ENGEI GAHÔ
(演藝畫報)
1917

               
Soga no Gorô (曽我ノ五郎)
 
Maizuru (舞鶴)
 
Play: Kusazuribiki (草摺引)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: This issue also contains 25 black and white offset print
images of theatrical woodblock prints from the series Annual
Events of the Theatrical Year in Great Edo
(大江戸しばゐねんぢうぎやうじ) (1897) by Adachi
Ginkô (安達吟光) and Torii Kiyosada (鳥居清貞).
 
 

               
Kataoka Gado IV (片岡我童) as Miyuki (深雪)
 
IIchikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as 
Komazawa Jirozaemon (駒沢次郎左衛門)
 
Play: Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生寫朝顔日記)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/16
Print Date: 01/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五耶) as
Kasugaya Tokijirô (春日屋時次郎)
  
Play: Akegarasu (明烏)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1894
Print Date: 01/01/17
Artist: ?
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Kikugorô V also performed this role at the Naka-za in Tokyo in
September 1872.  This is probably a lithographic reproduction of a
woodblock print.
 
 

               
Sakuramaru (桜丸)
 
Umeômaru (梅王丸)
 
Matsuômaru (松王丸)
 
Play: Kurumabiki (車引), Act 3, Scene 1 of Sugawara Denju
Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1917)
Personal Collection

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kakiemon (柿右衛門)
 
Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as Imôto Otare (妹おたれ)
 
Plays: Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 02/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1917)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Hinadori (雛鳥)
 
Koganosuke (久我之助)
 
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of Cornell University

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Minoya Sankatsu (美濃屋三勝)
 
Nakamura Ganjiro I (中村鴈治郎) as
Akaneya Hanshichi (茜屋半七)
 
Play: Akanesome (あかれ染)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/17
Print Date: 03/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸助六)
 
Play:  Sukeroku (助六)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of Cornell University

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (村羽左衛門) as
Ôshûya Reizaburô (奥州屋禮三郎; 奥州屋礼三郎)
 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Komachi Oshizu (小町おしづ)
 
Play: Fubuki no Hana Oshizu Reiza  (吹雪花お静禮三)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/17
Print Date: 04/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎)
 
Soga Gorô (曽我五郎)
 
Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 5 (May 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of Cornell University

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/17
Print Date: 05/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 5 (May 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri (夏祭)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 6 (June 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助) as    
Kumokiri Oroku (雲切おろく)
  
Play: Musume Hyoban Zen'aku Kagami
(娘評判善悪鏡; 娘評善悪鏡)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/17
Print Date: 06/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 6 (June 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
 
 
 
 

               
Tamagiku (玉菊)
 
Play: Ami Moyo Toro no Kikukiri (網模様燈籠菊桐)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 7 (July 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Chûbê (忠兵衛)
 
INakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) as Umekawa (梅川)
 
Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/17
Print Date: 07/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 7 (July 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nuregami no Chôgorô (濡髪の長五郎)
 
Play: Hikimado (引窓), Act VIII of Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1917)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五耶) as Meijin Chôji (名人長治)

Play: Sashimonoshi Meijin Chôji (指物師名人長治)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/17
Print Date: 08/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Somei no Kiku (染井の菊) [Oran no Kata (お蘭の方)]
 
Play: Uekiya (植木屋)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Sano Jirôzaemon (佐野次郎左衛門)

Play: Kagotsurube  (籠釣瓶; 篭釣瓶)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/02/17
Print Date: 09/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
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Play: Higashiyama Sakura Sôshi (東山桜荘子)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Fujieda Miyoji (藤枝美代次)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉味) as Segawa Kôtarô (瀬川光太郎)

Play: Tsumigumi Sakazuki (三組盃)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/17
Print Date: 10/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) 
 
Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
 
Note:  All the frontispieces in this issue are lithographic
reproductions of 18th and 19th century woodblock prints.
 
 

               
Nadai no Ai (名題の愛) - Yuranosuke (由良之助)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Yamanba (山姥)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Kaidômaru (怪童丸)

Play: Takigyô Yukima no Ichikawa (薪荷雪間の市川)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/17
Print Date: 12/01/17
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 11, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1917)
Image courtesy of the University of California