UNKNOWN ARTISTS

 1891

Shōhin an'nai???
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 08/1891
Medium: Woodblock printed omacha-e
Personal Collection
 
Note: Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is shown in the upper right panel.
 
 
 
 

 
[New Version of Woppekepê Song]
Shinpan Woppekepê Uta (新版ヲッペケペー歌)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 09/1891
Medium: Woodblock printed omacha-e
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
               
Note:  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) is shown in the upper right panel. 
A 1956 offset printed postcard of this print in the webmaster's collection
provided the date for this print.
 
 
 
 

[Trendy Oppekepe Song]  Ryûkô Woppekepê Bushi (流行ヲッペケペーぶし)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 10/1891
Medium: Woodblock printed omacha-e
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
Note: A Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)-like figure is shown in the
upper right panel.
 
 
 

Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)
 
Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1891
Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia
 
 
 

               
                [New Version Oppekepei Song]
                Shinpan Oppekepei Uta (新版オッペケペイ歌)
 
                Song: Oppekepê (オッペケペー)
                Performance Place: ?
                Performance Date: ?
                Print Date: 1891?
                Medium: Woodblock printed omacha-e
                Medium: Lithograph (check)
               
 
                Note: While the date is unknown, 1891 was the year of the Oppekepe
                craze.  A Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎)-like figure is shown in the
                upper right panel.