MOULIN ROUGE [MÛRANRÛJU]
(ムーラ・ンルージュ)


JANUARY 1932

                    
Program: Nigawarai no Jinsei (苦笑ひの人生); Renai Gakkô Sankanki (戀愛學校參觀記);
Machi no Hi (街の灯); Kôta Karumen (こうた・かるめん)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/1932
Print Date: 01/1932?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during 1932.  I have only included
one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 





NOVEMBER 1932

                    
Program: Kaikoteki Rebyû Koi ha Inamono (懐古的レビュー 戀は異なもの); Variete (ヴアリエテ);
Supesharu Suriru Sukaato Kenjô Sanningumi Shiriizu Daini Hen
(スペシャル・スリル スカアト獻上 三人組シリイズ第二篇);
Sukurôru Shô Iwami Shigetarô Tabinikki Natsukashi no Mushashugyô
(スクロール・ショウ 岩見重太郎旅日記 懐しの武者修行)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/19/1932
Print Date: 11/1932?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during the 1932-1933 period.  I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 



MAY 1933

                    
Program: Ginza he Modotta Otoko Kokusai Toshi Kôkyôgaku Dai Ippen
(銀座へ戻った男 國際都市交響樂・第一篇); Varaete Ajia Ajia (ヴアラエテ 亞細亞—亞細亞);
Mizoroki Ikka Jûrokunin (溝呂木一家十六人); Watsunatsu to Ichigo (初夏と苺)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/26/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during 1933.  I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 



SEPTEMBER 1933

                    
Program: Kakkatomomo no Ki (閣下と桃の木); Varaete Tsuki to Mukashi no Musashino
(ヴアラエテ 月とむかしの武藏野); Seishun to Daraku Karasawa Sensei to Denwa Kara no Hanashi
(青春と墮落 唐澤先生と電話からの話); Kutsushitadome to Pairotto (靴下止めと操縦士)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/09/33
Print Date: 09/1933?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during 1933.  I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 



MAY 1934

                    
Program: Aoba no Toiki (青葉の吐息); Varaetei Sutadio Geijutsu ni Chôsen Tsukamatsuri Sôrô
(ヴアラエテイ スタデイオ藝術に挑戰仕候); Dorodarake no Machi (泥だらけの街);
Shoka no Baien (初夏の煤煙)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/11-20/34
Print Date: 05/1934?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during 1934.  I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 
 

DECEMBER 1934

                    
Program: Nichiyôbi Monogatari (日曜日物語); Kabuki Nansensu Kôchiyama Tôjô
(歌舞伎ナンセンス 河内山登場); Guran Varaete Daigaku no Kuin (グラン・ヴアラエテイ 大學のクヰン);
Koi to Tejinashi (戀と手品師)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/06-14/34
Print Date: 12/1934?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



JANUARY 1935

                    
Program: Inu no Getsuyôbi (犬の月曜日); Aozora Yakuza (青空やくざ);
Guran Varaetei Pattosuru De Shô (グラン・ヴアラエテイ ぱつとする・で・シヨウ);
Minato no Sanshokuki (港の三色旗)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/17-25/35
Print Date: 01/1935?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 



1950

                   
[Shinjuku Night View]

Print Date: 1950
Artist: Kitaoka Fumio (北岡文雄)
Album: [The Face of Tokyo] Tokyo no Kao (東京の顔) No. 2
Image courtesy of the Saru Gallery
 
Note: The "Musa" is the Shinjuku Musashino-kan, Tokyo's premiere
movie house for foreign films.  The red windmill denotes the [Moulin
Rouge] Mūranrūju, a theatre for light plays.
 
 
 



1951

                 
[Red Windmill [Moulin Rouge], Shinjuku] Mûranrûju, Shinjuku (ムーラン・ルージュ 新宿)

Print Date:  1951
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Medium: Etching
Personal Collection (#3/10)

Note:The Mūranrūju was a theatre for light plays. An alternate title for the theatre was the Akafûsa,
Shinjuku (赤い風車 新宿).

               

                 
[Red Windmill [Moulin Rouge], Shinjuku] Mûranrûju, Shinjuku (ムーラン・ルージュ 新宿)

Print Date:  1951
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten (ed. 50)

Note: This is a reduced size version of the Red Windmill etching produced in a large edition.