KABUKI
(歌舞伎)
1912

               
[The Crests of an Ancient Actors]
Chokudai ni Chinameru Kohaiyû no Mon (勅題に因める古俳優の紋)

Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 139 (Jan 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Old Dressing Rooms] Mukashi no Gakuya (昔の楽屋)

Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 139 (Jan. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Early Spring in the Theater] Shoshun no Za (初春の座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 140 (Feb. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Early Spring in the Theater] Shoshun no Za (初春の座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 140 (Feb. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[February at the Shintomi-za]
Nigatsu no Shintomiza (二月の新富座)

Play: Yûgiri Izaemon (夕霧伊左衛門) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/08/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 141 (Mar. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The other plays on the February bill were Igagoe Dôchû
Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); Keisei Awa no Naruto
(傾城阿波の鳴門); and Orao Nami (荒男浪).
 
     

               
[February at the Kabuki-za]
Nigatsu no Kibukiza (二月の歌舞伎座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Toyko
Performance Date: 02/17/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 141 (Mar. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the February bill were Chikamatsu Kaikei Soga
(近松会稽曽我); Higo no Kami Kiyomasa (肥後守清正); Migawari
Zazen (身替座禅);   Koi Sumô Haru Kaobure (恋相撲春顔触); and
Kotobuki Utsubo Zaru (寿靭猿).

               
[March at the Meiji-za]
Sangetsu no Meijiza (三月の明治座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 142 (Apr. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the March bill were Date Masamune
(伊達政宗); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記);
Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); and Iroha Shinsuke
(いろは新助).
 
 

               
[March at the Ichimura-za]
Sangetsu no Ichimuraza (三月の明市村座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 142 (Apr. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the March bill were  Mekura Nagaya Ume no
Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Kishiyanagi Oboro Hitokage
(岸柳朧人影); Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱); and Dairi Bina Sannin Jôgo
(内裏雛三人上戸).
 
 

               
[April at the Kabuki-za]
Kabukiza no Shigatsu (歌舞伎座の四月)

Play: Gojôbashi (五条橋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/10/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 143 (May 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The other plays on the April bill were Shirabyôshi Kami-ô
(白拍子祇王); Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記);  Futatsu
Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (双蝶々曲輪日記); and Hanakura Tai
Amigasa (花競対編笠).
 
 

               
[April at the Teikoku Gekijô]
Teikoku Gekijô no Shigatsu (帝国劇場の四月)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 143 (May 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the April bill were Ichijô Ôkurakyô (一条大蔵卿;
一條大蔵卿); Haha (母);  Anjin (按針);  Hayagaten (早合點); Furawâ,
Dansu (フラワー、ダンス); and Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝).
 
 

               
Teikoku Gekijô, Meiji-za, Shintomi-za (帝國劇場、明治座、新富座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 144 (June 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
Teikoku Gekijô, Meiji-za, Shintomi-za (帝國劇場、明治座、新富座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 144 (June 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Play: Yôrô (養老)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/31/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 145 (July 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               

Play: Mannengusa (万年草)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:   06/01/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 145 (July 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Play: Runin (流人) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/18/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 146 (Aug. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               

Plays: Shôutsushi Asagao Banashi (生写朝顔);
Eguchi no Kimi (江口の君)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo; Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/18/12; 07/03/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 146 (Aug. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
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Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 147 (Sept. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
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Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 147 (Sept. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Teikoku Gekijô (帝國劇場)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/21/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 148 (Oct. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the September bill were Sukotchi Dansu
(スコッチダンス); [Kinno Ushiseki] Shichikiochi
([勤王史蹟]七卿落); Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記); Sôma no
Furugosho (相馬古御所); Echigo Jishi (越後獅子); Teisô (貞操);
and Tamamo- no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前旭袂).
 
 

               
Shintomi-za (新富座)

Play: ?
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/18/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 148 (Oct. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays on the September bill were Momoyama Monogatari
(桃山譚); Kamakura Sandaiki (鎌倉三代記); Takayama Hikokurô
(高山彦九郎); and Kanekyô (鐘供養).
 
 

               

Play: Sanada Yukimura (真田幸村)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 149 (Nov. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関)     
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 149 (Nov. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               

Play: Kikubatake (菊畑)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/12
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 150 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               

Plays: Tsuchigumo (土蜘); ?
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo; ?
Performance Date: 10/25/12; ?
Artist: Kubota Beisai (久保田米斎; 久保田米齋)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 150 (Dec. 1, 1912)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The back cover title references Yoshio Oishi's retreat in
Yamashina, which could relate to the production of  Go Taiheiki
Shiroishi Banashi (碁太平記白石噺) at the Waseda-za in November
1912, or to one of the productions of Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) that played at the Tokyo-za,
Engeki-za, or Miyato-za in November 1912.