KABUKI-ZA
(歌舞伎座)


MAY 1926

                   
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Print Date: 05/1926
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
*Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Note: This print was issued by the publisher to be a
companion print to a May 1925 print by Ito Shinsui
entitled "Makuai [Interval] (幕間)."
 
 
 
 

JANUARY 1929

                   
[Distant View of Kabuki-za from Matsuya]
Matsuya Yori Kabukiza Enbô (松屋より歌舞伎座遠望)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)
Print Date: 01/1929
Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Series: Gashû Ginza (画集銀座), First Series, No. 3
Medium: Stone lithograph
Image Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
 





JUNE 1930


[Kabuki Theater at Night] Yoru no Kabuki-za (夜の歌舞伎座)

Print Date: 06/01/1930 (ed. 50)
Artist: Fujimori Shizuo (藤森静雄)
Print Series: [One Hundred Views of New Tokyo]
Shin Tokyo Hyakkei (新東京百景) (#19)
Image courtesy of the ViewingJapanesePrints.net
 
 
 
 

       

 
 
 
 

FEBRUARY 1934


[Kabuki Theater at Kobikicho]
Kibiki-cho Kabuki-za (木挽町 歌舞伎座)
 
Print Date: 02/1934
Artist: Koizumi Kishio (小泉発巳男)
Series: [One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era]
Shôwa dai Tôkyô Hyakuzue (昭和大東京百図絵) (#46)
Image Courtesy of Scholten Japanese Art
 
 

 

       

   

1936

                   
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za
Print Date: 1936
Artist: Noël Nouët
Series: {Scenes of Tokyo, Twenty-Four Views]
Tôkyô Fûkei Zen Nijyûyon Mai (東京風景全二十四枚)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 




DECEMBER 1942



Kabuki-za, Tokyo (歌舞伎座, 東京)
 
Date: 12/1942
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: [Eight Scenic Views of Tokyo] Tokyo Hakkei (東京八景)
Personal Collection
 
 
 


              

DECEMBER 1950


Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku (こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: This was a collaboration with Torii Tadamasa, Tomita Chiaki, Kamoshita Chôko,
Takane Kôji, Natori Shunsen, Kubota Kinsen, Miyao Shigeo, Jinbo Tomoyo, and Mori
Shunchô.  One of the panels by Shimizu follows.
 
 
 

           
           

                       

                   
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座), Center Panel  of
Kobikichō Kabuki-za Gekigain Gassaku
(こびき町歌舞伎座 劇画院合作)
Print Date: 12/1950
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection



1951

                   
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Print Date: 1951
Artist: Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

JULY 1953

                   
[The Kabuki Theater] Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Print Date: 07/1953
Artist: Kitaoka Fumio (北岡文雄)
Medium: Woodblock printed seal
Portfolio: Loving Service Seal Hanga
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: This print was part of a larger set of images
found on a printed and perforated gummed sheet.
The portfolio also included prints by Onchi
Kôshirô (恩地孝四郎) and Shinagawa Takumi
(品川工).
 
 
 
 

1956


Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Date: 1956
Artist: Asano Takeji (浅野竹二)
Series: [Famous Places in Tokyo] Tôkyô Meishô no Uchi (東京名所ノ内)
Image courtesy of the Japanese Art Open Database
 
 


              



Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Date: 1956
Artist: Asano Takeji (浅野竹二)
Series: [Famous Places in Tokyo] Tôkyô Meishô no Uchi (東京名所ノ内)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
Note: Color variant or faded copy?
 
 
 
 

 
 
 


              

1982

                   
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 1982
Artist: Clifton Karhu
Title: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Personal Collection (AP; ed. 100)
 
Note: The figure in the lower right would appear to be the ghost of Taira-no-Tomomori (平知盛) in
Funa Benkei (船辨慶).  It is possible that the figure at the lower left is Ôboshi Yuranosuke
(大星由良之助) in Kanadehon Chushingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵).  This particular AP is
actually dated 1983, which could either mean it was dated by hand when it was sold after the edition
was made in 1982 or the 1982 publication date (which came from a dealer's website) was in error.

 
 



1991

                 
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Print Date: 1991
Artist: Sonoyama Harumi (園山晴巳)
Series: Tokyo Hyakkei; Niju-isseiki e no Messeeji (One Hundred Views of Tokyo; Message to the 21st Century) #30
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection (#13/100)

 
 
 

1992


[Inside the Kabukui-za] Kabukiza Naikei (歌舞伎座内景)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1992
Artist: Obata Tsutomu (小畑勉)
Series: Series: [One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Message to the 21st Century]
Tokyo hyakkei niju-isseiki e no messeeji (東京百景 21世紀へのメッセージ )  #32
Personal Collection (#13/100)
 
 


2006

            
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)

Print Date: 2006 (ed. 99)
Artist: Kurita Masahiro (栗田政裕)
Medium: Wood engraving
Series: [Imagio & Poetica No. 25]  Imajina & Poetika 25 (イマジナ&ポエティカ 25)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

 
 

UNKNOWN DATES


Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座), Tokyo
     
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kamei Tôbei (亀井藤兵衛)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 

                   

                
Kabuki Theatre]
Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kobayashi Kaichi (小林かいち)
Medium: Woodblock printed
pochibukuro
Image courtesy of Artelino.com