KABUKI
(歌舞伎)
1901


JANUARY

               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 8 (Jan. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 8 (Jan. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




FEBRUARY

               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 9 (Feb. 10, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 9 (Feb. 10, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




MARCH

               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No.  10 (Mar. 6, 1901)
Personal Collection




               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 10 (Mar. 6, 1901)
Personal Collection
 
 




APRIL

               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 11 (Apr. 10, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 11 (Apr. 10, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




MAY

               

Play: Ame no Gorô (雨の五郎)
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 12 (May 8, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (市川団十郎; 市川團十郎) as Sukeroku (助六)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六由縁江戸桜)
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 12 (May 8, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Danjûrô IX performed this role in Tokyo at the Shintomi-za in
May 1884 and at the Kabuki-za in May 1896.
 
 




JUNE

               
[The Hawk at the Mountain Gate] Sanmon no Taka (山門の鷹)

Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (楼門五山桐)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 13 (June 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




               
[Name Changing Speech] Kaimei no Kôjô (改名の口上)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/16/01
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 13 (June 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) took the name of Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) at the
Kabuki-za in May 1901.
 
 




JULY

               
[Lightning in the Clouds and Swallow in the Rain]
Kumo ni Inazuma to Ame ni Tsubame (雲に稻妻と雨に燕)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 14 (July 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
[Lightning in the Clouds and Swallow in the Rain]
Kumo ni Inazuma to Ame ni Tsubame (雲に稻妻と雨に燕)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 14 (July 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




AUGUST

               
[Nine Bamboo Leaves in a Circle and a Sake Bowl]
Maru ni Kyûmaisasa to Sakazuki Nagashi (丸に九枚笹と盃流し)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 15 (Aug. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
[Nine Bamboo Leaves in a Circle and a Sake Bowl]
Maru ni Kyûmaisasa to Sakazuki Nagashi (丸に九枚笹と盃流し)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 15 (Aug. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




SEPTEMBER

               
[A Curtain Winging in the Wind, with a Mountain and Mokko Crest]
Kaze ni Tsubasaru Manmaku , Mon ha Yamagata ni Boke
(風に翼る幔幕、紋は山形に木瓜)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 16 (Sept. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
[A Curtain Winging in the Wind, with a Mountain and Mokko Crest]
Kaze ni Tsubasaru Manmaku , Mon ha Yamagata ni Boke
(風に翼る幔幕、紋は山形に木瓜)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 16 (Sept. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




OCTOBER

               
Shiranui (不知火)

Play: Shiranui Monogatari (白縫譚)
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 17 (Oct. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Shiranui (不知火)

Play: Shiranui Monogatari (白縫譚)
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 17 (Oct. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




NOVEMBER

               
Kezori no Zeni (毛剃りの銭)

Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi(恋湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/01
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 18 (Nov. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Kezori no Zeni (毛剃りの銭)

Play: Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi(恋湊博多諷)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/06/01
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 18 (Nov. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 




DECEMBER

               
Yashio no Uchikake  (八汐の裲襠)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 19 (Dec. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California




               
Yashio no Uchikake  (八汐の裲襠)

Play: ?
Artist: Nagahara Shisui (長原止水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 19 (Dec. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California