SHIN ENGEI
(新演藝)
1919

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Sôga Jûrô (曾我十郎)
 
Play: ? 
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist:  Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
[Corridor] Rôka (廊下)

Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (田中良)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: This was a frontispiece illustration for a novel by Tanizaki
Junichirô and Kikuchi Kan.
 
 
 
 

               
[Playground] Undôjô (運動場)

Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist:  Morita Hisashi (森田久)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
[Dining] Shokuji (食事)

Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist:  Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
[Teahouse] Chaya (茶屋)

Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist: Satô Miezo (佐藤三重三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
 [Front Teahouse] Mae Chaya (前茶屋)

Performance Place: Dôtonbori, Osaka
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
[Tiered Seating] Sajiki (棧敷)

Performance Place: Naniwa-za, Osaka
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/19
Artist:  Nagoshi Kunisaborô (名越國三郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 02/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
[Backstage Scene] Gakuya Kokei (楽屋小景)

Play: Kagami Jishi (鏡獅子)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/19
Print Date: 02/01/19
Artist: Satô Miezo (佐藤三重三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               

Play: Ôgi Fuji Hôrai Sôga (扇富士蓬莱曾我)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/19
Print Date: 02/01/19
Artist: Takeuchi ** (武內武*)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Aoyama Harima (青山播磨)

Play: Banchô Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/17
Print Date: 03/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note: Sadanji II also performed this role in Tokyo at the Hongô-za
in February 1916. 
 
 

               

Play: On'na no Seimei (女の生命)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/1919
Print Date: 03/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
[Backstage Vignettes: Inside the Curtain] Gakuya Kokei Agemaku
no Naka (樂屋小景揚幕の中)
 
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Sodehagi (袖萩)

Play: Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara (奥州安達原)
Performance Place: 02/01/19
Performance Date: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Print Date: 03/01/19
Artist: Satô Miezo (佐藤三重三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Higuchi Jirô (樋口次郎)

Play: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひら仮名盛衰記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/03/19
Print Date: 04/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Teduka Shobô
 
 

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片山小左衛門) as Haiya Shôyû (灰屋紹由)
 
Kataoka Chiyonosuke (片岡千代之助) as Yûkaku Yonosuke (遊客世之助)

Play: Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 03/1919
Print Date: 04/01/19
Artist: Nagoshi Kunisaborô (名越國三郎)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as Koina (小いな)

Play: Koina Hanbei (小いな半兵衛)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/11/19
Print Date: 05/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 5 (May 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               

Play: Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu (沓手鳥孤城落月)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/19
Print Date: 05/01/19
Artist: Matsuyama Shôzô (松山省三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 5 (May 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)

Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/01/17
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note: During the Taishô period, Kôshirô VII also performed this
role at the Teikoku Gekijô in Tokyo in April 1914 and January 1917.  
 
 

               

Play: Tanzen Asahina (丹前朝比奈)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/03/19
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Mei Lanfang (梅蘭芳) as [Celestial Maiden] Ten'nyo (天女)

Play: Ten'nyo Sange (天女散華)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/19
Print Date: 06/01/19
Artist: Kojô Gentaya (小条源太耶)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 6 (June 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Igami no Gonta (いがみの権太)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/19
Print Date: 07/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 7 (July 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Teduka Shobô
 
 

               

Play: Yoake Mae (夜明前)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/19
Print Date: 07/01/19
Artist: Hiraoka Gonhachirô (平岡權八郎筆)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 7 (July 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Ikushima (生島)

Play: Kyôran Ikushima (狂亂生嶋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/17
Print Date: 08/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               

Play: ?
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/19
Print Date: 08/01/19
Artist: Satô Miezo (佐藤三重三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Kiri Ôkura (桐大蔵)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University  
 
 

               
Onoe Kikujirô III (尾上菊次郎) as Omine (おみね0
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Tomozô (伴蔵)

Play: Botan Dôrô (牡丹燈籠)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/19
Print Date: 09/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Teduka Shobô
 
 

               

Play: Nagasaki Miyage Tôjin Banashi (長崎土産唐人話)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/02/19
Print Date: 10/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct.1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片山小左衛門) as
Kakiemon (柿右衛門)

Play: Meikô Kakiemon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/17
Print Date: 11/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 11  (Nov. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note: Nizaemon XI would perform this role at the Teikoku Gekijô
in November 1919 but the portrait necessarily would have had
to have been done before the production opened.  He also
performed this role at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo in November 1912.
 
 

               
? as ?
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)
 
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Hayase Iori (早瀬伊織)
 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as Tôma Saburôemon (東間三郎右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/19
Print Date: 11/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Osono (お園)

Play: Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助刀)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/1919
Print Date: 12/01/19
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Yohê (与兵衛)

Play: Hikimado (引窓), Act VIII of Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 12/01/19
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1919)
Image courtesy of Columbia University