UNKNOWN ARTIST 

 1921



JANUARY 


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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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.
 
    



 
 
MARCH 


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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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.
 
   

 
 
APRIL 


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.


                        

                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. ?-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: ?
                     
     


           



           


MAY 


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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
        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.  

 
 
JUNE 


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: Shin Kyôgen (新狂言)
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.