ENGEI SHASHINCHÔ
(演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖)
1927

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Menoto Asaoka (乳人淺岡)

Play: Jitsuroku Sendai Hagi (実録先代萩)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/27
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. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Fukusuke IV performed this role at the Ichimura-za in July 1894.  This presumably reflects some
subsequent regional production

               
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kyûsak (久作)

Play: Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/1/12
Print Date: 01/01/27
Artist:  Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 25) (三十六家選 (その廿五))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection 
 
Note: It is possible that this print depicts a later regional performance.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Moriyama Tatsuji (守山辰次)

Play: Keikochû no Togitatsu (稽古中の研辰)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/26
Print Date: 02/01/27
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. 6, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Ennosuke II also portrayed Moriyama Tatsuji in Togitatsu no Utare (研辰の討たれ) at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in December 1925. 

               
Sawada Shôjirô (澤田正二郎; 沢田正二郎) as Ii Tairô (井伊大老)

Play: Ii Tairô no Shi (井伊大老の死)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/26
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 26) (三十六家選 (その廿六))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

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Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郞) as Kamuro Tayori (禿たより)

Play: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata (戻駕色相肩)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/06/24
Print Date: 03/01/27
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. 6, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Hanayagi Shôtarô (花柳章太郎) as Kyôko京子

Play: Daini no Seppun (第二の接吻)
Performance Place: Asakusa Shôchiku-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 03/01/26
Print Date: 03/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 27) (三十六家選 (その廿七))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Kôchiyama Sôshun (河内山宗俊)

Play: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai (河内山と直侍)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/26
Print Date: 04/01/27
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. 6, No. 4 (Apr.. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Motome (求女)

Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place:  Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/26
Print Date: 04/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 28) (三十六家選 (その廿八))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Jitsukawa Enjaku II (実川延若; 實川延若) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/04/24
Print Date: 05/01/27
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. 6, No. 5 (May 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Sanshô V (市川三升; 市川三舛) as Soga Gorô (曾我五郎)

Play: Ya-no-Ne  (矢の根)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/30/17
Print Date: 05/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 29) (三十六家選 (その廿九))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 5 (May 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Morita Kan'ya XIII (森田勘弥; 守田勘弥) as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢)

Play: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/01/25
Print Date: 06/01/27
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. 6, No. 6 (June 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as Osono (お園)

Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1927
Print Date: 06/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 30) (三十六家選 (その三十))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print depicts Tokizô III as Osono in Hade Sugata
Onna Maiginu (艶容女舞衣), but I have not been able to locate such a
performance until long after the date of this publicatgion.
 
 
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Yoemon (與右衛門)

Play: Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/31/26
Print Date: 07/01/27
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. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Enshô III

               
Ichikawa Enshô III (市川莚升) as Ohoshi Rikiya (大星力弥)

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Hongô -za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/04/24
Print Date: 07/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 31) (三十六家選 (その三十一))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 7 (July 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Kataoka Chiyonosuke (片岡千代之助) as Konishi Seibei (小西清兵衛)

Play: Imamiya Jûmandô Tsuchi Ningyô no Iro Musume (今宮十万堂土人形の色娘) aka Raizan (来山)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/25
Print Date: 08/01/27
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. 6, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Umekawa (梅川)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai  (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/26
Print Date: 08/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 32) (三十六家選 (その三十二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection.
 
Note: My copy of this issue is missing the frontispiece.   It is believed to
have been omitted by the publisher by accident, and was included in the
next issue as No. 32 in the series.
 
 
 
 

               
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as Iruka Daijin (入鹿大臣)

Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: Hôngaku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/26
Print Date: 09/01/27
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. 6, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Umekawa (梅川)

Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai  (恋飛脚大和往来)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31/26
Print Date: 09/01/27
Artist:  Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 32) (三十六家選 (その三十二))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門)

Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Shôchiku-za, Asakusa
Performance Date: 04/05/24
Print Date: 10/01/27
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. 6, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as Gokuraku Jûsan (極楽十三)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This would appear to be No. 33 in the series Thirty-Six Selected Actors
(三十六家選 (その三十三)), although the print is no longer so identified in the
table of contents.  The play is likely some version of Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbêi
(極附幡随長兵衛; 極付幡随長兵衛), though I have not found a production with
Sumizô VI in this role.
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Kamiya Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)

Play: Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨炬燵), Act II of Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/27
Print Date: 11/01/27
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. 6, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection

               
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Yaegiri (八重桐)

Play: Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/27
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 6, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This would appear to be No. 34 in the series Thirty-Six Selected Actors
(三十六家選 (その三十四)), although the print is no longer so identified in the
table of contents.
 
 
 
 

               
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)
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.

               
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.