ENGEI KURABU
(演芸倶楽部)
1913

               

Play: Kusazuribiki (草摺引)
Artist: Shikô Imamura (今村紫紅)
Medium: 10 impressions lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kamo Zutsumi no Yae (加茂堤の八重)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibei (関守関兵衛)

Play: Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/12/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sumizome (墨染)

Play: Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/12/12
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

[Sugoroku of Portraits of Popular Characters]  Atari Yaku Nigaoe Sugoroku (當役似顏繪双六)
 
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Supplement to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1913)
Personal Collection

Note: For a detailed breakdown of the actors and roles depicted, click here.

               
Hatsuuma (初午)

Play: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: 10 impressions lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the National Diet Library
 
 

               
Bungaku (文樂)

Artist: Kawai Hidetada (河合英忠)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Edo Cherry Blossoms] Edo Zakura  (江戸桜)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Practice] Okeiko (おけいこ)

Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Tôgi Shûji (東儀秀治)  as
[Dr. Juttner] Juttona Hakase (ユットナ博士; (ドクトル・ユワトナア)

Play: Memories (Omohide)(思ひ出) aka
Alt Heidelburg (アルトハイデルベルク)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1913
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Doi Tsunemoto (土肥 庸元) [aka Doi Shunsho (土肥春曙)] as
[Karl Heinrich] Kaaru Hanritsuhi (かある・はいんりっひ;
カアル・ハインリッヒ)

Play: Memories (Omohide)(思ひ出) aka
Alt Heidelburg (アルトハイデルベルク)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1913
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Cherry Blossom Viewing] Ohanami (お花見)

Artist: Yûki Somei (結城素明)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Takao on the Mitsumata River] Mitsumatakawa no Takao (三股川の高尾)

Play: Takao Zange (高尾ざんげ)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: 10 impressions lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Okiku (あきく)

Play: Yakeno (焼野)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as Moriyama Kumeko (守山粂子)

Play: Yakeno (焼野)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Genkurô Kitsune (源九郎 狐)                                                                     Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Fushiya Man] Fushiya Otoko (ふしや男)

Play: ?
Artist: Hiraoka Gonpachirô (平岡權八郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithographic reproduction of an oil
painting
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Puppet] Ningyô (人形)

Artist: Kobayashi Kokei (小林古徑)
Medium: 10 impressions lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Soganoya Gorô (曾我廼家五郎) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Soganoya Jûrô (曾我家十郎) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/08/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Danshichi Kurobê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the National Diet Library 
 

               
Sanya (さんや)

Play: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: 10 impressions lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1913) 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô V (尾上菊五郎) as
Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date:?
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 Note: I can find no record of Kikugorô VI performing this role
before the date of this publication.  I therefore believe it depicts
Kikugorô V, who performed the role at the Shintomi-za in Tokyo in
October 1883, at the Meiji-za in Tokyo in June and July 1896, and
at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in July 1901.
 
 

               

Play: [Peony Lantern] Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Artist: Hirezaki Eihô (鰭崎英朋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as ?   

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Genji Kagerofu (源氏かげろふ)

Play: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
[The Quiet Life of the Gosan Teahouse]
Gosan Chaya no Kokan (ゴ三茶屋の小閑)

Play: ?
Artist: Yamanaka Kodô (山中古洞)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe Fujaku VIII (尾上芙雀) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Morita Kan'ya XIII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Princess Minazuru ] Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姬)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
[September Nights] Yoru mo Nagatsuki (夜も長月)

Play: ?
Artist: Migita Toshihide (右田年英)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Sakuramaru (桜丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑)
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
?

Play: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
?

Play: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
Note: This might depict Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎) in Kanadehon
Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵).
 
 

               
Karigane (かりがね)

Play: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               

Play: Yakko no Shôman (奴の小萬 )
Artist: Torii Kiyotada IV (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Photoprint
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the National Diet Library 
 
  
 
 

               
Azuma Yogorô (あづま與五郞)

Play: ?
Artist: Ôta Saburô (太田三郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1913)
 
 

               
[Daffadil] Suisen (水仙)

Play: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
Urazato (浦里)

Play: Akegarasu Hana no Nureginu (明烏花濡衣)
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichimura Danshirô II (市村段四郎) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center