ENGEI SHASHINCHÔ
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖)
1926

               
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shochiku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/24
Print Date: 01/01/26
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. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郞) as Yayoi (弥生)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/04/25
Print Date: 01/01/26
Artist:  Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 13) (三十六家選 (その十三))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as Osome (おそめ)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/01/26
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. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1926)
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Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Sekibê (關兵衛)

Play: Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To (積恋雪関扉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/26
Print Date: 02/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 14) (三十六家選 (その十四))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

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Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)

Play: Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/25
Print Date: 02/01/26
Artist: Tanaka Shiko (田中紫光)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Sukeroku (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: 03/01/26
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. 5, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上榮三郎) as Asazuma (浅妻)

Play: Asazuma Bune (浅妻船)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 03/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 15) (三十六家選 (その十五))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print depicts a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Chubê (屋忠兵衛)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 01/**/25
Print Date: 04/01/26
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. 5, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note: While Ganjirô I performed this role at the Shintomi-za, Tokyo in November 1914, it is unlikely
that this print reflects that performance.

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Narukami Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)   
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/26
Print Date: 04/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 16) (三十六家選 (その十六))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Ono no Tôfû (小野道風)

Play: Ono no Tôfû Aoyagi Suzuri (小野道風青柳硯)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/12/25
Print Date: 05/01/26
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. 5, No. 5 (May 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as Soga Jûrô (曾我十郎)

Play: Youchi Soga Kariba no Akebono (夜討曽我狩場曙)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:07/07/25
Print Date: 05/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 17) (三十六家選 (その十七))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 5 (May 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Shôchô II (市川松蔦) as Osato (お里)

Play: Sushiya (鮓屋), Act 3, Scene III of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 02/02/26
Print Date: 06/01/26
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. 5, No. 6 (June 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Takeo Kawai (河合武雄) as Geisha Someji (藝妓染次)

Play: Kôtô Shinwa (紅燈新話)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/26
Print Date: 06/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 18) (三十六家選 (その十八))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 6 (June 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kaisha (中村魁車) as Genzô's wife Tonami (戸浪)

Play: Terakoya (寺子屋), Act IV, Scene III of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/1926
Print Date: 07/01/26
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. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Bandô Hikosaburō VI (阪東彦三郎) as Sadakuni (貞國)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 07/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 19) (三十六家選 (その十九))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川壽美蔵) as Matahei (又平)

Play: Keisei Hangonkô (傾城反魂香)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Print Date: 08/01/26
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. 5, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 

               
Nakamura Senjaku I (中村扇雀) as Ôishi Chikara (大石主稅)

Play: Goban Taiheiki (碁盤太平記)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/26
Print Date: 08/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 20) (三十六家選 (その廿))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次) as Nangô Rikimaru (南鄉力丸)

Play: Benten Musume On'na Otoko Shiranami (辨天娘女男白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 09/01/26
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. 5, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (澤村源之助) as Kirare Otomi (切られお富)

Play: Kirare Otomi (切られお富; きられお富)
Performance Place: JOAK radio broadcast of the stage play
Performance Date: 07/20/26
Print Date: 09/01/26
Artist:  Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 21) (三十六家選 (その廿一))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Gennosuke IV performed this role many times in Tokyo in the early
1920s, most recently at the Tokiwa-za in July 1924.
 
 
 
 

               
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Akoya (阿古屋)

Play: Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki (壇浦兜軍記)
Performance Place: Nani-wa, Osaka
Performance Date: 06/1926
Print Date: 10/01/26
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. 5, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection

               
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Umezu Kamon Motoharu (梅津掃部元春)

Play: Otoniku Tenjiku Tokubê (音菊天竺徳兵衛)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 22) (三十六家選 (その廿二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Mitsugorô VII first performed this role in Tokyo in August 1918 at the
Teikoku Gekijô.  Presumably this print reflects some later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as Onatsu (お夏)

Play: Onatsu Kyôran (お夏狂乱)
Performance Place: Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/24
Print Date: 11/01/26
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. 5, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note:  It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.

               
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: 11/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 23) (三十六家選 (その廿三))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (澤村宗十郎) as Satô Tadanobu (佐藤忠信 )

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/26
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. 5, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Sôjûrô VII performed this role at the Teikoku Gekijo in November 1913.  He also performed this
role in Yoshino Shizuka at the Teikoku Gekijo in January 1919. This print probably reflects some later
regional performance. 

               
Bandô Shûchô III (阪東秀調) as [Ôboshi’s wife] Oishi (お石)
 
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/25
Print Date: 12/01/26
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 24) (三十六家選 (その廿四))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection