ENGEI GAHÔ
(演藝畫報)
1907

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               

Play: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番叟)
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Female Dancer from the Bandman Opera Troupe]
Bandoman Opera Ichi-za no Maihime
(バンドマンオペラ一座の舞姬)

Play: ?
Place: Yokohama, Japan
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Umeômaru Kumadori (梅王丸隈取り)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑)
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[French Theater] Furansu Engeki (佛蘭西演劇)

Play: [The Fate of Man] Hito Sama ro Unmei (人さまろ運命)
Place: Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
Artist: R.T.
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Shiga no Myôjin (志賀の明神)
 
[Court Officials] Saibansho no Yakunin (裁判所の役人)

Play: Shiga (志賀)
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫の) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: 09/30/06
Performance Date: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[The Wrath of Alexander the Great (Killing Ground of Cleitus)]
Arishândâ Ô no Ika (Kuritasu Ya Ba)
 (亞歷山大王の怒（クリタス殺場))

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 5 (May 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎) and ?

Play: Youchi Soga (夜討曽我)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 5 (May 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: A color version of this image is not available at this time.
 
 

               


Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 6 (June 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Boat Excursion] Fune Yuzan (船遊山)

Play: ?
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 6 (June 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 7 (July 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん; 油屋お紺)
 
Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢 )

Play:  Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Artist: Kubota Beison (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 7 (July 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: A color version of this image is not available at this time.
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Jôruri Puppets (Meiji-za Chûshingura Sketch)]
Jôruri Ningyô (Meiji-za Chûshingura **) (淨瑠璃人形 (明治座忠臣藏寫生))
 
Yoichibê (与一兵衛)
 
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Tokunaga Ryûshû (德永柳洲)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Journey] Michiyuki (道行)

Play: ?
Artist: Hirezaki Eihô (鰭崎英朋)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Two People Sharing a Palanquin] Aiai Kago (相合駕籠)

Play: ?
Artist: Yamanaka Kodô (山中古洞)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of Columbia University

              
[Ophelia] Oferiya  (オフェリヤ)

Play: [Hamlet] Hamuretto (はむれっと)
Artist: Kubota Kinsen (久保田金僊)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Although this might be an idealized portrait, there was a
production of Hamlet at the Meiji-za in Tokyo that opened on
October 12, 1907. 
 
 

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Koharu (小春)
 
Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島) 
Artist: Yamamoto Eishun (山木英春)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California