SHIN ENGEI
(新演藝)
1920

               
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次; 市川左団次) as
Narukami  Jônin (鳴神上人)

Play: Narukami (鳴神)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/19
Print Date: 01/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1920)
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badman/entry-12748924674.html
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as Oshichi (お七)

Play: Some Oschichi-Kichasamono
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 01/01/20
Artist: Kurihara Gyokuyô (栗原玉葉)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Hanea (花枝)

Play: On'na Ichidai (女一代)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/14/17
Print Date: 01/01/20
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Dakki no Ohyaku (妲妃のお百)

Play: Dakki no Ohyaku (姐妃のお百)
Performance Place: Mikuni-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/24/19
Print Date: 01/01/20
Artist:  Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)

Play: Ume no Yoshibê (梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/17
Print Date: 02/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Dontarô (鈍太郎)

Play: Dontarô (鈍太郎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/20
Print Date: 02/01/20
Artist: Kikuka Joshi (菊香女史)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as On'na Umako (女馬子)

Play: Kiri Hitoha (桐一葉)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/29/19
Print Date: 03/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
? as Karyû no Inaba Ie Ohibi (花柳の稻葉家お干比)

Play: Nihonbashi (日本橋)
Print Date: 03/01/20
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as Oya Shishi (親獅子)

Play: Renjishi (連獅子)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note:  Ennosuke II played Ko Shishi in a production at the
Kabuki-za in Tokyo in March 1917.
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke IV or V (中村福助) as
Shiiya Osen (椎屋おせん)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 04/01/20
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 5 (May 1, 1920)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as
Kirare Otomi (切られお富)

Play: Kirare Otomi (切られお富)
Performance Place: Mikuni-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/29/18
Print Date: 05/01/20
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 5 (May 1, 1920)
Personal Collection

Note: Gennosuke IV first played the role of Otomi in
Tokyo at the Kotobuki-za in September 1888 and numerous times
since then.   This print could reflect one of those earlier performances.
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/20
Artist: ? [presumably Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)]
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 6 (June 1, 1920)
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 06/01/20
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 6 (June 1, 1920)

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Yasuna (保名)

Play: Kosode mo no Kyô (小袖もの狂)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokoyo
Performance Date: 03/30/19
Print Date: 07/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Shirakoya Okuma (白子屋お熊)

Play: Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三) [Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô
(梅雨小袖昔八丈)]
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 07/01/20
Artist: Shimizu Miezô (清水三重三)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as Wankyu (椀久)

Play: Wankyû Sue no Matsuyama (椀久末松山)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/03/13
Print Date: 08/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Oden (おでん)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/01/20
Artist: Morita Hisashi (森田 久)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/20
Artist: ? [presumably Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)]
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1920)
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/01/20
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 9 (Sept. 1, 1920)

               
Ichikawa Sumizô VI (市川寿美蔵; 市川壽美蔵) as
Shokunin Tomozô (職人友藏)

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Sayrui (小百合)

Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 10/01/20
Artist: Kawaguchi Momorô (川口桃朗)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 10 (Oct.1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 11  (Nov. 1, 1920)
 
 

               
? as ?

Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 11/01/20
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 11 (Nov. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Kataoka Gadô IV (片岡我童) as Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門)

Play: Yûgiri Izaemon Kuruwa Bunshô (夕霧伊左衛門廓文章)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/18
Print Date: 12/01/20
Artist: Tanaka Ryô (谷口香嶠)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   
 
 
 
 

               
Ningyô (人形) - Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信) and Shizuka Gozen (静御前)

Play: Yoshinoyama (吉野山), Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon
Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 12/01/20
Artist: Mizushima Nihofu (水島爾保布)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 5, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1920)
Image courtesy of Columbia University