MISCELLANEOUS
PUPPET HEADS
(首人形)
MARCH 1923
Untitled
Print Date: 03/15/1923
Artist: Koizumi Kishio (小泉発巳男)
Published in Kimi to Boku (君と僕), No. 3
JULY 1925
[Dunce Puppets] Noromaningyô (のろま人形)
Print Date: 07/10/1925
Artist: Matsumoto Ieyasu (松本家康)
Published in Mura no Hanga (村の版画), No. 4
Note: A color image is not available at this time.
1929
[Dunce Puppet] Noromaningyô (のろま人形)
Print Date: 1929
Artist: Matsumoto Ieyasu (松本家康)
Published in Mura no Hanga (村の版画), No. 9
Note: A color image is not available at this time.
JUNE 1930
[Jôruri Puppet]
Jôruri Ningyô (浄瑠璃人形)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 4 号
Date: 06/01/30
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color.
MARCH 1931
[Bunraku Puppet] Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 12 号
Date: 03/01/31
Artist: Funamoto Moichi (船本茂一)
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color. A hand-
colored version was published in 1933.
APRIL 1931
[Bunraku Puppet]
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 13 号
Date: 04/01/31
Artist: Funamoto Moichi (船本茂一)
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color.
JUNE 1931
[Forehead] Deko (デコ)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 15 号
Date: 06/01/31
Artist: Funamoto Moichi (船本茂一)
[Bunraku Doll Head]
Bunraku Ningyô no Kashira
(文楽人形の首)
Print Date: 06/28/31
Artist: Takeda Shintarô
(竹田新太郎)
Published in: [Woodpecker]
Kitsutsuki (きつつき)
No. 3 (June 28, 1931)
Image courtesy of
Artelino.com
[Bunraku Doll Head]
Bunraku Ningyô no Kashira (文楽人形の首)
Print Date: 1931?
Published in: ?
Artist: Takeda Shintarô (竹田新太郎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
Although the seller also attributes this print to
Kitsutsuki (きつつき) No. 3, it is unlikely that both
versions appeared in the same magazine. Rather,
it is likely that it appeared in another magazine
around the same time or was separately issued
by the artist.
SEPTEMBER 1931
[Forehead] Deko (デコ)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 17 号
Date: 09/01/31
Artist: Funamoto Moichi (船本茂一)
NOVEMBER 1931
[Puppet and Pipe] Ningyô to Kiseru (人形と煙管)
Publication: Hori to suri (彫りと摺り), 第 2 号
Date: 11/06/31
Artist: Shima Michio (島美智雄)
JANUARY 1932
[Bunraku Puppet] Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 20 号
Date: 01/01/32
Artist: Funamoto Moichi (船本茂一)
[Bunraku Puppet] Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 20 号
Date: 01/01/32
Artist: Ogawa Tatsuhiko (小川龍彦)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.
APRIL 1932
Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Shitadashi Sanbasô (舌出三番叟)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 23 号
Date: 04/25/32
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
SEPTEMBER 1932
[Heads (Three Kinds)] Kashira Sanshu (かしら三種)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 6 号
Date: 09/01/32
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
UNKNOWN MONTH 1932
Sanbasô (三番叟)
Play: Shitadashi Sanbasô (舌出三番叟)
Print Date: 1932
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
Published in Mura no Hanga (村の版画), No. 16
Note: A color image is not available at this time.
SEPTEMBER 1933
[Awa Puppet] Awa Ningyô (阿波人形)
Play: ?
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 18 号
Date: 09/01/31
Artist: Funamoto Moichi (船本茂一)
Note: This design was originally published
in 1931.
OCTOBER 1933
Matsû no Kashira (松王のカシーラ)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 40 号
Date: 10/01/33
Artist: Ogawa Tatsuhiko (小川龍彦)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.
Detsukorobô (デツコロボー)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 19 号
Date: 10/01/33
Artist: Ozaki Kunijirô (尾崎邦二郎)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
this print is
in color.
DECEMBER 1933
[Kashira Puppet]
Ningyô no Kashira (人形のカシラ)
Play: ?
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 42 号
Date: 12/01/33
Artist: Ogawa Tatsuhiko (小川龍彦)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 [21] 号
Date: 12/01/33
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 [21] 号
Date: 12/01/33
Artist: Shima Michio (島美智雄)
APRIL 1934
[Osaka Ikutama Puppet]
Ôsaka Ikutama Ningyô (大阪生玉人形)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 46 号
Date: 04/01/34
Artist: Nakata Kazuo (中田一男)
MAY 1934
[Korean Toys; Japanese Toys]
Chôsen Omocha - Nihon Omocha (朝鮮玩具 日本玩具)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 47 号
Date: 05/01/34
Artist: Ogawa Tatsuhiko (小川龍彦)
AUGUST 1934
[Osaka Girl] Ôsaka Anesama (大坂あねさま)
Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 50 号
Date: 08/05/34
Artist: Nakata Kazuo (中田一男)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
FEBRUARY 1935
[Puppet Head] Kashira Ningyô (首人形)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 35 号
Date: 02/01/35
Artist: Mutô Kan'ichi (武藤完一)
JULY 1935
[Yôzô Forehead] Yôzô Deko (要蔵でこ)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術),
第 39 [40] 号
Date: 07/01/34
Artist: Ita Yusei (板祐生)
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color.
SEPTEMBER 1935
[Kashima Puppet Heads]
Kashima Ningyô Kashira (鹿島人形首)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 41 [42] 号
Date: 09/01/35
Artist: Katsuhira Tokushi (勝平得之)
Note: Although the image is in black and white, the
print is in color.
NOVEMBER 1935
[Various Puppet Heads]
Kashirai Ningyô Shuju (首人形種々)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 43 [44] 号
Date: 11/01/35
Artist: Fujimoto Tôichiryô (藤本東一良)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.
[Jôruri Puppets] Jôruri Ningyô (浄瑠璃人形)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 43 [44] 号
Date: 11/01/35
Artist: Fujimoto Tôichiryô (藤本東一良)
[Pâpier-Maché Puppet Heads]
Hariko Kashira Ningyô (張子首人形)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 43 [44] 号
Date: 11/01/35
Artist: Fujimoto Tôichiryô (藤本東一良)
MARCH 1936
[Puppet Heads] Kashira Ningyô (首人形)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 47 [48] 号
Date: 03/01/36
Artist: Tsukioka Ninkô (月岡忍光)
Note: A color image is not available at this time.
APRIL 1936
[Puppets of Sado] Sado no Kashira Ningyô (佐度の首人形)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 48 [49] 号
Date: 04/01/36
Artist: Kobayashi Asaji (小林朝治)
MAY 1936
[Puppet Heads] Kashira Ningyô (首人形)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術),
第 49 [50] 号
Date: 05/01/36
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
JUNE 1936
[Older Sister] Nêsan (姉さん)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術),
第 50 [51] 号
Date: 06/01/36
Artist: Arimoto Takayoshi (有本貴義)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.
[Puppet Heads and Clay Menko] Kashira Ningyô to Dosei Menko
(首人形と土製めんこ)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 50 [51] 号
Date: 06/01/36
Artist: Arimoto Takayoshi (有本貴義)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.
NOVEMBER 1936
[Puppet Heads, Oiran] Kashira Ningyô, Oiran (首人形, おいらん)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 56 号
Date: 11/01/36
Artist: Minamiya Otohiko (南屋音彦)
Note: Although the image is in black and white, the print is in
color.
[Face] Ohoko (おほこ)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 56 号
Date: 11/01/36
Artist: Minamiya Otohiko (南屋音彦)
Note: Although the image is in black and white,
the print is in color.
DECEMBER 1936
[Play - Heads] Ajyara - Kashira (戯 - 頭)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 57 号
Date: 12/01/36
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
Note: Although the image is in black and white, the print is in
color.
[Tongue Demon]
Hakisaki Shita Oni (吐舌鬼)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 57 号
Date: 12/01/36
Artist: Ryôji Chômei (料治潮鳴)
Note: Although the image is in black
and white, the print is in color.
[New Year's Eve] Geishun (迎春)
Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 58 号
Date: 12/15/36
Artist: Tsukioka Ninkô (月岡忍光)
Personal Collection
1949
[Head of a Bunraku Puppet]
Date: 1949 (ed. 20)
Artist: Kamei Tôbei (亀井藤兵衛)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
1950
[Awa Bunraku Puppet]
Date: 1950 (ed. 25)
Artist: Taniguchi Kanbi (Masami) (谷口薫美)
Folio: Ichimoku-shu (一木集) Vol. 6
Courtesy of Artelino.com
1951
[Bunraku Puppet]
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Print Date: 1951
Artist: Takeda Shintarô (竹田新太郎)
Series: [Collection of Small Prints]
Shôhin Hanga Shû (小品版画集)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
1955
Bunraku Head
Play: ?
Print Date: 1955
Artist: Yamada Tetsuo (****)
Personal Collection (#41/50)
1959
Bunraku (E) (文楽 (E))
Print Date: 1959 (ed. 150)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
1960
[Bunraku Puppet] Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Print Date: 1960
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
1962
[Bunraku Puppet Head] Bunraku Ôkubi (文楽大首)
Date: 1962
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
Note: The dating is based on two 1962 hand-dated copies
in the Lavenberg collection. A numbered copy was included in
Tokuriki's book "Wood-block Printing," (Hoikusha Publishing
Co., Ltd., 1968).
1981
Osome (お染)
Title: [Bunraku Head Osome]
Bunraku Kashira Osome (文楽頭お染)
Play: A Osome-Hisamatsumono play such as
Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Print Date: 1981
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Image Courtesy of Artelino.com
Note: Edition of 100.
Osome (お染)
Title: [Bunraku Head Osome]
Bunraku Kashira Osome (文楽頭お染)
Play: A Osome-Hisamatsumono play such as
Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Print Date: 1981 or later
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Personal collection (#7/200)
Note: As the Artelino copy was an edition of 100, this
would appear to be a second printing in an edition of 200.
Kamuro (かむろ)
Title: [Bunraku Head Kamuro]
Bunraku Kashira Kamuro (文楽頭かむろ)
Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Print Date: 1981
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Mashiba Hisayoshi (羽柴久吉)
Title: [Bunraku Head Hisayoshi]
Bunraku Kashira Hisayoshi (文楽頭 久吉)
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五三桐; 樓門五山桐)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Print Date: 1981
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Fujiwara no Shihei (藤原時平]
Title: [Bunraku Head Shihei]
Bunraku Kashira Shihei (文楽頭時平)
Play: Sugawara Denju
Tenarai Kagami (菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Print Date: 1981
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫)
Title: [Bunraku Head Yaegaki-hime]
Bunraku Kashira Shihei (文楽頭八重垣姫)
Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 200)
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
1986
[Bunraku Puppets] Bunraku (文楽)
Print Date: 1986 (ed. 75)
Artist: Ray Morimura
Medium: Woodblock and P-Tile
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
2007
[Awaji Puppet aka Awaji Doll] Awaji Ningyô (淡路人形)
Print Date: 2007
Artist: Yoshimoto Masayuki (吉本政幸)
Album: Yoshimoto Masayuki Sôsaku Hanga Shû (吉本政幸創作版画集)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
UNKNOWN DATES
Osono (お園)
Play: Sakaya (酒屋), Act II of
Hade Sugata Onna Maiginu (艶容女舞衣)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hanabusa Hideki (花房英樹)
Series: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
[Awa Jûruri Puppet] Awa Jûruri Deku
(阿技浄瑠璃木偶)
Taikôki no Mitsuhide (太功記の光秀)
Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Hayashi Korô (林鼓浪)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Meibutsu Hanga; Awa Odori to Deko
(名物版画; 阿波おどりとでこ)
Personal Collection
[Three Bunraku
Puppet Heads]
Date: ?
Artist: Kitano Tsunetomi
(北野恒富)
Medium: machine printed
pochibukuro
Personal Collection
[Bunraku
Puppets, Awa]
Print
Date: 1958 or later
Artist:
Munakata Shikô (棟方志功)
Medium:
Lithograph
Personal
Collection
Note: This print is from a series of calendar prints
commissioned by Yaskawa Electric Corporation.
Saitô Sanemori (斎藤実盛)
Play: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Okuyama Gihachirô (奥山儀八郎)
Print Series: [Masks for the Puppet
Theater]
Bunraku Men (文楽面)
[Bunraku Puppet Head of Bunshichi Head]
Bunraku Bunshichi Kashira (文楽 文七かしら)
Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結)
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Artist: Suguro Koichi
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
[Awa Puppet: Girl] Awa Ningyo: Musume (阿波人形 娘)
Date: ? (ed. 200)
Artist: Taniguchi Kanbi (Masami) (谷口薫美)
Courtesy of Artelino.com
.
[Awa Puppet: Midai] Awa Ningyo: Midai (阿波人形 みだい)
Date: ?
Artist: Taniguchi Kanbi (Masami) (谷口薫美)
Courtesy of Artelino.com
.
[Awa Puppet: Hashiba Chikuzen]
Awa Ningyo: Hashiba Chikuzen (阿波人形 羽柴筑前)
Date: ?
Artist: Taniguchi Kanbi (Masami) (谷口薫美)
Courtesy of Artelino.com
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.
[Neck of a Wooden Figure in a Puppet Show.]
Ningyô Shibai no Deku no Kashira
(人形芝居の木偶の首)
Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Image courtesy of the National Museum of
Modern Art, Tokyo
Note: For a similar print, see the entry for 1962.
[Bunraku Puppet Head of Wada Hyôe]
Bunraku Ôkubi - Wada Hyôe (文楽大首 - 和田兵衛)
Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata( 近江源氏先陣館)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Wrapper
for Bunraku no Kashira
(文楽の首) #1
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print
Date: ?
Artist:
Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series:
Bunraku no Kashira(文楽の首) #1
Medium:
Woodblock printed postcard
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Bunraku no Kashira (文楽の首) #1
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Bunraku no Kashira (文楽の首) #1
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Note: This postcard is known to exist
with a different color scheme.
[Neck of Osaka's Specialty Bunraku Puppet]
Ôsaka Meibutsu Bunraku Ningyô no Kashira
(大阪名物文楽人形の首)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Bunraku no Kashira (文楽の首) #1
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Note: This postcard is known to exist with a different color
scheme.
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Bunraku no Kashira (文楽の首) #1
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Note: Although not signed, it is
stylistically similar to Tokuriki's other
bunraku puppet postcards. This postcard
is known to exist with a different color
scheme.
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Bunraku no Kashira (文楽の首) #1
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Bunraku no Kashira (文楽の首) #1
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Note: Color variant
[Bunraku Puppet ] Bunraku Ningyô (文楽人形)
Print Date: ?
Artist: Nakagawa Isaku (中川伊作)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
Gabu
Play: ?
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a
lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
Musume Kashira (娘首)
Play: ?
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a
lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
Mandara (曼陀羅)
Play: ?
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a
lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
Setsu (析)
Play: ?
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a
lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
Anya (暗夜)
Play: ?
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a
lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
Naniwa-Zuka (なにわ塚)
Play: ?
Print Date: ? (pre-October 1983)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: ?
Note: In lieu of actual image of the print, I have used a
lithographic
reproduction of the print included in the 1983 Nishizawa portfolio
"Bunraku: Gensō-teki jōnen no sekai (文楽: 幻想的情念の世界)."
[Child Actor] Koyaku (子役)
Play: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Copperplate print
Personal Collection (#1/30)
Note: This print was exhibited at the 26th Annual Biren
exhibition, and
so would have been printed before that date.