UNKNOWN ARTIST

  1926




[Kabuki Manga]

Print Date: 1927
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Personal Collection

Note: It is unlcear if this is from the same magazine as
Eiga Sutâ Sugao - Manga Hogoita (1927) by Kitazawa
Rakuten shown elsewhere on this site.  The two pieces were
acquired from the same dealer at the same time and are
ascribed the same date, but appear to bear different artist
signatures.
 
 
 
 

JANUARY
   

 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII ( 松本幸四郎) as
Sekimori Sekibê (関守関兵衛)

Play:  Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
(積恋雪関扉; 積戀雪關扉)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/01/26
Publication Date: 1927
 
 
 


APRIL
   


Nakamura Ganjirô I (中村雁治郎 as
Kamiya Jihei (紙屋次兵衛)

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima (心中天網島)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/01/26
Publication Date: 1927
 
 
 
 

         

         
          Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘彌) as
          Ashikaga Mitsuuji (足利光氏)
          
          Play: Inaka Genji Tsuyu no Shinonome (田舎源氏露東雲)
          Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 04/01/26
          Publication Date: 1927

MAY
   


[Mephistopheles from Faust?]

Cover for Shisaku (試作) Vol. 2, No. 2 (Issue #5)
Publication Date: 05/18/26
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten

Note: Although the cover gives the month as
April, the issue was not released until May.
 
 
 

         

JULY   


Ichikawa Sadanji II (市川左團次) as
Sukejû (助十)
          
Play: Gonza to Sukejû (権三と助十)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/26
Publication Date: 1927
 
 
 
 

AUGUST
 
   


Ichikawa Ennosuke II (市川猿之助) as
Shiin'yoshi (新吉)
 
Bandô Shûchô III (坂東秀調) as 
Ohisa (お久)
                       
Play: Shinkei Kasane-ga-Fuchi (真景累ヶ淵)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo       
Performance Date: 08/10/26
 
 
 

SEPTEMBER
 
   

 
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Adachi Motoemon (安達元右衛門)
           
Play: Katakiuchi Tengajaya-mura (敵討天下茶屋聚)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/03/26
Publication Date: 1927
 
 

           

OCTOBER
 
   


 Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
 Omiwa (お三輪)
          
 Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
 (妹背山婦女庭訓; 妹背山女庭訓)
 Performance Place: Hôgaku-za, Tokyo
 Performance Date: 10/06/26
Publication Date: 1927
 
 
 

NOVEMBER
           


Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助) as
Umegawa (梅川)
 
Play: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来) 
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/31//26
Publication Date: 1927

         

         
          Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as
          Kataoka Naojirô (片岡直次郎)
          
          Play: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai
          (河内山と直侍) 
          Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
          Performance Date: 11/01/26
          Publication Date: 1927

         

            
            Onoe Baikō VI (尾上梅幸) as
            Michitose (三千歳)
           
            Play: Kôchiyama to Naozamurai
            (河内山と直侍)
            Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
            Performance Date: 11/01/26
            Publication Date: 1927