UNKNOWN ARTIST 

 1921

                       
Ichikawa Chûsha VII (市川中車) as
Fukashichi (鱶七)
 
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/05/21
Print Date: 01/1921?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print is similar in format to the series
of prints designed  by Kunisada III between 1917
and 1920, and was probably issued by the
publisher in a limited attempt to continue the series
after Kunisada III's death in 1920.  It is also possible
that it is a posthumous reissue of an unknown
Kunisada III design.
 
 
 
    

                 
Plays: On'na no Chikara  (女の力);  [Les Miserables] Âmujô (噫無情)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/14/21
Print Date: 01/1921?
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); Nichiren Shônin Kôtan Nanahyakunen
Kôso Nichiren (日蓮聖人降誕七百年高祖日蓮); Kirare Otomi (切られお富)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/16/21
Print Date: 02/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Violin Recitals by Misha Elman (ミッシャ・エルマン)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/16-20/21
Print Date: 02/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                           
Onoe Tamizô III (尾上多見蔵) as
Tonbei (頓兵衛)
 
Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)    
Performance Place: Meiji-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/05/21
Print Date: 03/1921?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print is similar in format to the series of prints
designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and 1920, and
was probably issued by the publisher in a limited attempt
to continue the series after Kunisada III's death in 1920. 
It is also possible that it is a posthumous reissue of an
unknown Kunisada III design. 
 

                    
Nakamura Jakuemon III (中村雀右衛門) as
Kagaribi (篝火)

Play: Moritsuna Jin’ya (盛綱陣屋),
Act VIII of Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
(近江源氏先陣館 )
Performance Place:Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The seller attributed this print to
Natori Shunsen, but seal does not look
like any known Shunsen seal.

Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
 
Plays: Kongen Kusazuribiki (根元草摺曳);  Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata (近江源氏先陣館); Ataka no Seki
(安宅關); Tsuchiya Chikara (土屋主税);  Tôjûrô no Koi (藤十郎の恋); Hatsune no Tabiji (初音の旅路)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  04/01/21
Print Date: 04/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

Ôkabuki Engei Sugoroku (大歌舞伎 演藝双六)
Print Date: 04/05/21
Medium: Lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection

 
Start: [Ko Shishi (子獅子)]
           


           

         
          1. Nachi Mongaku (那智文覺 [文覚])
          
        

            
           2. Dôjôji (道成寺)
                       
         

            
            3. Sendai Hagi (千代萩) [先代萩]        

4. Sakai Tsuzumi (酒井鼓)
                      

 
  5. Omatsuri Sashichi  (お祭佐七)
                      

         
          6. Goshoro no Gozô (五所郎五蔵)
                      
        

       
        7. Senryô Nobori (千両幟)
                      
       

8. Kyô Ningyô (京人形)
                      

            
            9. Hakone Reigen (箱根靈験)
                     
           

            
            10. Takechi Mitsuhide
            (武智光秀)
                     
        

            
            11. Kôchiyama Sôshun  (河内山宗俊) [宗春]
                     
           

12. Aburaya  (油屋)

       
        13. Niki Danjô ( 仁木弾正)

            
            14. Ôigawa (大井川)

            
            15. Yomeodoshidani (嫁おどし谷) [嫁威谷]

16. Yuki-hime (*姫)
                     

            
           17. Natsu Matsuri
            （夏祭)
                     
          

       
        18. Kakuya?  (*屋)
                     
     

19. Jiraiya (自雷也 [児雷也])
                     

20. Kanjinchô (勸進帳; 勧進帳)
                     

            
             21. Imoseyama (妹背山)
                     
          

       
         22. Ôsakazuki (大盃)
                     
     

23. Marubashi Chûya (丸橋忠彌)
                     

End: ?
                     
     

Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
[Komatsuya] Sôshichi ([小松屋]宗七 )   
 
Play: Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01/21  
Print Date: 05/1921?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: This print is similar in format to the series of
prints designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and
1920, and was probably issued by the publisher in a
limited attempt to continue the series after Kunisada
III's death in 1920.  It is also possible that it is a
posthumous reissue of an unknown Kunisada III
design. 
 
 
 
 

                           
        Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as
        Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門 )
 
        Play: Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷) 
        Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
        Performance Date: 05/01/21
        Print Date: 05/1921?
        Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
         (千代 栄劇彩)
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com

        Note: This print is similar in format to the series of prints
        designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and 1920, and
       was probably issued by the publisher in a limited attempt
        to continue the series after Kunisada III's death in 1920. 
        It is also possible that it is a posthumous reissue of an
        unknown Kunisada III design.  

                 
Plays: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑); Daitokuji (大徳寺); Nebiki no Kadomatsu
(寿門松);  Koi Minato Hakata no Hitofushi (恋湊博多諷); Mashira no Kusemai (猿曲舞)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

Program:  Bran Pie (5/21); Oh, Joy! (5/22); The Kiss Call (5/23); The Maid of the Mountains (5/24);
Afgar (5/25); Going Up (5/26); Irene (5/27); Better 'Ole (5/28); The New Shop Girls (5/29);
Buzz Buzz (5/30); Pot-Pourri (5/31; selections from the above shows)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/21/21 - 05/31/21
Print Date: 05/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
Note: Performed by the Bandman Company
 

Ichikawa Danshirô II (市川段四郎) as
Washizuka Kintôji (鷲塚金藤次)
 
Play: Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto
(玉藻前曦袂) 
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/21   
Print Date: 06/1921?
Series: Chiyo ni Sakaeru Kabuki no Irodori
(千代 栄劇彩)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

This print is similar in format to the series of prints
designed  by Kunisada III between 1917 and 1920,
and was probably issued by the publisher in a limited
attempt to continue the series after Kunisada III's death
in 1920.  It is also possible that it is a posthumous
reissue of an unknown Kunisada III design.
 
 
 
 

Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記); Daigo no Haru (醍醐の春);  Shinju (新樹);
Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前曦袂); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Plays: Hirakana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記); Daigo no Haru (醍醐の春);  Shinju (新樹);
Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto (玉藻前曦袂); Ômori Hikoshichi (大森彦七);
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba (伊勢音頭戀寝刃)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/03/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                 
Plays: Omoizuma (思い妻)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/06/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                 
Plays: Inazuma (稲妻); Kateienman (家庭円満); Hagoromo (羽衣); Nikuen (肉縁);
Iso no Shiranami (磯の白浪)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  06/29/21
Print Date: 06/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library

                 
Plays: Sumiyoshi Mairi (住吉詣); Hyakkô no Moto (百行の基); Yûtô (幽灯); Yahê no Enoki (弥兵衛の榎);
Yakusokurikô (約束履行)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/15/21
Print Date: 07/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 

                 
Plays: Seishun no Yume (青春の夢); Daîchi Ninsha (第一人者); Inaka Genji (田舎源氏)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/07/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Plays:  Toba no Koizuka (鳥羽の恋塚); Aruhi no Dekigoto (ある日の出来事); Murai Chôan (村井長庵);
Hakuzôsu (伯蔵主);  Natsusendô (夏船頭)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  09/01/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center

Plays: Toba no Koizuka (鳥羽の恋塚); Aruhi no Dekigoto (ある日の出来事); Murai Chôan (村井長庵);
Hakuzôsu (伯蔵主);  Natsusendô (夏船頭)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  09/01/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 
 

Operas:  [Faust] Fausuto (ファウスト); [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン); [The Barber of Seville]
Severu no Rihatsushi (セヴェルの理髪師); [Tosca] Tosuka (トスカ);  [I Pagliacci] Dôkeshi (道化師);
[Love In The Moonlight] Gekka no Ai (月下の愛); [Rigoletto] Rigoretto (リゴレット); [Romeo And
Juliet] Romeo to Jurietto (ロミオとジュリエット); [Il Trovatore] Torobatôre (トロバトーレ); 
[Thaïs] Taisu (タイス);  [La Boheme] Ra Boêmu (ラ・ボエーム);  [Mignon] Miniyon (ミニヨン)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/21/21 - 09/29/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center

Operas:  [Faust] Fausuto (ファウスト); [Carmen] Karumen (カルメン); [The Barber of Seville]
Severu no Rihatsushi (セヴェルの理髪師); [Tosca] Tosuka (トスカ);  [I Pagliacci] Dôkeshi (道化師);
[Love In The Moonlight] Gekka no Ai (月下の愛); [Rigoletto] Rigoretto (リゴレット); [Romeo And Juliet]
Romeo to Jurietto (ロミオとジュリエット); [Il Trovatore] Torobatôre (トロバトーレ);
[Thaïs] Taisu (タイス);  [La Boheme] Ra Boêmu (ラ・ボエーム);  [Mignon] Miniyon (ミニヨン)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/21/21 - 09/29/21
Print Date: 09/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 

Plays: Kachidoki Mibae Genji (勝閧*源氏); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); 
Matsudaira Chôshichirô (平長七郎);  Onhashira (御柱); Gozonji Ume no Yoshibê (御存梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/05/21
Print Date: 10/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 

                 
Plays: Kachidoki Mibae Genji (勝閧*源氏); Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku (伊賀越道中双六); 
Matsudaira Chôshichirô (平長七郎);  Onhashira (御柱); Gozonji Ume no Yoshibê (御存梅の由兵衛)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/05/21
Print Date: 10/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 

                 
Plays: Kaikai no Jyokotoba (開會の序詞); Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki  (鬼一法眼三略絵巻);
Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi (碁太平記白石噺); Takatoki (高時); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi
(與話情浮名横櫛); Ehon Taikôki  (繪本太閤記); Modoribashi (戻橋); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記)
Performance Place: Yuraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/28-30/21
Print Date: 12/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 
 
 
 

                 
Sawamura Gennosuke IV (沢村源之助; 澤村源之助) as Tomoe Gozen (巴御前)
 
Plays: Meishô no Saigo (名匠の最期); Honchô Nijûshikô
(本朝廿四孝); On'na Shibaraku (女暫); Chûshin Iroha Jikki (忠臣いろは實記);
Negai no Ito Enishi no Odamaki  (願絲縁苧環)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/30/21
Print Date: 11/1921?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum