Saito Seijiro (斎藤清二郎)

SAITO SEIJIRÔ (斎藤清二郎)

Undated Postcards

Wrapper for a set of Bunraku-za (文楽座) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection

Note: This set was purchased with a fourth postcard believed to have been by
Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信) and is shown under that artist's name.

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Note: This postcard did not come with
the set of three above.

Wrapper for [Buknraku-za July Box Office - First Collection]
Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô Daiisshû
(文楽座7月興行第一集) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection

            Bunraku-za scene

            Play: ?
            Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
            Performance Date: ?
            Print Date: ?
            Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
            Series: Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô
            Daiisshû (文楽座7月興行第一集)
            Personal Collection

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: Yoshinoyama (道行初音旅), Act IV, Scene 1 of
        Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô Daiisshû
        (文楽座7月興行第一集)
        Personal Collection

Bunraku-za scene

Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
(菅原傳授手習鑑)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Bunraku-za 7 Tsuki Kōgyô Daiisshû
(文楽座7月興行第一集)
Personal Collection

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com

        Takebe Genzô (武部源蔵)

        Toneri Matsuòmaru (舎人松王丸)

        Shundò Genba (春藤玄蕃)

        Play: Terakoya ( 寺子屋), Act IV, Scene 3 of
        Sugawara Denju Tenari Kagami
        (菅原傳授手習鑑)
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (絵本大功記)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Wrapper for a set of Bunraku-za (文楽座) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

        Note: This postcard is identical to an
        undated print by Saito Seijirô.

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: T?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection

Wrapper for [Bunraku-za March Box Office]
Bunraku-za 3 Tsuki Kōgyô (文楽座3月興行) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Bunraku-za 3 Tsuki Kōgyô (文楽座3月興行)
        Personal Collection

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Bunraku-za 3 Tsuki Kōgyô (文楽座3月興行)
Personal Collection

Wrapper for a set of Bunraku-za
(文楽座) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za
(文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection

        Wrapper for a set of Bunraku-za
        (文楽座) postcards

        Performance Place: Bunraku-za
        (文楽座)
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
        Personal Collection

Wrapper for a set of Bunraku-za (文楽座) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper

Note: This appears to be the same wrapper as above. It is unclear if it
was a generic wrapper that reused for different sets of postcards.

        Bunraku-za scene

        Play: ?
        Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
        Performance Date: ?
        Print Date: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Note: This postcard is also part of the Bunraku-za
March Box Office set above, presumably because the
same Bunraku play was performed in each month
covered.

Bunraku-za scene

Play: ?
Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard

Wrapper for a set of Bunraku-za (文楽座) postcards

Performance Place: Bunraku-za (文楽座)
Print Date: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed wrapper
Personal Collection