presentation proof.  It is not known at this time if the print was editioned.
 
 


1985

                 
[White Fox - Decoy] Shirogitsune (Otori) (白狐 (囮));

Date:  1985 (ed. 776)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 


UNKNOWN DATES

                   
[Dancer in Paris]

Date: ?
Artist: Hashimoto Kunisuke (橋本邦助)
Publication: Taio Gahô (滞欧画報)
Medium: Woodblock printed koma-e
Courtesy of Artelino.com

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[Before The Dancing]
 
Date: ?
Artist: Hashimoto Kunisuke (橋本邦助)
Publication: Taio Gahô (滞欧画報)
Medium: Woodblock printed koma-e
Courtesy of Artelino.com

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[Fox Mirror] Kitsune Kagami (狐鏡)

Date:  ? (ed. 199)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 





[Time for Ballet] Ballet no Toki (バレーの時)

Print Date: ? (ed. 60)
Artist: Tanaka Yôko (田中ようこ)                        
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
                    [Dancer] Odoriko (踊り子)

                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Watarai Junsuke (渡會純价)
                    Medium: Copperplate Etching (ed. 80)
                    Image courtesy of Kotake Bijutsu
 
 



              

                   
Vaslav Nijinsky (ヴァーツラフ・
ニジーンスキー) in Le Carnaval 1

Print Date: ? (pre-1932)
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied by
woodblock

Note: What is shown is the original
watercolor drawing for this design.  A
copy of the finished etching has not as yet
been located.  It is possible that this in No.
2, rather than No. 1.





                   
Vaslav Nijinsky (ヴァーツラフ・
ニジーンスキー) in Le Carnaval 2

Print Date: ? (pre-1932)
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied by
woodblock

Note: What is shown is the original
watercolor drawing for this design.  A
copy of the finished etching has not as yet
been located.











                   
Vaslav Nijinsky (ヴァーツラフ・
ニジーンスキー)in Petrouschka 1

Print Date: ? (pre-1932)
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied
by woodblock

Note: What is shown is the original
watercolor drawing for this design.  A
copy of the finished etching has not as
yet been located.  It is possible that is
No. 2 or No. 3 in the series.





                   
Vaslav Nijinsky (ヴァーツラフ・
ニジーンスキー) in Petrouschka 2

Print Date: ? (pre-1932)
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied
by woodblock






                   
Vaslav Nijinsky (ヴァーツラフ・
ニジーンスキー) in Petrouschka 3

Print Date: ? (pre-1932)
Artist: Elyse Ashe Lord
Medium: Etching with color applied
by woodblock




                   
[Dancer and Pierrot] Dansā to Piero (ダンサーとピエロ )
[Ascribed title]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清)
Series: Modangâru (モダンガール)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
  





[Red Shoes] Akai Kutsu (赤い靴)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com