ENGEI SHASHIN
(演藝寫真)
1927-1928

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Yamada Kônosuke (山田幸之助)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1927)
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Note: Although one would expect this to be Vol. 6, No. 12 of Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖;
演芸写真帖), the magazine changed its name to Engei Shashin with no volume number given.
Given that the January 1928 issue was Vol. 2, No. 1, this issue is de facto single issue of Volume
1 of Engei Shashin.

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Sawamura Tanosuke (沢村田之助; 澤村田之助)
 
Play: Kaitei Yanagibashi Yawa (改訂柳橋夜話)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/25
Print Date: 12/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although one would expect this to be Vol. 6, No. 12 of Engei Shashinchô
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), the magazine changed its name to Engei Shashin
with no volume number given.  Given that the January 1928 issue was Vol. 2,
No. 1, this issue is de facto single issue of Volume 1 of Engei Shashin.
 
This would appear to be No. 35 in the series Thirty-Six Selected Actors
(三十六家選 (その三十五)), although the print is no longer so identified in the
table of contents.
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Shikaku II (中村芝鶴) as Osome (お染)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/27
Print Date: 01/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1928)
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Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門)/Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝鶴)
as * Soga (*曾我)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/28
Artist: ?
Medium: ?
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1928)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this is the final (No. 36) print to the series Thirty-Six
Selected Actors (三十六家選 (その廿六)).  The artist is likely Kawase Hasui
(川瀬巴水).
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Michitose (三千歳)
 
Morita Kan'ya XIII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥) as Kurayami no Ushimatsu (暗闇の丑松)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)

Play: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai (河内山と直侍)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/26
Print Date: 02/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1928)
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Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Matsuyama Tayû (松山太夫)

Play: Wankyu Sue no Matsuyama (椀久末松山)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1928)
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Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国),
which is outside the scope of this site.  Fukusuke IV would portray this role at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo
in May 1928.  He previously played this role in November 1920 at the Shintomi-za.  This print likely
reflects some regional performance.
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/06/24
Print Date: 04/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1928)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.  Fukusuke V also portrayed
Hanako in a production of Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺) at the Minami-za in Tokyo in December 1923.  This magazine
also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国), which is outside the
scope of this site. 
 
 

               
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hanjyo (斑女)

Play: Shizuhata no Obi (賤機帯)
Performance Place: Hôngaku-za
Performance Date: 03/05/25
Print Date: 05/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1928)
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Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国),
which is outside the scope of this site. 
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yayoi (弥生)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/27
Print Date: 06/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1928)
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Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周),
which is outside the scope of this site. 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Oshun (お俊)

Play: Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure (勝相撲浮名花触)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1925
Print Date: 07/01/28
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫真), Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1928)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周),
which is outside the scope of this site.