Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子) as Fan'nii' (ファンニイ)

Play: Appare Wongu (天晴れウォング)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/30
Print Date: 10/13/30
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清 水三重三)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Published in Mokuhan Shin-Nigao-e (木版新似顔絵), Vol. 1,  by Hanga Kurabu
 
 
 

                   
Odori [Dance] (踊り)

Print Date: 1935
Artist: Ishikawa Toraji (石川寅治)
Series: Rajo Jusshu [Ten Types of Female Nudes] (裸女十種)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

[Waiting to Go On] Shutsu o matsu (出を待つ)　.
 
Print Date: 1946
Artist: Fuse Shoshun (布施長春)
 
Note:  It is not clear if this is a nightclub dancer or a dancer in a
musical revue or stage show.
 
 

 

                   
[Nichigeki Strip] Nichigeki Sutorippu (日劇 ストリップ)

Print Date: 1950
Artist: Kitaoka Fumio (北岡文雄)
Album: [The Face of Tokyo] Tokyo no Kao (東京の顔) No. 3
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: It is possible that this design was also part of the series
[Post-War Life and Customs] Sengo Fûzoku (戦後風俗),
was issued in 1949.
 
 
 

[Triangular Hat - W[ork] 214] Sankakubo - W 214 (三角帽 - W 214)

Date: ?
Artist: Taga Shin (多賀 新)
Medium: Engraving and Aquatint (ed. 41)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: The presence of the curtain suggests that the figure is performer
or dancer of some sort.
 
 
 
 

Cabaret Showgirl

Print Date: 1992
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
ex libris print
Personal Collection
 
 
 

[Woman with Blue Gloves] Aoi Tebukuro no On'na (青い手袋の女)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note: This print likely depicts an ecdysiast.  One dealer says this is a linocut.
 
 
 

Élo [Élodie Casanave Dit Berdot alias Lolo Chantilly]
 

Date: 2015
Artist: Beno (ブノ)
Personal Collection (#64/80)
 
Note: Élodie Casanave Dit Berdot is a burlesque performer in France. The print depicts
her in the role of "La Geisha."
 
 
 

[Burlesque]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph and etching
Personal Collection (#4/50)

Note:  The artist name looks something like "Utogi."
 
 
 
 
 

                                       
                    [Chinese Bijin and Dragon]

                    Print Date: ? (pre-July 1952)
                    Artist: Vincent Hack
                    Personal Collection

                    Note: While this may simply be a bijin dancer print, I suspect the
                    subject was a Chinese nightclub dancer.
 
 
 

                   
[Korean Dancing Girl]

Print Date: ? (pre-July 1952)
Artist: Vincent Hack
Image courtesy of the Japanese Open Art Database

Note: While this may simply be a bijin dancer print, I suspect the
subject was a Korean nightclub dancer.