ENGEI TO EIGA
(演藝と映画)
1927

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as
Shinmyô Owasa (針妙おわさ)

Play: Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi (御所桜堀川夜討)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 01/01/27
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei to Eiga (演藝と映画), Vol. 2, No. 1
(Jan. 1, 1927)
Personal Collection 
 
Note: This is a lithographic reproduction of a 1921 woodblock print by
Kôka.  Utaemon V also performed this role at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo, in
February 1920.  It is therefore possible that this print reflects Utaemon
V's 1920 performance.  Utaemon V may have also subsequently reprised
this role regional, which might explain why it was included in this magazine.
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as Kagatobi Gorôji (加賀鳶五郎次)

Play: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/19
Print Date: 06/01/27
Artist: Yamamura Kôka (山村耕花)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei to Eiga (演藝と映画), Vol. 2, No. 6
(June 1, 1927)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This is a lithographic reproduction of a 1920 woodblock print by
Kôka.  Matsusuke IV reprised this role at the Ichimura-za in Tokyo in
July 1924 and perhaps subsequently performed this role regionally,
which might explain why it was included in this magazine.