UNKNOWN ARTIST

1907

               

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
Note: Although only the January 1907 cover is shown here,
essentially the same cover was used for all 1907 issues of Engei
Gahô (演藝畫報).

               

Play: Shiki Sanbasô (式三番叟)
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California

               
[Female Dancer from the Bandman Opera Troupe]
Bandoman Opera Ichi-za no Maihime
(バンドマンオペラ一座の舞姬)

Play: ?
Place: Yokohama, Japan
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 

               
Umeômaru Kumadori (梅王丸隈取り)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習 鑑)
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 

Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI (市川宗三郎) as
Miyakoshi Genba (宮越玄蕃)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
as Soga no Iruka (蘇我入鹿)
 
Ichikawa Dan'emon II (市川団右衛門)
as Aramaki Yatôji (荒巻弥藤次)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Tōfu Ka Omura.(豆腐買おむら)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
Omiwa (お三輪)
  
Ichikawa Komazô VIII as
Fukashichi (鱶七)

Play:  Imoseyama Onna Teikin
(妹背山婦女庭訓), Act 4, Scene 4:
Mikasayama Goten (三笠山御殿)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/03/07
Print Date: 06/01/07
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: Uzaemon XV and Komazô VIII
alternated roles during this production.
 
 
 

Onoe Matsusuke IV (尾上松助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
[Court Lady] Kanjo (官女)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Motome (求女)
 
Sawamura Tosshô III as
Princess Tachibana (橘姫)

               
Shiga no Myôjin (志賀の明神)
 
[Court Officials] Saibansho no Yakunin (裁判所の役人)

Play: Shiga (志賀)
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫の) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)

Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: 09/30/06
Performance Date: Tokyo-za, Tokyo
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

               
[The Wrath of Alexander the Great (Killing Ground of Cleitus)]
Arishândâ Ô no Ika (Kuritasu Ya Ba)
 (亞歷山大王の怒（クリタス殺場))

Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 1, No. 4 (Apr. 1, 1907)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 

                 
Ichikawa Udanji I (市川右団次; 市川右團次) as
Sugawara Michizane-ko (菅原道実公) and Sanbasô (三番叟)
 
Plays: Shinrei Sugawara Michizane-ki (神霊菅原道実記); Yakko Dôdôji (奴道成寺); 
Some Moyô Konomi no Soroi-gi (染模様御好揃着); Yome Odoshi Dani (嫁おどし谷);
Misao Sanbasô (操三番叟); Shinkyoku Urashima (新曲浦島); Sannin Ishibashi (三人石橋)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/07
Print Date: 06/06/1907
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) as
Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵)
 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫) as
En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
Nakamura Kantarô II (中村翫太郎) as
Sagisaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内)
 
Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) as
Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
Play: Ninjô (刃傷), Act 3, Scene 2 of
Kanadehon Chûshingura
(假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/14/07
Print Date: 05/1911
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note: In this production, different
actors covered certain roles in
certain performances.
 
 

       
        En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官)
 
        Kô no Moronô (高野師直)
 
        Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助)
 
        Hayano Kanpei (早野勘平)
 
        Okaru (お軽)

        Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (假名手本忠臣蔵; 仮名手本忠臣蔵); Momijigari (紅葉狩)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 11/14/07
        Print Date: 11/14/07
        Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
        Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi1907 Memorial Theatre Museum
 
        Note: Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵), Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助),
        and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) rotated in the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助); 
        Ichikawa Yaozô VII (市川八百蔵) and Ichikawa Ennosuke I (市川猿之助) rotated in the role of Kô no Moronô
        (高野師直); Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門),
        Sawamura Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of
        En'ya Hangan (塩冶判官); Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門), Sawamura
        Tosshô III (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛), and Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) rotated in the role of Hayano
        Kanpei (早野勘平); and Nakamura Shikan V (中村芝翫), Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸), and Sawamura Tosshô III
        (沢村訥升; 澤村訥升; 澤村訥舛) rotated in the role of Okaru (お軽).
 

 
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Sei wa Zen (性は善); Sakigake Genpei Tsutsuji (魁源平躑躅); Yaedasuki  (八重だすき)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/05/08
Print Date: 12/1908
Medium: Machine lithograph? printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum