Engei Shashincho (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖)

ENGEI SHASHINCHÔ
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖)
1923

JANUARY

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2 No. 1
(Jan. 1, 1923)

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei
Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1923)

FEBRUARY

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Play: n?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 2
(Feb. 1, 1923)

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei
Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1923)

MARCH

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 3
(Mar. 1, 1923)

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei
Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1923)

APRIL

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 4
(Apr.. 1, 1923)

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei
Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1923)

MAY

Onoe Kikugorô VI ( 尾上菊五郎) as Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)

Play: Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/23
Print Date: 05/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: Although the actor is not identified on the print, there are photos from the production the month
before at the Ichimura-za that make it likely that it depicts Kikugorô VI.

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)

Play: Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/02/23
Print Date: 05/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: Although the actor is not identified on the print, photos of Sadanji II
in this role in the magazine from a production the month before make it
likely that it is Sadanji II.

JUNE

Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Michiyuki Hatsune Tabi (道行初音旅), Act IV, Scene I of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/23
Print Date: 06/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: Although the actor is not identified on the print, a photo of Fukusuke IV in this role in the
magazine from a production the month before make it likely that it is Fukusuke IV.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)

Play: Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/23
Print Date: 06/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

JULY

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Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 07/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: The actor and the role are not identified, and the print fails to provide sufficient clues to this
author as to their identies. It is possible that depicts Onoe Baikô VI's co-star in Kaga Sôdô
(加賀騒動), which was Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Ôta Ôi (太田大炊).

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Osada no Kata (お貞の方)

Play: Kaga Sôdô (加賀騒動)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/23
Print Date: 07/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

AUGUST

Morita Kan'ya XIII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥) as Hagiwara Shinzaburô (萩原新三郎)

Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/23
Print Date: 08/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Wet Nurse Shigenoi (乳人重の井),
as portrayed by actress Bando Kaeda (坂東カ枝)

Play: Kyôenroku (俠艷録)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/22/23
Print Date: 08/01/23
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: The play within the play is some version or excerpt of Koi Nyôbô
Somewake Tazuna (戀女房染分手綱).

AUGUST

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Omatsuri Sashichi (お祭佐七; お祭左七)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/21
Print Date: 08/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: This issue of Engei Shashinchô appears to be produced by a different publisher that the other
issues shown on this site.

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Koito (小糸)

Play: Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi (江戸育お祭佐七)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/21
Print Date: 08/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)
Personal Collection

Note: This issue of Engei Shashinchô appears to be produced by a different
publisher that the other issues shown on this site.

Ichikawa Danjûrô (市川団十郎; 市川團次郎) as Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari (兒雷也豪傑物語)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/01/23
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock print
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1923)

Note: As this print was missing from my issue, information about the print
is scarce. Presumably it depicts Danjûrô IX, and is a reproduction of a
ukiyo-e print.

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