KOSHÔ NOBUKATA
(古荘信方)
1923


Note: For additional frontispieces designed by Nobukata,
presumably from earlier issues of Engei Shashin, see the
undated entries for Nobukata in the Artist section of this website.


OCTOBER 

               
Noh Hannya (般若) mask

Play: Hannya (般若)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/23
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1923)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com





               
Matsumoto Kôshirô  VII (松本幸四郎) as Wada Hyôe Hidemori (和田兵衛秀盛)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋), Act VIII of Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館 )
Performance Place: 06/01/23
Performance Date: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Print Date: 10/01/23
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1923)
#Personal Collection




 



NOVEMBER

               
Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政)

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/23
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1923)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com



               
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Musashibô Benkei (武藏坊辦慶)

Play: Hashi Benki  (橋辨慶; 橋弁慶)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/21
Print Date: 11/01/23
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1923)
#Personal Collection
 
Note: It is possible that this print reflects a later regional performance. 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 



DECEMBER

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上] 菊五郎) as Naojirô (直次郎)
 
Play: Naozamurai (直侍)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/23
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真), Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1923)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com
 
Note: The last time Kikugorô VI performed this role in Tokyo prior to the publication of this issue
was at the Ichimura-za in February 1919.   This probably reflects a later regional performance.




               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/23
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashin (演藝寫眞; 演芸写真),
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1923)
Image courtesy of MoreOfMyJapaneseHanga.com