UNKNOWN ARTIST

1911

                 
Sawamura Tosshi VII (沢村訥子;  澤村訥子)  as Ôkawa Tomoemon (大川友右衛門)
 
Plays: Tsuta Moyô Chizome no Goshuin (蔦模様血染御書); Kawanakajima Shôri no Yamamoto
(川中島勝利山本); Kotobuki Soga (寿曽我); Haru Sumô Ataru Koyanagi (新春角力当小柳);
Gonin Benkei (五人弁慶)
Performance Place: Tôkyôza, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01//11
Print Date: 01/02//11
Medium: Woodblock printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Komazô VIII (市川高麗蔵) as Hachiman Saburô (八幡三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Ômi Kotôta (近江小藤太)
 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Kudô Suketsune (工藤祐経)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Yorozuya Sukeroku (萬屋助六)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Agemaki (揚巻)

Plays: Kichirei Kotobuki Soga (吉例寿曽我); Sadatô Munetô (貞任宗任); Yagura Daiko Shusse no
Torikumi (櫓太鼓出世取組); Kamiko Jitate Ryōmen Kagami (紙子仕立両面鑑)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/13//11
Print Date: 01/13/11
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

               

Play: Some Soga-mono
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Published: Cover to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1911)
Image courtesy of Columbia University
 
Note: Given that all the other 1911 covers of Engei Gahô were
by Hayashi Ryokusui (林緑水), it is likely that he designed this
cover as well.
 
 

                 
Kawai Takeo (河合武雄) as Haruko (春子)
 
Ii Yôhô (伊井蓉峰) as Tsuyuhara Arimaro (露原有麿)
 
Plays: Tsubaki-hime (椿姫); Saiai no Tsuma (最愛の妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/14/11
Print Date: 04/17/11
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
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Nakamura Shikan V (中村 芝翫) as Iga no Tsubone ( 伊賀局)

Plays: Yoshino Shûi (吉野拾遺); Kanjinchô (勧進帳); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六);
Benten Kozô (弁天小僧)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/07/11
Print Date: 04/10/11
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Doi Shunsho (土肥春曙) as [Hamlet] Hamuretto (ハムレット)
 
Play: [Hamlet] Hamuretto (ハムレット)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/20/11
Print Date: 05/20/11
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次)  as Hoshikage Doemon (星影土右衛門)
 
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Gosho no Gorozô (御所の五郎蔵)
 
Plays: Iwatesan (岩手山); Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Gosho no Gorozô (御所五郎蔵); Kokaji (小鍛冶); Noriaibune (乗合船)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/09/11
Print Date: 05/12/11
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Nakamura Shikan V (中村 芝翫) as Ochiyo (お千代)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Hanbê (半兵衛)   
 
Plays: On'na Rônin (女浪人); Gion Sairei Shinkôki (祇園祭礼信仰記); Shinjû Yoi Gôshin (心中宵庚申);
Bun'ya (文屋); Kisen (喜撰)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/05/11
Print Date: 06/05/11
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Opera: Kochō no Mai (胡蝶の舞)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/01/11
Print Date: 10/01/1911
Medium: Woodblock printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Yoshida Gorozaburo (吉田五郎三郎)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Fujieda Geki (藤枝外記)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Ayaginu (綾衣)
 
Kataoka Nizaemon XI (片岡仁左衛門) as Date Shinzaemon (伊達新左衛門)
 
Plays: Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha (四千両小判梅葉); Kaichô Taiji (怪鳥退治);
Minowa no Shinjû (箕輪の心中);  Chûkô Somewake Tazuna (忠孝染分繮); Satsuma Odori (薩摩踊)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/27/11
Print Date: 09/28/1911
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右衛門) as Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Plays: Kamakura Bukan (鎌倉武鑑); Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Kyôkanoko
Musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺); Horikawa (堀川); Kômen Hagi no Tamagawa (後面萩の玉川)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/11
Print Date: 11/03/1911
Medium: Woodblock printed sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
   

               
Nakamura Utaemon V (中村歌右門) as
Shirabyôshi Hanako (白拍子花子)
 
Play: Musume Dôjôji (娘道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/03/11
Print Date: 01/01/14
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithograph
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Gahô (演藝畫報),
Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1914)
Image courtesy of the University of California
 
 

                 
Ichikawa Kodanji V (市川小団次; 市川小團次) as Enpin-ô Kokuseiya (延平王国性爺)
 
Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左団次; 市川左團次) as Rôichikan (老一官)
 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (辨天小僧菊之助)
 
Plays: Kitasaga Yami Idomu (北嵯峨闇挑); Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami (弁天娘女男白浪);
Kokusen'ya Gojitsu Gassen (国性爺後日合戦); Tôyama Zakura Tenpô Nikki (遠山桜天保日記)
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/21/11
Print Date: 11/21/1911
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Matsui Sumako (松井須磨子) as Nora (ノラ)
 
Plays: [A Doll's House] Ningyô no Ie (人形の家);  Kanzan Shatoku (寒山拾得); Oshichi Kichisa
(お七吉三); [The Merchant of Venice] Benisu no Shônin (ヴェニスの商人)

Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/28/11
Print Date: 11/23/1911
Medium: Woodblock printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Opera: [Cavalleria Rusticana] Kabareria, Rusuchikâna (カバレリア、ルスチカーナ)
Performance Place: Kado-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/15/11
Print Date: 12/15/11
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum