NATORI SHUNSEN (名取春仙) 

 1918

               

  
Play: Ochiyo Hanbê (お千代半兵衛)
Print Date: 01/01/18
Artist: Natori Shunsen (名取春仙)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of Cornell University
 
Note: A complete image is not available at this time.
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Ono Michikaze (小野道風)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Dokko no Daroku (独鈷の駄六)
 
Play: Medashi Doki Aoyagi Suzuri (芽出時候青柳硯)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/18
Print Date: 02/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

Kirare Yosaburô (切られ与三郎)

Play: Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(與話情浮名横櫛) and similar plays   
Print Date: 02/18/18
Personal Collection

Note: Published in the novel Edo Jôchô to no
Aku  no Sanbi (江戸情調との悪の讚美) by 
Takasu Baikei (高須 梅渓).

               
Mori Ritsuko (森律子) as Maizuru (舞鶴)
 
Play: On'na Shibaraku (女暫)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/18
Print Date: 03/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村鴈治郎) as
Fujiya Izaemon (伊佐衛門)
 
Play: Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/07/18
Print Date: 04/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Sasaki Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱)
 
Play: Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/18
Print Date: 01/01/19
Medium: Collotype
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

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

Play: Modoribashi (戻橋)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/18
Print Date: 05/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 5 (May 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
  
Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/18
Print Date: 01/01/19
Medium: Collotype
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
Note: Danshirô II also performed this role at the Kabuki-za
in Tokyo in November 1917.  I cannot rule out the possibility
that this print reflects that performance.
 
 

               
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
Kamiyui Shinza (髪結新三)
  
Play: Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijô (梅雨小袖昔八丈)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/18
Print Date: 06/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 6 (June 1, 1918)
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 

               
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Play: Shinobu Sato Busshi no Monogatari (信夫里佛師物語)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/18
Print Date: 06/01/18
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Shin Engei (新演藝),
Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of Columbia University   

               
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as
Miko Koume (巫女小梅)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kuriyama Daizen (栗山大膳) 
 
Play: Kuriyama Daizen (栗山大膳)
Performance Place: Teikoku Geikijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/18
Print Date: 07/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 7 (July 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as Oiwa (お岩)
 
Play: Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談);
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/01/18
Print Date: 01/01/19
Medium: Collotype
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1919)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Kitamura Rokurô I (喜多村緑郎) as Futonya Genshichi (ふとん屋源七)
 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Kikunoi no Onori (菊の井のお力)

Play: Nigorie (にごり江)
Performance Place: Yokohama-za, Yokohama
Performance Date: 06/29/18
Print Date: 08/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 8 (Aug. 1, 1918)
Personal Collection
 
 

               
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Matsushima Senta (松島千太)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as 
Akashi no Shimazô (明石の島蔵)
 
Plays: Shima Chidori Tsuki no Shiranami (島鵆月白浪)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/01/18
Print Date: 09/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 9 (Aug. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Arashi Kichisaburô VI (嵐吉三郎) as Heitarô (平太郎)

Play: Sanjûsangendô Munagi no Yurai (卅三間堂棟由来) 
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/06/18
Print Date: 10/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 10 (Oct. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Kiuchi Sôgo (木内宗吾)
 
Play: Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民傳)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/05/18
Print Date: 03/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1918)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Niki Danjô (仁木弾正)  

Play: Ume Momiji Nishiki no Dateori
(梅照葉錦伊達 織)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/08/18
Print Date: 12/01/18
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 12, No. 12 (Dec. 1, 1918)
Personal Collection