ENGEI SHASHINCHÔ
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖)
1925

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷直実)

Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Minami-za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 12/03/24
Print Date: 01/01/25
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. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郞) as Soga Gorô Tokimune (曽我五郎時致)

Play: Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 1) (三十六家選 (その一))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: There was a production of Soga Ju-ban ki (曽我十番斬) at the Kanda
theater in Tokyo in November 1924 and of Kotobuki Soga no Taimen
(寿曽我対面) at the Suhiro-za in Nagoya in December 1924.   While the casts
of those productions are not known to this author, it is possible that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Togashi Saemon (富樫左衛門)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 02/01/25
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. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若) as Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/04/24
Print Date: 02/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 2) (三十六家選 (その二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

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Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Aishô Ohide no Kata (愛妾お秀の方)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 03/01/25
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. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戶助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由緣江戶櫻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/25
Print Date: 03/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 3) (三十六家選 (その三))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 10/01/24
Print Date: 04/01/25
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. 4, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
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.

               
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as Sanemori Saitô (齋藤實盛)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/25
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. 4, No. 5 (May 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
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 Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Otomi (おとみ)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/25
Print Date: 05/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 5) (三十六家選 (その五))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 5 (May 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿 美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八)

Play: Suzu-ga-Mori (鈴ヶ森), Act III of Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma (浮世柄比翼稲妻)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 06/01/25
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. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (勝川春英),
which is outside the scope of this site.

               
Nakamura Ganjirō I (中村鴈治郎) as Soga no Juro Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成)

Play: Soga no Taimen (曾我対面)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 6) (三十六家選 (其六))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as Tokubê's wife Otatsu (徳兵衛女房お辰)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 07/01/25
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. 4, No. 7 (July 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (歌川豊国),
which is outside the scope of this site.

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次) as Oshô Kichisa (和尙吉三)

Play: San'nin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami (三人吉三巴白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 07/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 7) (三十六家選 (その七))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 7 (July 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上栄三郎) as Ama Isona (海女磯菜)

Play: Shiokumi (汐汲み) [Shichimai Tsuzuki Hana no Sugatae (七枚続花の姿繪)]
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/1923
Print Date: 08/01/25
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. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This magazine also includes a reproduction of a ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (歌川豊国),
which is outside the scope of this site.

               
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 8) (三十六家選 (その八))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Gadô IV portrayed Fukuoka Mitsugi at the Shintomi-za in June 1921.  It
is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               


Play: Onbôbori no ba (隠亡堀の場), Act III of Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/25
Print Date: 08/01/25
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI ( 尾上菊五郎) as Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/25
Print Date: 09/01/25
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Although the artist for the cover is not identified, the design strongly resembles one designed
for a pochibukurô by Tanaka Shiko (who also contributed a frontispiece to this issue).

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Tokihime (時姬)

Play: Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/25
Print Date: 09/01/25
Artist:  Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 9) (三十六家選 (その九))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Asano Naganori (淺野内匠頭)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/25
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. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Matsuta (市川松蔦) as Oman (おまん)

Play: Imayô Satsuma Uta (今様薩摩歌)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/1923
Print Date: 09/01/25
Artist: Tanaka Shikô (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
   
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later performance at some
regional theater.
 

               
Ôtani Tomoemon VI (大谷友右衛門) as Mikawaya Giheiji (三河屋儀平次)
 
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Danshichi Kurôbê (団七九郎兵衛)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/25
Print Date: 09/01/25
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/25
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kôshirô VII portrayed Gongorô at the Teikoku Gekijô in November 1922.   The cover could
reflect a more recent regional performance.

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Ôishi Kuranosuke (大石内蔵之助)

Play: Goban Taiheiki (碁盤太平記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/25
Artist: Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清画)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Ganjiro I is known to have played this role at the Shintomi-za in
November 1920.  The print could reflect a subsequent regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Shikaku II (中村芝鶴) as Hatsugiku (初菊)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記; 絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochikuza, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/25
Print Date: 10/01/25
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 10) (三十六家選 (その十))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (實川延若) as Chienai (智惠内)

Play: Kikubatake (菊畑), Act III, Scene 2 of Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略巻)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/25
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Enjaku II portrayed Chienai at the Teikoku Geikijô in Toky in November 1918.  It is possible
that this print reflects a later regional performance.

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Onoe (尾上)

Play: Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie (鏡山旧錦絵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/25
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 11) (三十六家選 (その十一))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Utaemon V portrayed Onoe in a production at the Shintomi-za in
February 1922.  This might reflect a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
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Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人)
 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (澤村宗十郎) as Shijô Kingo Yorimoto (四條金吾賴基)
 
Title: Depiction of the Persecution of Nichiren at Tatsunokuchi
(龍之口法難之圖)
Play: Nichiren Shônin (日蓮上人)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 11/01/25
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Illustration to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection 
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Tonase (戸無瀬)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/25
Print Date: 12/01/25
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖), Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Izayoi (十六夜)

Play: Izayoi Seishin (十六夜清心)
Performance Place: Hongo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/06/24
Print Date: 12/01/25
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 12) (三十六家選 (その十二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1925)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that it reflects a later regional production.