ENGEI KURABU
(演芸倶楽部)
1914

Note: After the October 1914 issue, Engei Kurabu
merged with Engei Gaho (演藝畫報).
 
 

               
Ôiso No Tora (大磯の虎)

Play: Play: Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Toraya Tôkichi (虎屋東吉)/Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play: Uirô (ういろう) [Uirô Uri (外郎売)]
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Danzaburô (団三郎)

Play: Soga Kyôdai (曾我兄弟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 11/03/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Horikoshi Fukusaburô (堀越福三郎; 嗣子福三郎) as
Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play: Soga Kyôdai (曾我兄弟)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 11/03/13
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
? as Watônai (和藤内) in Kokusen'ya Gassen (国性爺合 戦)              Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
                                                                                                                       (大星由良之助 ) in Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵;
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Torazô (虎蔵) in                仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene II of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no
Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻), which opened at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo     Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Tora (虎) in ?
in November 1912.
                                                                                                                      Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as ?
Ichikawa Danshirô II (段四郎) as Musashibô Benkei
(武蔵坊弁慶) in Kanjinchô (勧進帳), which opened at the                 Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as ?
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in April 1911.
                                                                                                                     Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Utanosuke (雅楽之助 in Domo
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄; 河合武夫) as [Electra] Erekutora                Mata (吃又)
(エレクトラ) in [Electra] Erekutora (エレクトラ), which
opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo on October 1, 1913.
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Toranosuke
Masakiyo (虎之助正请) in Kinkakuji (金閣寺), Act IV of Gion
Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記), which opened at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in January 1902 and again in July 1907.

Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Plum Moonlit Night] Ume Tsukiyo (梅月夜)

Play: ?
Artist: Ôta Saburô (太田三郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nozaki Michi (野崎道)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
Note: A complete image of this frontispiece is not currently available.

 

               
Okaru (おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Shirozake Uri (白酒賣)  [Shinbei (新兵衛)]

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Artist: Migita Toshihide (右田年英)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play: Chôchidori Horai Soga (蝶千鳥宝来曽我)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa **** 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. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Matagorô I (中村又五郎; 中村叉五郎) 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. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Monnosuke VI (市川門之助) 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. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Yae Yamabuki (八重山吹)

Play: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1914)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
[Young man Puppet] Wakashu Ningyô (若衆人形)

Play: ?
Artist: Migita Toshihide (右田年英)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1914)
Personal Collection
 
Note: A complete image is not available at this time.
 
 

               
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) 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. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1914)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Nakamura Shibajaku IV (中村芝雀) 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. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1914)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Yukie Saorinosuke (雪枝小織之助)

Play: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
(曽我綉侠御所染; 曽我誘侠御所染)
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Intermission] Makuahi (幕あひ)

Artist: Yamanaka Kodô (山中古洞)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Tôzô V (中村東蔵) as Asahi (朝比)

Play: Chôchidori Horai Soga (蝶千鳥宝来曽我)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe Eizaburô VI (尾上栄三郎; 尾上榮三郎) as
Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経) 

Play: Chôchidori Horai Soga (蝶千鳥宝来曽我)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as
Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/23/14
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Hataro (はたろ)

Play: ?
Artist: Migita Toshihide (右田年英)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
[Door] Tobira (とびら)

Artist: Takeuchi Keishu (武内桂卅)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) 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. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Karoku III (中村歌六) as
Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵) 
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. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sashô II (; 市川左舛) 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. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kinugawa Kujaku (衣川孔雀) as Nora (ノラ)

Play: Nora (ノラ)/Ningyô no Ie [A Doll's House] (人形の家)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/17/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Tanabata (七夕)

Play: ?
Artist: Takeda Hisashi? (武田 壽)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
[Twilight] Tasogare (黄昏)

Artist: Hirezaki Eihô (鰭崎英朋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjirô I (川延二郎; 實川延二郎) as
Ono Sadakurô (斧定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/14
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
[Summer in Edo] Edo no Natsu (江戸の夏)

Play: ?
Artist: Ôta Saburô (太田三郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
[Woman of the Water Arts] Mizugei no On'na (水藝の女)

Play: ?
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kataoka **** (片岡**) 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. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe Usaburô II (尾上卯三郎) 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. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe Taminosuke (尾上多見之助) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Matsui Sumako (マツヰスマコ) 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. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
Takatoki (髙時)

Play: Takatoki (髙時)
Artist: Hirezaki Eihô (鰭崎英朋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center

               
 Kuzu no Ha (葛の葉)

Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑;
蘆屋道満大内鑑)
Artist: Migita Toshihide (右田年英)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) 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. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Asao Kuzaemon IV (浅尾工左衛門; 淺尾工左衛門)

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. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Iwai Kumesaburô V (岩井粂三郎) 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. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) 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. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Kameya Chûbei (亀屋忠兵衛)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/1909
Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
Note: This print could reflect a regional performance.  The most '
recent one I could find was at the Suehiroza in Nagoya in March 1912.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Monnosuke VI (市川門之助氏) as ?

Play: ?
Artist:  Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Cover to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
Note: This was a memorial print for Monnosuke VI, who died in
August 1914.
 
 

               
Minazuru-hime (皆鶴姫)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略 巻)
Artist: Yamanaka Kodô (山中古洞)
Medium: Photoprint
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Gonzaburô II (市川権三郎; 市川權三郎) 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. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Ichikawa Ichijûrô IV (市川市十郎) 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. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1913)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Inoue Masao (井上正夫) as ?

Play: [The Enemy Is Coming] Teki Gunki Tareri (敵軍来れり)  
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/05/14
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Offset print?
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Onoe ** (尾上**) 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. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center
 
 

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Katagiri Katsumoto           Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Kijo (鬼女) in Momijigari (紅葉狩),
(片桐且元) in Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉), which opened at the Kabuki-       which opened at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in May 1905.
za in Tokyo in October 1910. 
                                                                                                                       Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Iwasaki Kazuhiko (岩崎一彦) in [Loving My 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Takatoki (高時) in                Husband] Sôfuren (想夫憐),which opened at the Hongo-za on
Takatoki (高時), which opened at the Teikoku Gekijô in July             December 4, 1908.
1913.
                                                                                                                      Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kurzaka (栗作) in
? as ?                                                                                                           Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門), which opened at the Kabuki-za
                                                                                                                      in November 1912.
Onoe Usaburô II (尾上卯三郎) as ?
                                                                                                                      Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Karukaya Doshin
Artist: Arai Hakuchi (新井白雉)                                                                (苅萱道心) in Karukaya Doshin Tsukushi no Iezuto (苅萱桑門筑紫𨏍) at
Medium: Offset print?                                                                               the Kabuki-za on September 26, 1908.
Published: Illustration to Engei Kurabu (演芸倶楽部),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1914)                                                                    ? as ?
Image courtesy of the Art Research Center