UNKNOWN ARTIST
1927
FEBRUARY
Plays: Taira no Masakado (平將門); Shinyû (親友); Oshichi (お七)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/27
Print Date: 02/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Taira no Masakado (平將門); Shinyû (親友); Oshichi (お七)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/10/27
Print Date: 02/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Performed by Carpi's Italian Grand Opera Co.
[Great Nikkatsu Popular Actor Sugoroku]
Dai Nikkatsu Ninki Haiyû Sugoroku (大日活人気俳優双六)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Onoe Tamitarô (尾上多見太郎)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活)
magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Takagi Eiji (高木永二)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活)
magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Ichikawa Ichimaru (市川市丸)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Ikenaga Kôkyû (池永浩久)
aka Sawada Ken (澤田 憲) aka Sawada Sanji (澤田三治)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Note: Ikenaga Kôkyû was the director of Nikkatsu.
Minami Mitsuaki (南光明)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[Make-up] Meiku Appu (メイクアップ)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Okada Yoshiko (岡田嘉子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Sakai Yoneko (酒井米子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Urabe Kumeko (浦辺粂子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Asaoka Nobuo (浅岡信夫)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Yumemura Yôko (梅むら蓉子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Yamamoto Kaichi (山本嘉一)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活)
magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[High-Angle Photography] Fukan Satsuei (俯瞰撮影)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活)
magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Kawabe Gorô (河部五郎)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Saijô Kayoko (西條香代子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Tanizaki Jurô (谷崎十郎)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活)
magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[Studio Set] Setto (セット)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[Stunt Scene] Bôken (冒険)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu
(大日活)
magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic
sugoroku
Personal Collection
Sunada Komako (砂田駒子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu
(大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Sawamura Haruko (沢村春子)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Okada Tokihiko (岡田時彦)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[Official Day Off] Kôkyû-bi (公休日)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Koizumi Kasuke (小泉嘉輔)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[Location Shoot] Rokêshon (ロケーション)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
Eiji Nakano (中野英治)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
[Nikkatsu Kansai Studio] Nikkatsu Kansai Satsueijo (日活関西撮影所)
Print Date: 02/01/27
Artist: ?
Published: Supplement to Dai Nikkatsu (大日活) magazine
Medium: Machine printed lithographic sugoroku
Personal Collection
MARCH
Operas: La Traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La Sonnambula; Manon
Lescaut; Cavalleria Rusticana;
I Pagliacci; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Tosca; Thaïs; The Barber of
Seville; Aida; Carmen; Madam
Butterfly; La Boheme; The Tales of Hoffman; Un Ballo in Maschera;
La Gioconda
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/10-29/27
Print Date: 03/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Performed by Carpi's Italian Grand Opera Co.
Plays: Shichi Kiochi (七騎落); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記); Takatoki (高時);
Tsuzura Ori (九十九折); Wakanoura (和歌の浦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/27
Print Date: 03/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Shichi Kiochi (七騎落); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
(双蝶々曲輪日記); Takatoki (高時);
Tsuzura Ori (九十九折); Wakanoura (和歌の浦)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/04/27
Print Date: 03/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
APRIL
Operas: The Tales of Hoffman; Carmen; Khovanschina; Faust; Samson
and Delilah;
Boris Godunov; Lakmé; Sadko
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/26/27 - 05/05/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Performed by the Russian Grand Opera.
Plays: Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記); Nanbuzaka (南部坂); Shuzenji
Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Genpei Seisuiki (源平盛衰記); Nanbuzaka (南部坂); Shuzenji
Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Shigure no Kotatsu (時雨の炬燵); Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa (侠客春雨傘)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 04/03/27
Print Date: 04/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
JUNE
Plays: Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家); Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文); Kagami
Jishi (鏡獅子);
Botan Toki (牡丹燈記); Hishaku Zake (柄杓酒)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家); Shinpan Utazaimon (新版歌祭文); Kagami
Jishi (鏡獅子);
Botan Toki (牡丹燈記); Hishaku Zake (柄杓酒)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/03/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Performed by Carpi's Italian Grand Opera Co.
JULY
Plays: Otto ni Somuku Nakare (良人に背く勿れ); Yotsuya no Banashi
(四谷五更話); Rusuban (留守番);
Kaidô Issekiwa (海道一夕話); Tanpen Kigeki (短篇喜劇)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/01/27
Print Date: 07/1927?
Medium: Machine lithographic printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義經千本櫻); Sannin Katawa
(三人片輪);
Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai (八幡祭小望月賑)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/27
Print Date: 07/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義經千本櫻); Sannin Katawa
(三人片輪);
Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai (八幡祭小望月賑)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/02/27
Print Date: 07/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: Performed by Carpi's Italian Grand Opera Co.
SEPTEMBER
Plays: Kagayaku Sekai (ballet) (輝く世界); Tsuki ni Utau Ogei no
Hitofushi (月謡萩江一節);
Dôin Souwa (動員挿話); Kunisada Chûji Gyō (国定忠次御用); Ichiharano (市原野)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/0127
Print Date: 09/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
OCTOBER
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as ?
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as ?
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Shishi no Sei (獅子の精)
? as ?
Plays: Ejima Ikushima (江島生島); Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no
Amagasa
(新皿屋舗月雨暈); Shunkyô Kagami Jishi (春興鏡獅子); Taiheiki Asahi no Yoroi
(太平記曦鎧)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/03/27
Print Date: 10/1927?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
NOVEMBER
Concert: [Efrem Zimbalist Grand Concert] Efuremu Jinbabrisu to
Shidai Ongakukai
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/26-30/27
Print Date: 11/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
DECEMBER
Play: Kirisuto (キリスト); Kaisen Atakemaru (怪船安宅丸)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/02/27
Print Date: 12/1927?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Plays: Hosokawa Chi Daruma (細川血達摩); Imoseyama Michiyuki
(妹背山道行);
Honganji Engi (本願寺縁起); Komochi Yamanba (嫗山姥); Horikawa Youchi
(堀河夜討);
Yûgiri Izaemon (夕ぎり伊左衛門); Katsudô Kyô Jidai (活動狂時代);
Shôchikubai Yushima no Kakegaku (松竹梅湯島掛額)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/27
Print Date: 12/1927?]
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as ?
Nakamura Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門) as
Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実)
Nakamura Fukusuke V (中村福助) as
Fuji Musume (藤娘)
Nakamura Tokizô III (中村時蔵) as ?
Bandô Hikosaburô VI (坂東彦三郎) as
Saemon (左衛門)
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as
Kurobê (九郎兵衛)
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as
Hyakushô Manbê (百姓万兵衛)
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記);
Ôtsue (大津絵); Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人);
Tsuta Momiji Utsunoya Tôge (蔦紅葉宇都谷峠)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/01/27
Print Date: 12/04/27
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Personal Collection
UNKNOWN MONTHS

Coming Soon! A Performance by
Shôkyokusai Tenkatsu (松旭斎天勝)
and the Tenkatsu Ichiza Troupe, with
Magic Tricks, Music, Dance, and
Comedy Skit
Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Rabbit in Moon
Play: Tama Usagi (玉兎)
Print Date: 1927
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts

Ichikawa Momonosuke
(市川百々之助) as Murasame
Kingorô (村雨金五郎)
Film: Murasame Kingorô
(村雨金五郎)
Performance Place: ?
Release Date: 1927
Print Date: 1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock
printed
postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts