ENGEI GAHÔ
(演藝畫報)
1912

               
[Uirō Seller During the Hakata Festival]
Hiroshi Iri Bannaka no Gi Urirou -uri (博入番中の儀ういらう賣)
 
Play: Uirô Uri (外郎売)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of Columbia University

               
Yukihime (雪姫) 
 
Play: Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Sanbasô (三番叟)

Play: Some Sambasô-mono
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                   
[Fifty-Three Stations of Kabuki New Year's Sugoroku] Gojusan Eki Kabuki Kotobuki Sugoroku (五十三驛歌舞伎壽双六)
 
Artist:  Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Published: Supplement to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1912)
Personal Collection
 
Note: For a detailed breakdown of the actors and roles depicted, click here.

 
 
 
 

               
Umeô (梅王)
 
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Entering The Dressing Room] Gakuya Iri (楽屋入り)

Artist: Mitsui Takakata (三井高坚)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Inariyama (稲荷山)

Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 

               
Sukeroku (助六)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Musical Accompaniment] Hashikata (はやし方)

Play: ?
Artist: Fukui *itsu (福井*逸)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Magoto Hina (まごと雛)

Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Yasuna (保名)
 
Play: Yasuna (保名)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Shimizu Kanja (First Edition) (清水冠者 (第1版))
 
Play: ?
Artist: Migita Toshihide (右田年英)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Handoku (はんどく) - [Lion Dancer] Shishimai (越後獅子)
 
Play: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子) ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: A woodblock print version of this design exists.  It is possible
that the medium of the Engei Gahô version is misidentified in the
table of contents, but the woodblock version is printed differently.
 
 

               
[Late Danjuro [IX] in Badarai as Mitsuhide]
Ko-Danjuro no [Badarai] no Mitsuhide (故園十郎の(馬盥)の光秀)
 
Play: Nobunaga-ki Atago Renga (信長記愛宕連歌)     
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/12/00
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 5 (May 1, 1912)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Danjuro IX also performed this role in Tokyo at the
Kabuki-za in November 1893.  It is possible that this cover
reflects that performance.
 
 
 

               
Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Artist: Hashiguchi Goyô (橋口五葉)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 5 (May 1, 1912)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
[Japan's Best] Nihon Ichi (日本一)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 5 (May 1, 1912)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Sadakurô  (定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Narukami Onaru (鳴神おなる)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Ôtani Hekiunkyo (大谷碧雲居)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
The Five Transformations [Toshima]
Go Henka no Naka (Toshima) (五變化の中 (としま))

Play: Toshima (年増)/Hana Goyomi Iro no Showake (花翫暦色所八景)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Toyokuni Mitate Sho (豐國見立書)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Portrait Sketches (Nakamura Kichiemon as Mitsuhide, Onoe Kikugorô VI as Nobunaga)]
Nigao Sho (Kichiemon no *, Motoramarô no Nobunaga) (似顔書(吉右門の*, 菊五郎の信長)
 
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/28/11
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Shi no Tome (しのとめ)

Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Toyokuni's Portrait of the Late Kikugorô]  
Toyokuni Mitate Sho Sendai Kikugorô (豊國見立書先代菊五郎)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note: Presumably this depicts Kikugorô I.

               
[Likeness (Matsumoto Kôshirô as Benkei)]
Nigao Nami (Matsumoto Kôshirô no Benkei)
(似係(松本幸四郎の辨慶))

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所櫻堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/20/12
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
*getsu (*月)
 
Play: Shakkyô (石橋)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Danjûrô IX Memorial]
Kyūdaime Danjûrô Kinen (九代目團十郎記念)
 
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Danjûrô IX] as Sukeroku by himself]
Kyūdaime Danjûrô no Mizu Iri no Sukeroku
(九代目團十郎の水入の助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/30/96
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Danjûrô IX also performed this role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-
za in May 1884.  It is possible that this print reflects that performance.
 
 

               
Tora no Yû (虎の悠)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kawashô (河庄) - Kamiya Jihê (紙屋治兵衛)
 
Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 19 (Oct. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as Kagekiyo (景清)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Lord Sanjo in The Seven Lord's Downfall]
Nana Kyô Ochi no Sanjô-kô (七卿落の三條公)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)
 
Play: Shibaraku (しばらく)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Ichikawa Sadanji [II] (市川左團次) as
Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠弥; 丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/12
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kaomise Kyôgen Ôdaikowari (顔見世狂言 大鼓割)
 
Play: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Yûgiri (タ霧)
 
Play: Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[New Portrait] Shin Nigao Ga (新似顔畫): 
Nakamura Utaemon [V] (中村歌右衛門) as
Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姬)
 
Play: Kikubatake (菊畑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Artist: Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Horibe Yahei of the Raid]
Uchiiri no Horibe Yahei (討入の堀部彌兵衛)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 6, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California