Shin Engei (新演藝) Postcards

SHIN ENGEI (新演藝) POSTCARDS

c. 1916

Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
as Wan'ya Kyûbê (椀屋久兵衛)

Play: Wankyû Monogatari (椀久物語)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/11/16
Print Date: 05/1916?
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Takechi Jûjirô (武智十次郎)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: c. 1916
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
Image courtesy of FujiArts.com

Note: The only record I could find of
Ganjirô I performing this role in
Tokyo before 1926 was at the
Shintomi-za in May 1890.

Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as
Anpuku Sanoichi (按腹佐ノ市)

Play: Kokoro no Yami (心の闇)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Sakan Chôbei (左官長兵)

Play: Edo Homare Shusse Sugoroku
(江戸誉出世双六)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/16
Print Date: 01/1916
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Ichikawa Udanji II as
Jiraiya (児雷也)

Play: Waki Noboru Koi Taki
(湧昇水鯉滝)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/14
Print Date: c. 1916
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
Personal Collection

Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村歌右衛門) as
Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)

Play: Onna Shibaraku
(女暫; 女しばらく)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/08/15
Print Date: 01/1915?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Kataoka Nizaemon XI
(片岡仁左衛門) as
Kakiemon (柿右衛門)

Play: Meikô Kakimon (名工柿右衛門)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
Personal Collection

Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Nizaemon XI performed this role at the
Kabuki-za in November 1912, the
Meiji-za in June 1917; at Teikoku
Gekijô in November 1919; at the
Ichimura-za in October 1921, and at
the Teikoku Gekijô in June 1925.

Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門)

Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
(樓門五山桐)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/04/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
Personal Collection

        Jitsukawa Enjaku II
        (実川延若; 實川延若)
        as Yokozô (横蔵)

        Play: Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/09/16
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
        Personal Collection

Nakamura Utaemon V
(中村歌右衛門) as
Yaegaki Hime (八重垣姫)

Play: Honchô Nijûshikô
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/09/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura
(敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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        Horikoshi Fukusaburô 堀越福三郎)
        as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)

        Play: Takatoki (高時)
        Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/1916
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
        Personal Collection

        Nakamura Kotarô II (中村児太郎) as
        Chitose (千歳)

        Play: Harue Takara Suzuna
        Tanemaki (春恵宝菘種蒔)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/09/1916
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
        as Ojô Kichiza (お嬢吉三)

        Play: Sannin Kichisa (三人吉三)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/09/1916
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
        Personal Collection

        Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
        (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
        Sukeroku (助六)

        Play: Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki
        (黒手組曲輪達引)
        Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/16
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Artist: ?
        Medium: Lithographic postcard
        Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
        Image courtesy of the Boston
        Museum of Fine Arts

Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次;
市川左團次) as Kumagai Jirô
Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)

Play: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/15
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Izayoi (十六夜)

Play: Sato no Harugi Aazami Ironui
(柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/14/16
Print Date: 03/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Yaegiri (八重桐)

Play: Komochi Yamanba
(嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/16
Print Date: 04/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
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Jitsukawa Enjaku II
(実川延若; 實川延若) as
Furuteya Hachirobê (古手屋八郎兵衛)

Play: Kane Morotomo Urami no Samezaya
(鐘もろとも恨鮫鞘),
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/06/16
Print Date: 02/1916?
Artist: Matsuda Seifû ((松田青風)
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Series: Shin Engei (新演藝)
Personal Collection