UNKNOWN ARTIST

1910

                 
 
Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Toyotomi Tenshûni (豊臣天秀尼);
Genpei Nunobiki no Taki (源平布引瀧); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘);
Harugeshiki Kumoi no Kyokumari (春景色雲井曲毬)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/14/10
Print Date: 01/14/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shochiku Otani Library
 

                   
Opening Ceremonies

Performance Place: Teikoku-za, Osaka
Performance Date: 02/27-28/10
Print Date: 02/1910?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
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Note: The Teikoku-za was the first Western-style theater in Osaka. 
It was built by the actor Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎; 川上音次郎).
 
 
 
  

                 
 
Plays: Tengajaya (天下茶屋); Kokusen'ya Gassen (国姓爺合戦); Rokkasen (六歌仙)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/01/10
Print Date: 03/02/10
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari (新薄雪物語); Kuramayama no Kisei Kakegaku (鞍馬山祈誓 掛額);
Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi (雪夕夜入谷畔道)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/10
Print Date: 04/01/10
Medium: Woodblock printed  sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku (女殺油地獄); Kaikei no Yuki Gojitsu Hachinoki 
(会稽雪後日鉢木); Sekenshi (世間師)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/30/10
Print Date: 05/01/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Miyajima no Danmari (宮島だんまり); Seikihara Kami Aoha (関原神葵葉); Narukami (鳴神); 
Suô Otoshi (素襖落); Fune-he Uchikomu Hashima no Shiranami (船打込橋間白浪);
Shinsekai-gai Nigiwai (新世界街賑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/04/10
Print Date: 05/05/10
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Play: Oando [Much Ado About Nothing] (御安堵)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/15/10
Print Date: 06/1910?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Takatoki (高時);
Honchô Nijûshikô (本朝廿四孝); Natsu Sugata Onna Danshichi (夏祭女団七);
Wakamidori Sorazumiyoshi (若緑空住吉)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/12/10
Print Date: 06/13/10
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Nue Taiji (鵺退治); Sakura Giminden (佐倉義民伝); Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿国);
Sakura Shigure (さくら時雨); Rokkasen Kyôga no Suminuri (六歌仙狂画墨塗)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01/10
Print Date: 06/01/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Tonosama Kanji (殿様勘次); Ehon Taikôki  (絵本太功記); Kaji (借児);
Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi (蜘糸宿直噺)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/07/10
Print Date: 07/10/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝); Sannin Katawa (三人片輪); Shimizu Ikakku (清水一角);
Shirôto Geshukuya (素人下宿屋)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/07/10
Print Date: 08/09/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Jitsuroku Sakura Sôgo (実録佐倉宗吾); Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki  (檀浦兜軍記);
Takayama Hikokurô  (高山彦九郎); Sakuratsuba Urami no Samezaya (桜鍔恨鮫鞘)
Performance Place: Tôkyô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/09/10
Print Date: 09/12/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Taiheki Asuwa Gassen (太平記足羽合戦); Ôsakazuki Shusen no Tsuwamono (大杯觴酒戦強者);
Taira no Koremori (平維盛); Banzui Chôbê (幡随長兵衛); Ni Fûfu (二夫婦)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/14/10
Print Date: 09/16/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Shima Chidori Tsuki (島鵆月白浪); Hachijin Shugo no Honjô (八陣守護城);
Fûryû Kuruwa-tsû (風流曲輪通); Toba-e Masu Ochi (鳥羽絵升落);
Mochizuki no Yoru no Tama Usagi (望月夜玉兎)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/13/10
Print Date: 09/15/10
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Kamahige (鎌髭); Ko Bon'nô (子煩悩)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/08/10
Print Date: 10/10/10
Medium: Woodblock printed 0sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
 
Plays: Seichû Yoshiomi-roku (誠忠義臣録); Ya-no-Ne (矢の根); Ansei Kurofune Banashi (安政黒船話);
Momijigari (紅葉狩); Ômisoka (大晦日)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/09/10
Print Date: 11/11/10
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum