NAGAHARA SHISUI (長原止水)
1901

               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

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)

Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back 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)

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)

Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back 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)

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)

Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 10 (Mar. 6, 1901)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Hikimaku no Zôka (引幕の造花)

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)

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

               

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
 
Note: Given that Nagahara Shisui is the artist for all of the other
covers for 1901, it is likely that he is also the artist of this cover.

               
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.  Given that Nagahara
Shisui is the artist for all of the other covers for 1901, it is likely that
he is also the artist of this cover.
 
 

               
[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
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
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.
 
 

               
[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: ?
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: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 14 (July 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: ?
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: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 15 (Aug. 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: ?
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: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 16 (Sept. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Shiranui (不知火)

Play: Shiranui Monogatari (白縫譚)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/03/01
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)
Performance Place: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/03/01
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 17 (Oct. 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
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
Published: Back cover to Kabuki (歌舞伎),
No. 18 (Nov. 1, 1901)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Yashio no Uchikake  (八汐の裲襠)

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