ENGEI SHASHIN
(演藝寫眞; 演芸写真)
1924

               
Sanbasô dancer

Play: Okina (翁) or a Sanbasômono (三番叟物) play
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Hirosada (歌川広貞),
which is outside the scope of this site.
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Benkei (辦慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  The last time Matsumoto Kôshirô VII performed
this role in Tokyo before the publication of this issue was in a special performance at the Teikoku
Geikijô in April 1922.  This print probably reflects a later regional performance.
 
 

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Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Togashi (富樫)  

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Minamoto Yoshitsune (源義經)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  This print possibly depicts Utaemon V as
Minamoto Yoshitsune in Kanjinchô (勧進帳).
 
 

               
Ichimuara Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kanpei (勘平)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place:
Performance Date:
Print Date: 05/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum database shows a cut-down version of this cover
print.  This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  The last time Uzaemon XV performed this role
in Toky prior to the publication of this issue was at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1922.  It is likely
that this print reflects a later regional performance.

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Kyô Ningyô (京人形)

Play: Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 5 (May 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Okaru (おかる)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  The last time Baikô VI performed this role in
Tokyo prior to the publication of this issue was at the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1922.  It is likely
that this print reflects a later regional performance.

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次) as Sadakurô (定九郎)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: The last time Sadanji II performed this role in Tokyo prior to the
publication of this issue was at the Kabuki-za in April 1921.  This print
likely reflects a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara Heizo (梶原平三)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 07/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects some
regional performance.

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郞) as Megumi no Tatsugorô (め組辰五郞)

Play: Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi (神明恵和合取組)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 07/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 7 (July 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: The last time Kikugorô VI performed this role in Tokyo prior to the
publication of this issue was at the Asakusa Shôchiku-za in February 1921. 
This print likely reflects a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum database shows a cut-down version of this print. 
This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  This print likely reflects a regional production.

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)
 
Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/**/24
Print Date: 08/01/24
Artist: Ryûkô (柳紅)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Chigusaya Oman (千草屋おまん)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 07/06/24
Print Date: 09/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects a regional
performance.

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Yodogimi (淀君)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/24
Artist: Reison (嶺邨)?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: Utaemon V portrayed Yodo no Kata (淀方; 淀の方) in a production of
Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月) at the Meiji-za in Tokyo in
February 1924.  This print likely reflects a regional performance of this or
another play that features the character of Yodogimi.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu (樋口冶郎兼光)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 10/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.  It is possible that this print reflects a regional
performance.

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Matsuyama Tayu (松山太夫)

Play: Wankyu Sue no Matsuyama (椀久末松山)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/24
Artist:  Reison (嶺邨)?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as Ohaya (おはや)

Play: Satsuki no Fuji (さつき富士)?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/24
Artist: Koshô Nobukata (古荘信方)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada I
(歌川 国貞), which is outside the scope of this site.

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kajiwara (梶原)

Play: Ishikiri Kajiwara (石切梶原)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/24
Print Date: 11/01/24
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1924)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a regional performance.  
 
 
 
 

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)

               
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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/24
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 3, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1924)