UNKNOWN ARTISTS

1916

 




JANUARY

 
 







Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)

Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura
(敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
 
 

       
        Horikoshi Fukusaburô 堀越福三郎) 
        as Hôjô Takatoki (北條高時)

        Play: Takatoki (高時)
        Performance Place: Shintomi-za,
        Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/01/1916
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
       
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

       
        Nakamura Kotarô II (中村児太郎) as
        Chitose (千歳)

        Play: Harue Takara Suzuna
        Tanemaki (春恵宝菘種蒔)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/09/1916
        Print Date: 01/1916?
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
       
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

       
        Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門)
        as Ojô Kichiza (お嬢吉三)

        Play: Sannin Kichisa (三人吉三)
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 01/09/1916
        Print Date: 01/1916
        Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
        Personal Collection
 
       
 
 
 
 

FEBRUARY

                 
 
Plays: Masukotto [La Mascotte] (マスコット)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/26/16
Print Date: 012/1916?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




APRIL


Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as
Yaegiri (八重桐)

Play: Komochi Yamanba
(嫗山姥)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/31/16
Print Date: 01/1916?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Tokizô III also performed this role at
the Aomori Kabukiza in August 1921
and at the Shôchiku Gekijô in May
1926.  It is possible that this print
reflects one of those performances.
 
 

               


MAY




Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
(仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵)
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 05/06/16
Image courtesy of Hara Shobo
 
 
 
 

 

JUNE

                 
 
Plays: Asakusa Kannondô (浅草觀音堂); Nikki no Ichi Pe-ji (日記の一頁);  Monogatari (ものがたり);
Inazuma (稲妻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




                 
 
Dance: Roshia Buyô [Russian Dance] (露國舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/16/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




                 
 
Shuku Nihon Kimigayo (祝日本君が代); Ôkesutora (オーケストラ); Opera (オペラ);
Operêto (オペレート); Koi no Noroi (戀の呪); Kamêriya (カメーリヤ); Fukkatsu: Kachûsha
[Katyusha] (復活: カチューシャ); Yûmeinaru Butô (有名なる舞踏)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/15/16
Print Date: 06/1916?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




OCTOBER

                 
 
Plays: Hidakagawa Iriai Zakura (日高川入相櫻)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/25/16
Print Date: 10/1916?
Medium: Woodblock printed? program art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum