HAYASHI RYOKUSUI
(林緑水)

1911

               

Play: Some Soga-mono
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note: Given that all the other 1911 covers of Engei Gahô were
by Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水), it is likely that he designed this
cover as well.
 
 

               
 [Spring Kyogen] Haru Kyôgen (春狂言) (Megumi (め組), Gokû
(悟空), Ishikiri (石切), Yoshidaya (吉田屋), Yamashina (山科))
 
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The cover alludes to Miura no Ôsuke Ôbai Tazuna
(三浦大助紅梅靮) and Saiyuki (西遊記)  which opened at the
Ichimura-za, Tokyo, on January 3, 1911, Kuruwa Bunshô (廓文章)
and Goban Taiheiki (碁盤太平記) which opened at the Shintomi-za
on January 3, 1911, and Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi
(神明恵和合取組) which opened at the Kabuki-za on January 14,
1911.
 
 

               
Maku a Hi (幕ぁひ)

Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

 

               
Sukeroku (助六)
 
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (助六所縁江戸櫻)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
 
Play: Shizuhata Obi
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Benten Kozô (辨天小僧)
 
Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishikie (青砥稿花紅彩畫)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 5 (May 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Imoseyama Mitate (妹脊山見立)

Play:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 6 (June 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kikubate Mitate (菊畑見立)
 
Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki (鬼一法眼三略 巻)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô (尾上菊五郎) as Enma Daiô (閻魔大王)
 
Play: Enma-ô (閻魔王)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/09/11
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Village Play] Mura Shibai (村芝居)
 
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Ichimura-za Jū-tsuki Kyōgen (Kanpaku Hidetsugu)
(市村座十月狂言 (關白秀次))
 
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: The plays at the Ichimura-za in October 1911 were
Kanpaku Hidetsugu (関白秀次); Hanamiza-tō (花見座頭); 
and Koko ga Edo: Kowande no Tatehiki (茲江戸小腕達引).
 
 
 
 

               
Kaomise (顔見世)
 
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[Utaemon's and Kôshirô's Performance]
Utaemon to Kōshirō Mitate (歌右衛門と幸四郎見立)
 
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of the University of California